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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Contra
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DATE
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SUBJECT: Department Volunteer Coordinator Workshop.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the expenditure of $600 for the support and follow-up of a one-day
workshop for Departmental Volunteer Administrators to be held on October 7, 1988.
II. FISCAL IMPACT
The direct cost of the one-day workshop will. not exceed $600 which includes
cost of training, facilities and food for approximately 30 county employees
responsible for coordinating volunteer programs in the various departments.
III. REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION
There are 16 departments operating volunteer programs and each department has
assigned staff responsible for the coordination and supervision of the program.
Except in a very few departments, which have full-time paid professional
volunteer administrators, volunteer programs are supervised by personnel who
have other primary responsibilities. There has been considerable turnover
in these positions and most have had little or no training in the conduct of
volunteer programs within the county.- A one-day workshop, under the direction
of a professional trainer, will help improve the overall quality of the county's
volunteer program by providi'ng needed information, establishing a county-wide
network of volunteer administrators, and by giving the coordinators an
opportunity to exchange views and experiences.
IV. BACKGROUND
The Board of Supervisors has continuously expressed its appreciation of the
value of=voslunteers to the county programs and to the programs conducted by
private agencies . In September 1978, the Board authorized the establishment
of a volunteer program committee and adopted a statement of the structure,
function and composition of the committee. One of the functions approved
by the Board was that the committee will offer programs to promote continuous
training for Volunteer Program Administrators.
V. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Failure to approve the expenditure of these funds will make it more difficult
to provide a well coordinated county-wide volunteer program administered by
trained staff.
��CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER -
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON Septemh.Pr � 3, 198
8 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
i HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT -- AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: _ ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED September 13, 1988
Personnel PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY ��C ,DEPUTY