HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01011978 - ALL Following adoption of Proposition 13 by the electorate of the State of California, the
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors met on the dates indicated on the attached
orders to discuss the implications of this constitutional amendment on the management
and operation of local government and its potential impact on the programs and
services administered by the County. The attached orders reflect the actions taken by
the Board of Supervisors on the dates as indicated.
Attested: June 22, 1978
J.R. OLSSON, County Clerk and ex officio
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By � O.
Deputy Clerk
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE- .OF CALIFORNIA
June 7, 1978
(Wednesday)
)
In the Matter of . )
Effect of Proposition 13 )
on the County Budget and )
Personnel • )
The Board determined to meet this day to receive budgetary
".proposals from County department heads in order to discuss the
expected reduction in property tax revenues due to the passage of
Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann. Initiative) and to receive comments
thereto; and
Supervisor R. I. Schroder read a communication from Governor
Edmund G. Brown, Jr. advising that the State will be responsive to
local needs and priorities within the scope of its limited resources
so as to implement the mandates of Proposition 13; and
Arthur- G. Will, County Administrator, briefly summarized the
anticipated actions the Board must take prior to June 30, 1978 and
advised that as soon as the Board has received the budgetary state-
ments from County department heads, a decision must be rendered
establishing policies with respect to priorities and the levels of
services that will be provided as well as preparation of employee
retention lists in anticipation of reducing the County work force by
approximately 2,000 permanent employees; and
The following department heads appeared and submitted state-
ments on propgsed staff reductions and expressed concern with respect
to their capability of providing an adequate level of services with
reduced staff and revenue:
1 . R. D. Cramer, Superior Court Clerk -
Jury Commissioner;
2 . Roy Chiesa, Mt . Diablo Municipal Court (no
statement) ;
3 . William A. O'Malley, District Attorney
(no statement) ;
4 . Pat Murphy, Public Defender;
5 . A. V. Streuli, Fire Chief,' Contra Costa
County Fire Protection District;
6 . Fred Golinveaux, Fire Chief, Riverview
Fire Protection District;
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7 . Don Skinner, Fire Chief, Moraga Fire
Protection District;
8 . William Helms, Fire Chief, West County
Fire Protection District;
9 • Harry D. Ramsey, Sheriff-Coroner;
10 . William H. Davis, Marshal, Mt . Diablo
Municipal Court (no statement) ;
11 . G. Buck, County Probation Officer;
12 . K. Danielson, Agricultural Commissioner =`
Director of Weights & Measures
13. R. W. Giese, Director 'of Building Inspection
(no statement) ;
14 . A.. A. Dehaesus, Director of Planning;
15 . E . Leal, Treasurer-Tax Collector;
16 . Carl Rush, Assessor's Office (no statement) ;
17 . J . Coony, Director, Cooperative Extension
Service;
18 . Floyd Marchus, Superintendent of Schools;
19 . E . R. Rieger, Veterans ' Service Officer;
20 . C. R. Walters, County Librarian;
21. V. L. Cline, Public Works Director (no statement) ;
22. D. L. Bouchet, Auditor-Controller (no statement) ;
23. J . R. Olsson, County Clerk-Recorder (no statement) ;
24 . C. J . Leonard, Director of Personnel; and
25 . J . B. Clausen, County Counsel.
Henry L. Clarke; General Manager, Contra Costa County Employees
Association, Local 1, advised that he will be meeting with his member
bargaining units to consider various alternatives they would support .
He requested that the reduction/retention plans be made available to
the employee organizations . Mr. Clarke indicated that he was opposed
to the County contracting out for services that could be provided by
County employees .
There being no further comments, the Chairman announced that
the Board would continue its discussion the next day .
THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY.
I hereby .certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of a matter of record entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors
on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the
Seal of the Board of Super-
visors affixed this 7th
day of June 1978.
J . R. OLSSON�,� Clerk
By
Deputy Clerk
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Discussion )
of the Effect of Proposition 13 ) June 8, 1978
on County Budget and Personnel ) (Thursday)
The Board having continued to this day its discussion with respect to the anticipated
reduction of property tax revenues as a result of the passage of Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann
Initiative), and the following department heads having appeared and submitted statements
pertaining to proposed budget cuts and employee retention plans:
Claude Van Marter, Director, Human Resources Agency
Robert Jornlin, County Welfare Director
Dr. Orlyn Wood, County Health Officer
Judy Miller, Director, Department of Manpower; and
Board members having commented on a variety of concerns including the definition
of a county department for layoff purposes, the desire for minority reports from departmental
employees, the possibility of the State assuming responsibility for certain programs such as
General Assistance and services to the physically and mentally disabled, and the need to
determine upon a method for allocating funds to county special districts; and
Fred Heaton, employee in the County Planning Department, having submitted a
minority report; and
Frank Gage, a group counselor at the Children's Shelter, having indicated a need for
some flexibility in establishing layoff lists in view of past policies permitting transfers between
departments; and
All persons desiring to speak having been heard, the Chairman stated that the Board
would meet again at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 9, 1978,to continue its discussion of the aforesaid
matters.
THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a matter of record
entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the
Seal of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 7h day of June 1978.
J. R. OLSSON, Clerk
By,&,._�&.. A44 —.
Deputy Clerk
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of
Discussion of Effect of
Proposition 13 on the County June 9, 1978
Budget and Personnel.
