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  2024 Commission Meetings

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​Meeting Agenda: ​
Time​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
​9:00-9:05​
​Welcome​​​
​Chair Nash
​9:05-9:20
​Public Comment

​9:20-9:35
​Update: Budget
Ralph Amador
​9:35-9:50
​Briefing: CAP
​Emese Perfecto
​9:50-10:00
Action Item: Approve Modernization and Remediation Plan
Lisa Taylor
​10:00-10:40
​Action Item: Approve December E-Board Requests
​Lisa Taylor
​10:40-10:50
​Action Item: 2025 Commission Meeting Calendar
​Chair Nash
​10:50-11:30
​Update: OPDC Six-Year Plan - Final Report
Action Item: Six-Year Plan Approval
​Scott Simpson, Moss Adams
​11:30-11:40
​**Break**
11:40-11:55
Briefing: Assigned Counsel Program
​Jessica Kampfe
11:55-12:15
Briefing: Local Court Spotlight: Coos/Curry Counties
​Presiding Judge Martin Stone
12:15-12:35
​Update: Unrepresented Persons in Oregon Courts
Jessica Kampfe
Harry Noone
Madeline Ferrando
​12:35-12:45
Update: FCMS
​David Martin
​12:45-12:55
Update: Director's Update
​Jessica Kampfe


​Links to full meeting materials: 

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
​9:00-9:05
​Welcome​
​Chair Nash
​9:05-9:20
​Public Comment

​9:20-9:30
​Update: Unreprese​nted Persons in Oregon Courts
​Jessica Kampfe
Harry Noone
​9:30-9:45
​Update: Budget
​Ralph Amador
​9:45-10:15
Update: Accounts Payable
  • Work Group Update
​Ralph Amador
​10:15-10:20
​Action Item: Policy Updates
  1. Preauthorized Expense
  2. Schedule of Guideline Amounts
  3. Routine Expenses
​Amy Jackson
Kim Freeman
​10:20-10:30
​Action Item: Approve Executive Director Performance Evaluation Process
​Vice Chair Mandiberg
​10:30-10:45
Briefing: Survey Results in DAS Best Practices for Boards and Commissions
​Vice Chair Mandiberg
​10:45-11:00
​Briefing: Key Performance Measures
​Kim Freeman
​11:00-11:15
Update/Action Item: OPDC Federal Public Loan Forgiveness Program Policy
​Jessica Kampfe
11:15-11:30
**Break**

​11:30-11:45
Briefing: Unrepresented Crisis
​Lane County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Jay McAlpin
​11:45-11:55
​Update: Legislative
​Lisa Taylor
​11:55-12:20
​Update: OPDC Six-Year Plan
​Jessie Lenhardt - Moss Adams
​12:20-12:30
Update: FCMS
​David Martin
​12:30-12:50
​Briefing: Provider Contract Extensions​
​Jessica Kampfe
​12:50-1:00​
Update: Director's Update
Jessica Kampfe​

​Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
9:00-9:05
Welcome​Chair Nash
9:05-9:20
Pub​lic Co​mment​
Chair Nash
9:20-9:30
Update: Unrepresented Persons in Oregon Courts
​Jessica Kampfe
9:30-9:55
Discussion: Budget & Accounts Payable Update 
Ralph Amador 
9:55-10:10
Action Item: Approve Agency Request Budget
Jessica Kampfe
Ralph Amador
​10:10-10:35
Action Item: Approve September E-Board Requests
​Jessica Kampfe
​10:35-10:55
Action Item: Approve Legislative Reports
​Jessica Kampfe
Lisa Taylor
Adrian Smith 
​10:55-11:15
​Briefing: Organizational Chart
Jessica Kampfe
Chris Henderson​
11:45-12:00
**Break**

11:25-11:40
Update: Trial Data Report
​Jessica Kampfe
Maddie Ferrando​
11:40-11:45

