MINUTES

of the meeting of the

BOARD OF PAROLE COMMISSIONERS

April 28, 2003

The Board of Parole Commissioners held a public meeting on April 28, 2003 beginning at 1:35 PM at the following locations:

Conference room at the central office of the Department of Corrections located at 4070 Silver Sage Road, Carson City, NV video‑teleconference to the office of the Board of Parole Commissioners located at 2601 E. Sahara, Las Vegas, NV.

I Call to order, roll call 1:35 PM

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dorla Salling. Present in Carson City were commissioners Goodson, Bisbee and Morrow. Present in Las Vegas were commissioners Morales, Hanebeck and Bass. No members were absent.

Also present was David Smith, Management Analyst III for the Board, Monica Howk, Executive Secretary for the Board and Michael Somps, Deputy Attorney General.

Pat Hines was the only member from the public in attendance.

II Approve Minutes from the March 28, 2003 Meeting

MOTION: Accept the Minutes from the March 28, 2003 Meeting

MADE BY: Commissioner Goodson

SECONDED BY: Commissioner Morrow

VOTES IN FAVOR: Bass, Morales, Bisbee, Goodson, Hanebeck, Morrow, Salling

VOTES OPPOSED: None.

III Discussion and action to delegate signatory authority to a single member of the Board with regard to restoring the civil rights of a parolee who is honorable discharged (NRS 213.155).

Chairman Salling discussed the process for the restoration of Civil Rights. Mr. Smith explained the change to legislation during the last session and that there is current legislation that may change the whole process again. There was discussion about who should be the one to sign the order, and Chairman Salling explained that they need to come through the Carson City office for tracking purposes. Staff recommendation was that the Chairman or the Chairman’s designee sign the order on behalf of the Board.

MOTION: All of the requests for restoration of civil rights go through the Chair, and that the Chair will sign on behalf of the Board or designate a commissioner to sign if the Chair is absent.

MADE BY: Commissioner Goodson

SECONDED BY: Commissioner Bass

VOTES IN FAVOR: Bass, Bisbee, Morales, Hanebeck, Goodson, Morrow, Salling

VOTES AGAINST: None

IV Discussion on Audit Report No. 03-07 that was conducted by the Division of Internal Audits and presented to the Executive Branch Audit Committee on 3/19/2003.

Chairman Salling briefed the Board on the audit and her response that the Board would consider the recommendations made by the auditors.

The Board must respond prior to the next Audit Committee meeting in September. Board members discussed various method of how they should proceed and the consensus was for each Board member that has input to provide it in writing to David Smith who will condense it and provide the material to all the Board members for discussion at a meeting in May. May 16^th is tentatively set as the next Board meeting. Input was to be provided by May

V Public Comment:

Pate Hines from Nevada Cure presented a hand out to the board and asked that it be included as part of the minutes. Accordingly, her remarks are included with these minutes.

VI Adjournment

Chairman Salling Adjourned the meeting at 2:40 PM