2016-12-05 Teen Ct MinutesMETROPORT TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, December 5, 2016 at 5:45pm
In Attendance: Kristin White (Court Manager/Teen Court Coordinator), Sharen Jackson (Southlake Chief
Financial Officer), Jodi Bolton (Southlake Court Supervisor), Sandy Sobocinski (Southlake Board Appointee),
Kara Clubb (Southlake Board Appointee), Councilmember Shahid Shafi (Southlake), Kelly Tookey (Colleyville
Board Appointee), Sean Tanner (Colleyville Board Appointee), Councilmember Mike Taylor (Colleyville), Marjorie
Lewis (Grapevine Board Appointee), Traci Hutton (Grapevine Board Appointee), Councilmember Darlene Freed
(Grapevine), Crystal Shafer (Keller Board Appointee), Chris Henz (Keller Board Appointee), Councilmember
Debbie Bryan (Keller)
Absent: none
REGULAR SESSION:
1. Call to order at 5:52 p.m. by Sandy Sobocinski
REPORTS:
2. Administrative Comments (Staff):
A presentation was given by Sharen Jackson regarding the overage in the FY2016 budget and how the funds are
going to be utilized. Discussions included using all or part of the remaining monies for the scholarship program as
well as returning the monies back to the participating cities. A motion was made by Darlene Freed to divide the
balance equally and return the money back to the participating cities. A Second was made by Mike Taylor, all
board members approved.
A presentation was given by Kristin White regarding referral information, types and numbers of violations,
community service locations and hours completed. A suggestion was made by the board to have staff schedule
one presentation per year at each city to present information about Teen Court. The time frame preferable would
be June or July, after the new councils have been elected. The presentation should be short and information to
include: number of years with partnership, community service hours completed, and the teen attorney program.
A discussion of the failure to appears at teen court took place. In this discussion, a reccomendation was made by
the board to only allow one reset court date. If they fail to appear to the reset court date, they will be referred back
to the Municipal Court.
CONSENT AGENDA: Approval of Minutes from August 3, 2016
3. Motion to approve by Marjorie Lewis, Second by Traci Hutton- unanimous approval by board members.
REGULAR AGENDA:
4. Consider: Meeting Dates for FY 2017
Motion to approve by Sandy Sobocinski, Second by Debbie Bryan, unanimous approval by board members
5. Public Forum
There was no public present at this time.
7. Meeting Adjourned at 6:46 p.m.
Motion by Marjorie Lewis, Second by Kara Clubb
Next meeting was scheduled for 5:45 p.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017.
Respectfully ubmitted by: Appro ed By:
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