Briefing: Draft Policy on Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness
(PSLF) Rule Changes
​Eric Deitrick
11:45-12:05
​Briefing: Service Delivery Transition Planning
Eric Deitrick
​12:05-12:20
​Briefing: Judge Guptill
​Judge Guptill
​12:20-12:35
​Briefing: Executive Director Performance Review Plan
​Susan Mandiberg
​12:35-12:45
Update: FCMS
​David Martin
​12:45-12:50
​Update: Director's Update
​Jessica Kampfe
1:00-2:00
**Executive Session**Chair Nash

Links to full meeting materials: 

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
9:00-9:05
Welcome​Chair Nash
9:05-9:20
​Public Comment​
Chair Nash
9:20-9:30
Update: Unrepresented Persons in Oregon Courts
​Jessica Kampfe
9:30-9:45
Action Item: Unrepresented Governors report

Adrian Smith
Jessica Kampfe
Lisa Taylor 
9:45-10:00
Discussion: Budget Update
Jessica Kampfe
Ralph Amador
​10:00-10:30
Action Item: Notice of Intent to request E-Board Funding
​Jessica Kampfe
Lisa Taylor
​10:30-11:45
Update & Action Item: Draft Policy Option Package Narratives for 2025 Agency Budget Request
Additional documents added:
• POP 103 
• OPDC 2025-27 POP List
​Jessica Kampfe
Ralph Amador 
11:45-12:00
**Break**

12:00-12:30
Briefing: Presentation from Judge Greenlick
​Judge Greenlick
12:30-12:45

Update: Appellate
​Ernie Lannet
Shannon Story
12:45-1:00
Update: FCMS
David Martin
​1:00-1:05
​Update: Director's Update
​Jessica Kampfe
2:00
**Adjourn**

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Meeting Agenda: ​​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
1:00​
Welcome
​Chair Nash
1:00-1:30
Briefing: Proposals for Policy Option Package (POP) Concepts
Jessica Kampfe
1:30-2:00
Action Item: Approval of Policy Option Package Concepts
​Jessica Kampfe

2:00-2:15
Action Item: Temporary Hourly Increase Program (THIP)
Jessica Kampfe 
2:15-2:30
Briefing: Process Review for Pre-Authorized Expense and Accounts Payable 
Jessica Kampfe
​2:30-2:40
Action Item: Updating Policies on Pre-Authorized Expense, Routine Expenses, and Schedule of Guideline Amounts
Jessica Kampfe 
Amy Jackson
2:40-2:55
Briefing: Report on Workgroup Recommendations on Qualification Standards for Core Staff 
Shannon Flowers
​2:55-3:00
Update: Director’s Update 
Jessica Kampfe

​3:00
**Adjourn**


Links to full meeting materials: 

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
8:00-8:05
Welcome​Chair Nash
8:05-8:50​
Public Comment​
Chair Nash
8:50-9:00
Action Item: Extension of Temporary Hourly Increase Program
​Jessica Kampfe

9:00-9:10
Update: Budget 

Ralph Amador
Jessica Kampfe 
9:10-9:20
Update: Legislative Update
Jessica Kampfe
​9:20-9:30
​Update: Unrepresented Persons in Oregon Courts
​Jessica Kampfe
​9:30-10:30
Briefing: Proposals for Policy Option Package (POP) Concepts
​Jessica Kampfe
Ralph Amador 
​10:30-10:45
Briefing: OCDLA POP Proposal Regarding Recruitment
​Mae Lee Browning, Jana Baker & Tristen Edwards, OCDLA
​10:45-11:15
Action Item: Approval of Policy Option Package Concepts
​Jessica Kampfe
11:15-11:25
**Break**

11:25-11:40
Briefing: Process Review for Pre-Authorized Expense and Accounts Payable
​Jessica Kampfe
11:40-11:50

Action Item: Updating Policies on Pre-Authorized Expense, Routine Expenses, and Schedule of Guideline Amounts 
​Jessica Kampfe

​11:50-12:05
Briefing: Qualification Standards for Core Staff 
​Shannon Flowers​
​12:05-12:20
Action Item: Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination Policy
​Shannon Flowers
12:20-12:25
Update: Director's Report
​Jessica Kampfe​​
1:00
**Adjourn**

Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
​9:00-9:05
Welcome​
​Chair Nash
9:05-10:05
**Executive Session**
Chair Nash
10:05-11:00
Briefing and Action Item: Hourly Rate and Economic Survey
• Adoption of Compensation Formula
• Direction for Policy Option Packages​
Jessica Kampfe
Eric Deitrick
​11:00
**Adjourn**


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Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
​9:00-9:3​0
**​Executive Session**
​Chair Nash
9:30-9:35
​Welcome
Chair Nash
9:35-10:05
Public Comment​

​10:05-10:30
Update: Unrepresented Persons
• Status update
• Next steps (Intake Pilot Project)
​Jessica Kampfe
Harry Noone
10:30-11:00
Update: Budget 
• Current Service Level (CSL) budget build for 2025-27 
• Policy Option Packages (POP’s) budget build for 2025-27 
• Update on Accounts Payable 
• Update on Preauthorized Expenses
Ralph Amador
Jessica Kampfe 
11:00-11:45
Briefing: Moss Adams Hourly Rate and Economic Survey
Jessica Kampfe
Jessie Lenhardt
11:45-11:55
**Break**

11:55-12:55
Update: Six-Year Plan – Commission discussion regarding annual caseload and workload standards 
Action Item: Direct OPDC Staff to work with Moss Adams to update Six-Year Plan with annual caseload and workload standard
​Jessica Kampfe
Eric Deitrick
Jessie Lenhardt​
​12:55-1:15

Action Item: Approval of Comprehensive Public Defense Report
​Jessica Kampfe
Lisa Taylor​
1:15-1:30
Update: Director's Report
​Jessica Kampfe​
​1:30
**Adjourn**


Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
9:00-9:05
​Welcome
Chair Nash
9:05-9:25
Publi​c C​omment​

9:25-10:15
Action Item: Approval of Legislative Reports
• Quality Management Plan
• FCMS Status Report
• Executive Branch Transition
• Modernization & Remediation Plan
Lisa Taylor
Jessica Kampfe

10:15-10:30
Briefing: Discussion of Draft Comprehensive Public Defense Report
Lisa Taylor
Jessica Kampfe
10:30-11:00
Action Item: May Legislative Days Request
• Temporary Hourly Increase Program
• Position Requests
Ralph Amador
Jessica Kampfe
Eric Deitrick
​11:00-11:30
​Action Item: Policy Updates
• Preauthorized Expenses
• Schedule of Guideline Amounts
Ralph Amador
Eric Deitrick
11:30-11:45
**Break**

11:45-12:00
Action Item: Elect Vice-Chair
Chair Nash
Eric Deitrick​
12:00-12:30
Action Item: Adoption of Bylaws
Commissioner Mandiberg
Eric Deitrick
12:30-12:40
​Update: Director's Report
Jessica Kampfe
12:40-12:50
Update: Unrepresented Persons
​Jessica Kampfe
12:50-1:00
Update: Budget
Ralph Amador
1:00
​**Adjourn**

Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
9:00-9:05
​Welcome

9:05-9:25
Public Co​mment​

9:25-9:30
Action Item: Approval of February 7, 2024 OPDC Meeting Minutes
Chair Nash
9:30-10:30
Briefing: 6-Year Plan to Reduce Representation Deficiency
Scott Simpson, Moss Adams
Jessie Lenhardt, Moss Adams
Malia Brink, SMU Deason Center
Jim Austin, JFA Institute
Stephen Hanlon, Lawyer Hanlon
10:30-10:45
**Break**

​10:45-11:05
Action Item: Retention Incentive Payments
​Kim Freeman
Amy Jackson
​11:05-11:20

Action Item: Preauthorized Expense Policy
​Kim Freeman
Amy Jackson
​11:20-11:25
Action Item: Routine Expense Policy
​Kim Freeman
Amy Jackson
​11:25-11:30
Action Item: Schedule of Guideline Amounts
​Kim Freeman
Amy Jackson
​11:35-11:50

