Item Description:
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Authorize supplemental appropriation to amend 2026 Hennepin County Attorney’s Office budget and add 1.0 FTE
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that a 2026 supplemental appropriation for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office be authorized in the amount of $16,500 and 1.0 new limited duration FTE for personnel services expenditures, using revenues from Joint Powers Agreement A2613478 with the City of Minneapolis; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller be authorized to transfer funds as directed to carry out the intent of this resolution.
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Background:
Resolution 26-0204 approved Joint Powers Agreement A2613478 with the City of Minneapolis for the Gone-on-Arrival (GOA) work. The JPA outlines a receivable amount from the City of Minneapolis to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO), Domestic Abuse Service Center (DASC) in the amount of $250,000 over the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
DASC has a multidisciplinary prosecution team to review and follow up on all GOA domestic violence police reports in the City of Minneapolis. Currently, DASC advocates provide victim services on non-felony GOA cases. With the goal to reduce domestic violence lethality and increase victim safety, funding from the City of Minneapolis will be used to support a new 1.0 FTE in DASC to expand victim services to now also support felony-level GOA cases.
Resolution 26-0204 did not include a resolving clause to amend the HCAO’s 2026 operating budget to add funding and a new limited duration FTE. This Resolution includes that information as follows:
This request funds services that are: both mandated and core services
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval