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TO: ~` BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Costa
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
February 6 , 1990 �' `'v,`�� County
DATE: rrA cGi yr
LEGISLATION: SB 1878 (Boatwright)
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECONIIIENDATION
Adopt a position; indicating that the Board of Supervisors is the
SPONSOR of SB 1878 by Senator Boatwright which would include the
County' s temporary court commissioners in computing the number of
judicial positions the County has for purposes of calculating the
County' s Trial Court Block Grant.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, each County which has opted into the Trial
Court Block Grant Program receives a block grant each year based
on the number of judicial positions the County has. The
calculation of the number of judicial positions does not take
into account temporary court commissioners. Contra Costa County
is the only County which has statutory authority to implement a
program of using temporary court commissioners to replace
commissioners who are ill, on vacation, filling in for one of the
judges or where there is a vacancy. The County currently uses
nearly the equivalent of one fulltime commissioner in terms of
the number of hours worked by the temporary commissioners. All
of the funds to :pay these temporary court commissioners currently
is County General Fund money.
SB 1878 has been introduced by Senator Boatwright at the request
of the Board of Supervisors to include the proportion of time
served by temporary court commissioners in the calculation of the
number of judicial positions the County has for purposes of
determining the County' s Trial Court Block Grant. Since SB 1878
has been introduced at the request of the Board of Supervisors it
would be appropriate for the Board to indicate that it is the
sponsor of SB 1878 .
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S):
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ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS 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: Senator Daniel E.. Boatwright ATTESTED FEB 1 3 199A
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Acting Municipal Court Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Director, Justice Systems Programs
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SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associa�, s DEPUTY
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