HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01091996 - C60 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Gary T. Yancey
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DATE:' December 271 1995 ''' . .A'l
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SUBJECT: -Approval of Personal Services Jobsharing Contracts with Paula Lyons and Dominique Furst for Prosecution
Services for the Periods January 1, 1996 through June 1997, and January 1, 1996 through December 31,
1997, Respectively
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the District Attorney to sign personal services contracts, and any amendments or
modifications thereof, with Paula Lyons for the amount of$ 59,474 for the period January 1, 1996
through June 30, 1997 and with Dominique Furst for the amount for$ 83,341 for the period January 1,
1996 through December 31, 1997 for prosecution services (budgeted).
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
None. Approval of these jobsharing contracts and filling their positions behind them with two fixed
terms results in no added County cost.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
Consistent with Board guidance,the District Attorney has created a program for attorneys which permits
attorneys to jobshare half-time and provides the Office with two additional attorneys with no added cost
or positions created by the Board of Supervisors. Under this innovative program, participating attorneys
resign their positions for two years and are then rehired under the County's existing reemployment
provisions. During the participation period,two fixed term attorneys are hired into the deputies' vacated
positions. After the end of participation period, it is anticipated that at least two attorneys will want to
participate in the program, and the earlier group will be rehired into their positions. In the event that no
other attorneys want to participate at that time,two fixed term positions will be left vacant for the
deputies' rehire.
The participating attorneys have agreed to the terms of th p gram and are eagerly awaiting the
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COM EE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
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.
Contact: ATTESTED LV AA aA.AA i 1 _ Ig9 L,
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CC: District Attorney,Attn: Renee Goldstein PHIL TCHELOR,ARK OF HE BOARD OF
County Administrator,Attn: George Roemer SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Paula Lyons
Dominique Furst BY DEPUTY
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the opportunity for their jobsharing contracts to begin.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Failure to approve these contracts will make it impractical for the District Attorney's Office to
offer a jobsharing program to attorneys. In this case,these new mothers would be forced to choose
between leaving their newborns after their period of family leave to return to full-time employment or to
terminate their County employment, depriving the District Attorney's Office of the expertise of these
two valuable long-time employees.
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