HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07282015 - C.28RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21683 to establish the class of Assistant Deputy Director, Conservation
and Development-Exempt (5AH5) (unrepresented), allocate to the Salary Schedule at salary plan and grade B85
2117 ($8,793 - $10,689), and add one (1) position; and cancel one vacant (1) Deputy Director Community
Development-Transportation- Exempt (5AH2) (unrepresented) position #519 at salary plan and grade B85 2149
($9,349 - $11,364) in the Department of Conservation and Development.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The annual cost of the new position is approximately $204,000, of which $44,800 represents pension costs. The cost
of the added position, offset by the cancelation of the Deputy Director-Transportation position, will result in a net
annual savings of approximately $10,250. This positions are fully funded by building and land use planning
application fees and by federal grant funds. There will be no fiscal impact to the General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency over two years ago along with the retirement of the Deputy Director
overseeing the Redevelopment Agency prompted the Department to quickly adapt to these changes as best as it could
by dismantling the organizational structure of the Redevelopment Agency and moving several of its programs to
other existing divisions of the Department.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/28/2015 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: Victoria Mejia (925)
674-7726
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: July 28, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc: Tanya Williams, James Hicks, Victoria Mejia, Arnai Maxey
C. 28
To:Board of Supervisors
From:John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:July 28, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Establish Asst. Deputy Director, Conservation & Development-Exempt; Add/Cancel Positions
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
The Current Planning Division of the Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) took on Housing
Programs, the Director assumed oversight of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and
Bond Programs, the Building Inspection Division took on the Successor Agency. When the manager of CDBG
Program was promoted to Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Division, oversight of CDBG went with him to
that Division.
The Deputy Director who has been overseeing the Policy Planning Division and who used to be part of the
Redevelopment Agency staff, will be retiring on June 30, 2015, and this is the opportune time for DCD to
thoughtfully consider how to best group programs for better coordination and efficiency.
DCD has several program areas in the Department that generate significant revenue and require higher level of
coordination with the State and Federal regulatory agencies. DCD believes that grouping State, Federal, and
regionally funded and regulated programs will achieve greater efficiency. After careful consideration, there is
value to reassembling the Housing Program, CDBG and Bond segments of the former Redevelopment Agency to
achieve greater integration in the performance of these inter-related tasks. Two sections of the former Building
Inspection Department that are closely related to Housing and other federal programs, Weatherization and the
Neighborhood Preservation Program, would also be consolidated with this new group. This new group, smaller
than a division, will require the oversight of a leader who will have more responsibilities than a Principal Planner
but smaller program areas and span of control than a Deputy Director.
This new role and responsibility in DCD warrants the new class of Assistant Deputy Director. This position will
require substantial knowledge and experience with federal, state, and regional agencies and their procedures. In
addition, the Assistant Deputy Director will be responsible for managing several interrelated programs under
different program managers. This new position will report directly to the Conservation and Development Director.
As a result of the reorganization of responsibilities, the Deputy Director - Community
Development-Transportation position #519, which was last vacated in December 2009, is no longer needed by
DCD and is proposed to be canceled.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to obtain Board approval will impede the Department of Conservation and Development's efforts for better
organizational efficiency.
ATTACHMENTS
P300 21683 Establish Asst Dep Director-DCD and Cancel Dep Director-Trans