​Update: Unrepresented Persons and Temporary Hourly Increase Program​Shannon Flowers
​11:50-12:00
​Briefing: Trial Division Pilot Program
​Aaron Jeffers
​12:00-1:00
​Break for Lunch

​1:00-3:00
​Panel Discussion: Current State of Public Defense in 
Multnomah County
• Juvenile: Maggie Carlson, YRJ; Kristy Barrett, Sage Legal;
Cory Nies, PJD; Jason Pierson, PJD
• Case Manager: Valentin Rosales; Shannon Getman;
Toni Lopez; Cory Nies, PJD; Jason Pierson, PJD
• Criminal: Carl Macpherson, MPD; Grant Hartley, MPD;
Jon Sarre, PDC; Stacey Reding, MDI
​Shannon Flowers
Christine Breton
Annie Borton
Dana Brandon


​3:00-3:15
​**Break**
​​
​3:15-3:25
Update: OPDC Budget​
​Ralph Amador
​3:25-3:40
​​Briefing: 2024 Legislative Session
​​Lisa Taylor
​3:40-3:50
Update: Director's Report
​Jessica Kampfe
​3:50-4:00
​New Business
​Chair Nash​


Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
8:30-9:00
​Coffee/Ne​tworking

9:00-9:15
Welcome and Ove​rview
​Chair Nash
Director Kampfe
Eric Deitrick​
9:15-9:45
Designed Team Alliance Workshop
Paul Egbert, Ascent Leadership
11:45-12:00
**Break**

12:00-1:00
Lunch & State Required Training (Overview of Boards & Commission)
Sherry Kudna
Eric Deitrick​
​1:00-3:00
Briefing: Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, and Habits of Highly Effective Governing Bodies
​Scott Simpson, Moss Adams
Jessie Lenhardt, Moss Adams​
​3:00-3:15
**Break**

​3:15-4:15
Action Item: Adoption of OPDC Bylaws
​Commissioner Mandiberg
Eric Deitrick​
4:15-4:30
Closing
Director Kampfe

Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
9:00-9:05
​Welc​ome and Introduction of New Co​mmissioners
Chair Nash
9:05-9:25
​Public Comment​

​9:25-9:30
Action Item: ​Approve January 5, 2024, OPDC Meeting Minutes

9:30-9:40
​Update: Budget
Ralph Amador
Director Kampfe
9:40-9:50
Update: 2024 Session
Lisa Taylor
Director Kampfe
9:50-10:00
Update: Unrepresented
Shannon Flowers
10:00-10:15
Briefing: 9.9 million Retention Incentive Policy
Amy Jackson
Kim Freeman
Director Kampfe
10:15-10:25
Briefing: Annual Report of Audit Committee’s Activities
Scott Latham
Latham Stack
John Hutzler
Director Kampfe
10:25-10:35
Update: Governance Subcommittee 
Eric Deitrick
​10:35-11:35
Briefing: 2021 ACLU Pay Equity Complaint
​Jill Goldsmith, Workplace Solutions NW
11:35-11:45
Update: Director's update​
Director Kampfe

Links to full meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda: ​

Time​​
​Item​
​Lead(s)
10:00-10:15​
​Introduction of New Commissioners
Eric Deitrick
10:15-10:35
​Pu​blic Com​ment​​​

​10:35-10:50
Action Item: Approval of Interim Bylaws
Eric Deitrick
10:50-11:00
​Action Item: Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
Eric Deitrick​

11:00-11:10
Action Item: Authorization of Governance Subcommittee
​Eric Deitrick
11:10-11:20
​Action Item: Approval of 2024 Meeting Schedule
Eric Deitrick​
11:20-11:30
​Action Item: Approval of Draft Legislative Reports
​Lisa Taylor
Ralph Amador
11:30-11:45
Discussion on the State of Public Defense in Oregon
​Eric Deitrick
​11:45-11:50
​Future Business
​Deputy Director Emese Perfecto
Eric Deitrick


Prior Meetings 2004 - 2023