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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12061988 - 2.4 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Phil Batchelor, C Itra County Administrator DATE: December 5, 19,.88 C E^ SUBJECT: Addition of Staff to the Community Development Department SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Acknowledge ireceipt of the report of the County Administrator �, on the changes which have been made in the Community Development Department to increase staff in the Environmentalj-Division to assist with solid waste issues. 2 . Remove as a referral to the Finance Committee the issue of adding staff , to the Community Development Department to assist with solid waste issues. 3 . Request the County Administrator to report to the Board of Supervisors on the need for a resource person and means to finance such ,;a resource person to assist the committee of elected officials representing the cities and the Board of Supervisors which is negotiating agreements with other public jurisdictions and private companies for the temporary export of solid waste from Contra Costa County to bring closure to those agreements. 1 4 . Request the County Administrator to report to the Board of Supervisors as soon as possible on the• feasibility of adding staff to the Community Development Department to assist with the Redevelopment Agency and to assist in the administrative work of the department. BACKGROUND: On October 4, 1988, at the request of Supervisor Torlakson, the Board referred toi the County Administrator a request that an evaluation be made of the need for additional staffing in the Public Works and Community Development departments. On November 29, 1,988 , at the request of Supervisor Fanden, the Board referred to, the Finance Committee the possible need for additional staff for solid waste issues. Because the Community Development Department was able to respond so quickly to Supervisor Fanden' s request for information, we CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:(Yu 1)JA'L . X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE OTHER S 1 GNA_TU_RE(S 1: ACTION OF BOARD ON _ December 6, 1900 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS • ` 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 1S A TRUE 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 DEC 6 1988 Community Development Director Personnel Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY Page 2 have brought this report directly to the Board rather than waiting to discuss it first with the Finance Committee. In response to the need for additional staff in the Environmental Division of the Community Development Department to provide staff support for the many solid waste issues which are now before the Department and the Board of Supervisors, we are pleased to report that the following changes have already been made to provide additional staff support in the Environmental Division: A clerical position has been transferred to the Environmental Division because of the unique and high level of skills possessed by the individual who occupies this position. The individual will be assisting the Planning and Engineering staff in both clerical and non-clerical tasks which will be of considerable assistance to the Division. A vacant Planner position has been reassigned to the Environmental Division from elsewhere in the Department. A number of candidates for this and other vacant positions will be interviewed on Wednesday, December 7. It is anticipated that this position will be able ' to be filled before the end of the month, providing a substantial level of increased staff to the Environmental Division on solid waste issues. In regard to the referral suggesting the need for additional staff in the Community Development Department, the Department has identified a need for one additional Planner in the Redevelopment Agency and the need for an accountant to assist in the administrative duties of the department. The County Administrator' s Office is still working with the department to identify possible sources of funding for these new positions and to insure that the department concurs that these positions are their highest priority. Recommendations will be brought to the Board on these positions as soon as these conversations have been concluded. There appears to be a need for a fairly high level individual to be available to work with the "Export Committee" of elected officials to assist in completing the negotiations and in making the actual export agreements a reality. The County Administrator' s Office is still reviewing this need and will have recommendations for the Board of Supervisors very shortly.