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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS � Contra
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STATUS REPORT ON THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)6 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Accept the attached report from the Personnel Department on
the status of the Career Development Employment Program.
2. Acknowledge the donation of $10,500 from Shapell Industries
for the purpose of allowing the Career Development
Employment Program to be maintained and expanded.
3 . Acknowledge the concerns expressed by Supervisor Schroder
regarding the wisdom of the County' s accepting donations
from firms having business before the Board of Supervisors
and determine whether any further action should be taken in
this regard.
BACKGROUND:
Our Committee has been receiving periodic progress reports from
the Personnel Department on the status of the Career Development
Employment Program ( CDEP) and its expansion into the Pittsburg
area. We are pleased to share the attached report with the
Board. This report shows the specific geographic area of the
County from which the CDEP participants have come and the
economic impact on those areas from the wages being earned by the
CDEP participants. Also included in a breakdown by department
showing which departments have hired CDEP participants and how
many have been separated or resigned.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMEN-PS YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY A -OR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE HE
SIGNATURE(S): R CH RO SUNNE WRIGHT MCPEAK
ACTION OF BOARD ON tober 1, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER _ X
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE BOARD that the County Administrator is REQUESTED to
develop a protocol for inviting donations from the public sector for County
programs.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT I• I I I ) 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 October 1, 1991
Personnel Director PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Lloyd Madden, Coordinator, CDEP SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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While we are very pleased that a donation from Shapell Industries
has allowed the maintenance and expansion of the CDEP program,
Supervisor Schroder expressed his concern that having the County
accept a donation from a firm which has business pending before
the Board of Supervisors can be perceived as a conflict of
interest and that accepting such donations was of very real
concern to him. The Board may wish to consider whether to take
any specific further action in this regard.
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DATE: September 19, 1991
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FROM: Harry D. Cisterman, Director of Personnel-' - �
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SUBJECT: Career Development Employment Program Status Report
I?lzCDGRAM STATUS REPORT
The CDEP currently operates in West County, and in East County through a
cooperative agreement with the City of Pittsburg.
Program accomplishments since inception are as follows:
Appointment History By Geographical Area
January 1987 - July 1991
Est.
Total Afro Annual
WEST COUNTY Appoint Sep. M F White Amer Hisp Wages
Richmond:
North Richmond 17 2 4 13 0 17 0 $340,236
Parchester Village 13 1 7 6 0 13 0 306,900
Richmond General 28 11 10 18 0 28 0 328,092
San Pablo: 4 1 0 4 1 2 1 53,148
Hercules: 2 0 2 0 0. 2 0 55,380
Sub Total 64 15 23 .41 1 62 1 1,083,756
EAST COUNTY
Pittsburg 6 1 2 4 2 4 0 106,812
Total : 70 16 25 45 3 66 1 $1,190,568
Fringe Benefits 333,359
Grand Total $1,523,927
APPOINTMENT HISTORY BY PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS
Total # of Separations/
County Department Appointments Resignations
Sheriff 14 2
General Services 12 1
Social Services 10 0
Public Works 7 4
Health Services 5 1
Building Inspection 5 1
County Clerk 5 4
Personnel 4 0
Library 4 3
Consolidated Fire District 1 0
Data Processing 1 0
Agriculture 1 0
Municipal Courts 1 0
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The Sheriff' s Department has not only been the most active department in
Career Development Employment Program appointments made to date, but has also
committed financial resources in the amount of $15,000 in support of the
Personnel Department's Outreach Office in Pittsburg. .
Based on the success of the Career Development Employment Program, the Board
of Supervisors directed the Personnel Department to expand outreach and
recruitment efforts throughout the County in an effort to identify more women
and minorities who are eligible for available positions in Contra Costa
County. Subsequent to this directive, the Personnel Department developed.a
Countywide Outreach and Recruitment plan which has been approved by the Board
of Supervisors. The goal of this plan is to enhance the County's overall
Affirmative Action Program. This plan was implemented in April of this
year and has proved most successful in recruiting more minority and female
candidates for County positions.
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A report recently released by the Sheriff's Department indicates that due to
the opening of the West County Detention Facility, the Sheriff Department has
been extremely active in 1991, hiring 114 persons through the first 7 1/2
months of the year. Of this 114, four are transfers from other county
departments, four are promotions of current department employees, and 106 are
new county employees.
Affirmative action statistics from this hiring effort reflect the commitment
of the Sheriff to equal opportunity employment. Almost 1 in 2 new hires is
female (49%) and 2 in 5 is a minority (38%) . In addition, almost 5% are
Asian.
Afro
Total M F White Amer Hisp Asian Other
Non Sworn 63 18 45 33 18 6 2 4
Sworn 51 40 11 38 8 2 3 0
Total 114 58 56 71 26 8 5 4
However, responding to a Budget Reduction Plan mandate, the Personnel
Department suffered an 18% reduction in its operating budget for FY 91-92
which will severely impact our ability to provide even a minimum level of
personnel services to County Departments and the public. As a result of
reduced revenue and expenditure transfers from FY 90-91, the Personnel
Department had to secure funding from the Social Services Department and the
Growth Management and Economic Development agency to cover the cost of the
salary and benefits of two (2) personnel analyst positions which were not
included as part of our maintenance level budget.
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The Sheriff's Department as I previously mentioned, agreed to fund $15,000 of
the $21,000 needed to maintain service under the City of Pittsburg contract;
however, as part of the Personnel Department's Budget Reduction Plan, we were
forced to cut the Pittsburg contract and use the $15,000 from the
Sheriff's Department to maintain the current staffing level and services
provided at the West County Outreach and Recruitment Office.
At the budget hearings on Wednesday, July 31, 1991, the Personnel Department
requested an additional $21,000 be appropriated in our budget to cover the
cost of maintaining the Career Development Employment Program contract with
the City of Pittsburg and other related activities. On Monday, August 12,
1991, the Board of Supervisors restored $10,500 (the cost of 1/2 of the City
of Pittsburg contract) to our budget and requested that the Personnel
Department solicit matching funds in the amount of $10,500 from an outside
source to fund the remaining cost of the contract.
In accordance with the Board's directive, the Personnel Department received a
commitment from Shapell Industries of Northern California to donate $10,500 in
support of the Career Development Employment Program.
This $10,500 donation will enable the Personnel Department to:
1) Eliminate the pending reduction in operating hours at the Richmond and
Pittsburg Outreach Offices;
2) Stabilize the Career Development Employment Program activities in
Pittsburg; and
3) Enhance outreach efforts to recruit members of protected groups as
defined in the County's recently approved Affirmative Action Plan.
With the adoption of the Affirmative Action Plan on July 9, 1991, we are at
the threshold of making a historic step towards improving our County's efforts
to achieve true and realistic equal employment opportunities for all
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individuals regardless of a person's race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital status, age or disability.
In keeping with the spirit of the Board of Supervisors to expand the Career
Development Program to East County and to expand outreach efforts to recruit
more minorities, women and disabled individuals, Shapell Industries of
Northern California is to be commended for favorably responding to Supervisors
Tom Powers and Tom Torlakson 's request for a financial donation in the amount
of $10,500. Supervisors Powers and Torlakson should also be commended for
their fund raising efforts.
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