The Board having continued to this day its discussion of
June 8, 1978 with respect to the anticipated reduction of roperty
tax revenues as a result of the passage of Proposition 13 Mrvis-
Gann Initiative) ; and
A. G. Will, County Administrator, having briefly summarized
the discussion that took place at the Executive Committee meeting
of the County Supervisors Association of California in Sacramento
which identified the critical need for emergency legislation and the
apportionment of property tax revenues; and
Mr. Will having noted that the State has to determine the
methodology for allocating funds to local jurisdictions, school
districts, and other agencies (special districts) within a county;
and
Supervisor N. C. Fanden having submitted a letter dated
June 9, 1978, proposing budgetary reductions which included among
other things a salary roll back of five to ten percent, job sharing,
and a shorter work week; and
The Board having received letters dated June 9, 1978 from
county employees Ursula Tocher, R.N. and Nida Brombacher regarding
reductions in administrative staff; and
Board members having discussed the amount of monies
collected for .schools and proposals relating to funding schools; the
mandated services that the County is required to provide, such as
Medi-Cal, AFDC, the Courts, etc. ; the amount of the State surplus
and how said monies may be apportioned; the many Bills being .
presented to the legislature to mitigate the effects-of Proposition
13; the placement of conditions on local jurisdictions on the
acceptance of State assistance money; the autonomy of boards of
supervisors, city councils, and directors of special districts to
determine what services to continue/discontinue; the need for an
adequate funding level to support fire and police services; the
establishment of a fee schedule for certain services; the decisions
that need to be made with respect to program/service reductions; and
the discharging of county employees; and
Henry L. Clarke, General Manager, Contra Costa County
Employees Association, Local 1, having commented on the need to
evaluate all programs and services, the need to receive input from
all county employees, and the need to meet and consult with employee
organizations; and N
R. G. Rodriquez, 256 Sierra Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596,
having suggested that the Board solicit input from the public by
setting a time to receive comments and prepared statements; and
B. Walker, Vice President, Deputy Sheriffs Association,
having cautioned against drastic personnel reductions in the Depart-
ment of the Sheriff-Coroner, and having commented on the costs of
contracting with private vendors for services currently provided by
county personnel; and
H. D. Ramsay, Sheriff-Coroner, having commented thereto;
and
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C. J. Leonard, Director of Personnel, having called
attention to the fact that before retention/termination lists can
be prepared a determination must be made with respect to the
programs and services to be retained/terminated, and therefore
having recommended that employee organizations be encouraged to
present their proposals on program reductions and employee layoffs;
and
Mr. Will having advised that his staff anticipates having
the retention plans of all county departments summarized by the
beginning of next week so that a base line financial program for
the County can be initiated in compliance with the intent of
Proposition 13; and
Supervisor E. H. Hasseltine having advised that he has
received an inquiry from a representative of a company which
currently has a position vacant, having commented on the feasi-
bility of establishing a procedure to aid displaced county
personnel in obtaining employment with private companies by posting
employment opportunities on a designated bulletin board, and
therefore having recommended that said function be assigned to the
Personnel Department; Board members having concurred; and
There being no further discussion, Chairman R. I.
Schroder advised that the Board. will next meet on Monday, June 12,
1978, at 1:30 P.M. to discuss program priorities;
THIS IS A MATTER OF RECORD - NO BOARD ACTION TAKEN.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a Matter of Record entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed this
9th day of June, 1978.
J. R. OLSSON, Clerk
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Maxine M. Neu P
Deputy Clerk
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on December 14, 1982 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Panden
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Report of the Internal Operations Committee on the Ad Hoc Committee
on Emergency Medical Services
Our Committee met with representatives from the Ad Hoc Committee on
Emergency Medical Services on November 22, 1982 at which time the Committee indicated
that they were unable to make further progress on the charge provided to them by
the Board on August 10, 1982 and recommended that their Ad Hoc Committee be
dissolved. We requested the Committee to meet once more and formulate some specific
recommendations based on the work they have done to date.
The Ad Hoc Committee returned to our Committee on December 13, 1982 with
a report outlining seven (7) specific recommendations. In addition, the Emergency
Medical Care Committee held a special meeting on December 8, 1982 and formulated
similar recommendations which were also filed with our Committee on December 13,
1982.
Finally, a group of east County emergency medical services providers also
filed a report with us commenting on the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations.
The basic problem appears to be the lack of technical staff to provide
support to the Ad Hoc Committee, a problem which the EMCC fears it will also face.
It is unclear at this point what the cost of providing adequate staffing to either
the Ad Hoc or EMCC would be much less what the cost would be of adequately staffing
an emergency medical services program as is outlined in State legislation. We
believe that the Board of Supervisors deeds this information before agreeing to
designate an emergency medical services agency.
We are, therefore, recommending that the Board of Supervisors take the
following actions:
1 . Agree to disband the Ad Hoc Emergency Medical Services Committee,
indicating the Board' s thanks to all committee members for the hard
work all of them have invested thus far;
2. Refer to the County Administrator the recommendations of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Emergency. Medical Services, Emergency Medical Care
Committee and the East County EMS Committee with instructions to
determine the cost of providing an adequate level of technical staff
to permit the EMCC to complete the charge originally given to the
Ad Hoc Committee;
3. Direct the County Administrator to study and make recommendations to
the Board on the appropriate location within county government for
the Emergency Medical Services Program;
4. Request the County Administrator to report back to the Board on these
items at his earliest convenience and remove this item as a Committee
referral .
Tom Torlakson Robert I. Schroder
Supervisor; District V Supervisor, District III
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IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED. that the recommendations of
the Internal Operations Committee are APPROVED.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copyof
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: ` �`J
J.R. OL.IS'N, COUNTY CLERK
and ex officio Clark of the Board
cc.: Health Services Director gG���_�� Deputy
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Care Committee
County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
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