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make them a probation employee they have a lot of data that the county does not have access to. Richardson we need to consider how cost have raised in general. Judge Wetzel noted that last year between Judge Corey and himself they had 560 juvenile cases most juvenile judges would have 250 cases. Hall County has juvenile court 1 day a week. They contacted Senator Aguilar requesting to have separate juvenile judges. Currently there are 3 other counties that have separate juvenile judges. The system is full and Judge Wetzel noted that one afternoon he heard 93 juvenile cases. They do not have the time to set down with the juveniles or the parents to discuss the cases. This coordinator would provide alternatives for the judges in separate resources in the community. This request is going to the Judicial Resources Committee in December. Judge Corey said they need to find placement options instead of bringing them into the system they need to look out for the best interest of the juveniles. The coordinator would be able to do this Lancaster thanked for the opportunity and ask if the 560 cases were all Hall County cases. Discussion was held on the request to have the coordinator be a state employee. She also noted that he county does have ARPA fund that could be used for buildings if needed. Marty said there is an advantage to being state employee. The information would be available but it is not the direct access that probation would have. The coordinator would check on them on a regular basis and there would be no gap in time. He also noted the risk any catastrophic health issues would be moved to the state so that risk would not be there. Marty also added they will need community partners to prevent this issues happening and need adequate supervision. If they do things right they hope to reduce the numbers. There a lot of juveniles coming into the system because they make poor choices. Lancaster said she believes that our county people do an excellent job and is confident they would. If he thinks a state employee would be a better fit she would accept that. Sorensen this will take a special individual and ask if he has located a person. Marty said they have been collecting job descript from other JDAI coordinators and their first job would be to finalize the job description. He has some ideas and has people in mind that he will rich out to. This person will have to have the drive to do this and they think they can find a good hire in a reasonable amount of time. Sorensen noted it is tough to hire people but Marty said he has 3 people he will reach out to. Bredthauer ask if the GIPS decided to keep the interventions and Marty said they did will see how this will go but they will both be in the schools. 7