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City Attorney’s Office 2020 Budget As recommended by Mayor Frey on August 15, 2019 September 12, 2019

Department Overview September 12, 2019 City of Minneapolis

Who we are and what we do September 12, 2019

Who we are and what we do • Civil Division – (Internal Service Fund) • Responsible for all legal work of the City, such as drafting and advising on ordinances, regulatory and land use matters, contracts, real estate developments, ethics and employment/ labor relations matters • Represents the City and, when appropriate, the City’s officials and employees, in all lawsuits and other types of legal proceedings Examples of Recent Work: • Minimum Wage and Sick/ Safe Time Ordinances – drafted ordinances and successful defense of both ordinances in Minnesota Court of Appeals (currently pending before the MN Supreme Court) • Nicollet Hotel Block Development – negotiated and drafted documents and closed the sale of the property and development terms in August 2019 • Criminal Division – (General Fund) • Prosecutes all adult crime punishable by up to a year in jail • Handles over 15,000 cases per year • Focus on prevention and innovation to achieve more effective outcomes, while implementing system reforms: Example : • Pathways to New Beginnings – community-based, trauma-informed alternative programming in lieu of jail for persons charged with carrying a weapon without a permit • Program is being adopted by the County Attorney’s Office and Hennepin Juvenile Court for 16-17 year old offenders • Being nationally recognized and studied as a promising practice in preventing gun violence September 12, 2019

2020 Current Service Level September 12, 2019 City of Minneapolis

Current Service Level Changes – 2019 to 2020 2019 adopted 2020 Current Service Level Change Program name General Other General FTEs Other funds FTEs % Description fund funds fund Discretionary budget remains the same. $10,691,000 $335,000 66.80 $10,875,353 $341,000 65.80 1.7% Increases are due to standard step increases, Criminal Justice promotions and internal service increases. Discretionary budget remains the same. Any changes have to do with departmental -- $8,011,000 47.50 -- $8,198,000 47.50 2.3% promotions, contractual step increases and Civil Legal Services internal service increases. $10,691,000 $8,346,000 114.30 $10,875,353 $8,539,000 113.30 Total September 12, 2019

2020 Change Items September 12, 2019 City of Minneapolis

Alternative to Cash Bail Due to reforms already implemented by our office 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 and the Court, most Minneapolis defendants Revenue - - - - - - arrested for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors (excluding domestic and DUI Expense 75 - - - - - cases) are released from jail without cash bail. There is a group of individuals, however, who Net Impact 75 - - - - - have cash bail imposed because of a record of Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars failure to appear for required court hearings. This funding will be used to provide additional FTE - - - - - - supports to these individuals so that they will appear for court hearings and can be released pretrial without cash bail. This will also allow the opportunity to connect them earlier with social services, as appropriate, on a voluntary basis. The pilot will be similar to a successful model in use in several districts within New York City. The CAO will contribute $25,000, bringing total funding to $100,000. September 12, 2019

Develop Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Programming Building on the work of the City Attorney’s Office 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 around domestic violence prevention, this added funding will be used in two ways: Revenue - - - - - - (1) Expand on our Reach-out initiative (in violent Expense 75 - - - - - crime hot spots) to ensure a proactive response is available for families who have Net Impact 75 - - - - - experienced domestic violence; this will be in partnership with the MPD Community Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars Navigators and will involve work with communities on alternative resources to a FTE - - - - - - law enforcement response if the need can be more appropriately met by a different resource; and (2) Evaluate court-ordered and other available battering programs to ensure that trauma- informed, culturally-specific programming is identified and available regardless of ability to pay. The CAO will contribute $25,000, bringing total funding to $100,000. September 12, 2019

Victim Witness Specialist In 2017, the CAO applied for and received a grant 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 jointly from the U.S. Department of Justice, and Revenue - - - - - - the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. This grant enabled the CAO to improve its crime victim Expense - - - - - - services for non-English speaking crime victims and increase its ability to engage in greater Net Impact - - - - - - outreach in the community and to train other Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars allied professionals about the criminal justice system response to domestic violence. FTE 1 - - - - - The CAO has been awarded an extension of this grant for 2020, but needs continuation of an unfunded FTE for 2020. September 12, 2019

Base Cut A $50,000 base cut has been applied to the City 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Attorney’s Office operating budget. Revenue - - - - - - Expense (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) Net Impact (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) (50) Above Figures Shown in 000s of dollars FTE - - - - - - September 12, 2019