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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08062013 - c.40RECOMMENDATION(S): ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21270 to establish the classification of Assistant County Probation Officer – Exempt (7AB1) (unrepresented), allocate to the salary schedule at salary plan and grade B85 2097 ($8,286.76 - $10,072.60), and add one (1) permanent full-time position in the Probation Department. FISCAL IMPACT: Upon approval of this action, the annual cost will be approximately $246,360.00, including approximately $108,868.00 in pension costs. The costs incurred by the addition of this position will be offset by the cancellation of the Chief Deputy Probation Officer position (#6584). The incumbent will be appointed into the established position, at which time, position #6584 will be canceled. The remaining cost of $12,000.00, including approximately $5,200.00 in pension costs, will be covered by salary savings from staff vacancies. BACKGROUND: Historically, the Probation Department had an Assistant County Probation Officer classification. This position was an assistant department head whose responsibilities included the day to day operations of the Probation Department. APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 08/06/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Danielle Fokkema, (925) 313-4195 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: August 6, 2013 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: June McHuen, Deputy cc: Roxana Mendoza, Nicole Lewis-Bolton, Danielle Fokkema C. 40 To:Board of Supervisors From:Philip F. Kader, County Probation Officer Date:August 6, 2013 Contra Costa County Subject:Establish Assistant County Probation Officer Classification, allocate to salary schedule, and add one position BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) Due to budget cuts, the position was eliminated and the responsibilities were split among three Chief Deputy Probation Officers. Currently, one Chief Deputy Probation Officer position remains, and the incumbent has assumed the responsibilities previously held by the Assistant County Probation Officer. Upon a recent review of the department's operational needs and organizational structure, the department finds it necessary to re-establish the Assistant County Probation Officer position to assist with the day-to-day operations of the Probation Department, including implementation of the Public Safety Realignment Act (Assembly Bill 109), which was passed on March 17, 2011 by the California Legislature and effective October 1, 2011. AB 109 transferred responsibility for supervising specific low-level inmates and parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to counties, and realigns three major areas of the criminal justice system. More specifically, the legislation: •Transfers the location of incarceration for lower-level offenders (specified non-violent, non-serious, non-sex offenders) from state prison to local county jail and provides for an expanded role for post-release supervision for these offenders; •Transfers responsibility for post-release supervision of lower-level offenders (those released from prison after having served a sentence for a non-violent, non-serious, and non-sex offense) from the state to the county level by creating a new category of supervision called Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS); •Transfers the housing responsibility for parole and PRCS revocations to local jail custody. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If this action is not approved, the current incumbent in the Chief Deputy Probation Officer position will not be appropriately classified or compensated. In addition, the increased workload due to the implementation of AB109 will not be appropriately addressed. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: No Impact. ATTACHMENTS P300 No. 21270