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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR ��,�:... ...:..,y -���� Count Y
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DATE: October 22, 1997
SUBJECT: Transfer the Office of Emergency Services to the Sheriff-Coroner's Office
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION:
1. INTRODUCE Ordinance which amends Article 42-2.604 of the Disaster Council and Emergency
Services Ordinance making the Office of Emergency Services a division of the Sheriff and giving
the Sheriff joint power with the County Administrator to appoint the Director of the Office of
Emergency Services, WAIVE reading, and FIX November 4, 1997 for adoption.
2. AUTHORIZE the County Administrator to transfer the Office of Emergency Services (OES) from the
County Administrator's Office to the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner effective December 5, 1997.
3. DIRECT the County Administrator to work with the Sheriff-Coroner and Director of Human
Resources to prepare related appropriation and revenue adjustments, personnel actions, and any
other changes required for adoption by the Board.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None. The County-wide net cost will not change with this transfer of administrative responsibility. The
transfer of the current OES Director's salary to the County Administrator's Office will be replaced in OES
with existing budgeted salary costs within the Sheriff's Office, maximizing, and leaving intact all
budgeted OES revenue. The costs of any additions or reclassifications needed to existing Sheriff's Office
staffing for this transfer will be covered within the existing Sheriff's Office budget.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
The Office of Emergency Services (OES) has been a division of the County Administrator's Office for
many years: OES has an annual gross budget of $414,090 and a staff of 5. The Office receives outside
revenue from cities and grants and has an annual net County cost of $173,950. The primary function of
OES is emergency planning. OES maintains a County Emergency Plan on behalf of the unincorporated
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES
Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve _ Other
Signature(s):
Action of Board on: October 28, 1997Approved as Recommended x Other
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS ISA TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
X Unanimous (Absents- ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes:_ Noes:_ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent:_Abstain:_
Attested: nrtnher 98� 1497
cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Sheriff-Coroner of Su 's and County Admin' rator
Office of Emergency Services
Auditor-Controller
Contact: Lisa Driscoll 335-1055 y:
Christine Wampler
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Office of Emergency Services
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areas and performs emergency planning services for several contract cities. Other functions include
community education, disaster exercises, emergency communications and disaster recovery. When a
disaster occurs, OES staff assist in coordinating the interaction of the first responders and respond to
inquiries from the general public and the media. The purpose of OES is "To provide support to
emergency response agencies and coordination of resources to prevent or minimize personal injury and
property damage and assist in the economic recovery of the community in the event of a natural or
human-caused disaster".
The OES function among California counties is located almost exactly one-third in Sheriff's Offices, one-
third in County Administrator's Offices, and the remaining one-third in various departments such as Fire,
Health, Public Works, etc. Within the Bay Area the recent trend, due to budget constraints, has been the
transfer of OES to Sheriff's Offices. The Office of the Sheriff, as a law enforcement agency, routinely
responds to hundreds of emergencies or disasters each year. These incidents cover the gamut from
physical violence, gun violence, automobile accidents, major floods, fires and industrial accidents.
Placing OES in the Office of the Sheriff will allow for integrated planning for response to and recovery
from major disasters. The Sheriff, as the chief law enforcement officer in the County, is also the
Operational Area Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Coordinator for natural and industrial disasters and major
emergencies requiring a law enforcement presence. In a major emergency/disaster the provision of
mutual aid is always required and it will be advantageous to have OES in a department that provides
and/or coordinates the provision of such assistance.
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ORDINANCE 97-
(Office of Emergency Services)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the
parenthetical footnotes from the official text from the enacted provisions of the County
Ordinance Code).
SECTION I. County Ordinance Code section 42-2.604 is amend to read as follows:
42-2.604 Director and staff. (a) The office of emergency services, which is a part of
the county's emergency organization, shall be a division in the office of the sheriff.
(b) The sheriff, in conjunction with the county administrator, shall appoint the director
of the office of emergency services. The sheriff shall supervise the director of the office of
emergency services, subject to the county administrator's emergency powers and duties under
this chapter. The director of the office of emergency services shall supervise the daily
operations of the office of emergency services.
(c) The sheriff shall appoint the staff of the office of emergency services, who shall
perform such tasks as the sheriff assigns, to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, and subject to the
county administrator's emergency powers and duties under this chapter.
(d) The director of the office of emergency services shall, under the supervision of the
sheriff and with the assistance of the chiefs of emergency services, develop emergency plans,
manage the emergency programs of the county, and have and perform such other powers and
duties as may be assigned by the sheriff, subject to the county administrator's emergency powers
and duties under this chapter. (Ord. 97- ; Ord. 82-55 § 6, 72-83; see also § 33-5.357).
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ORDINANCE NO. 97---
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SECTION II. Effective Date. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage,
and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors, voting
for and against it in the , a newspaper published in this County.
(Gov't Code §§ 25123 & 25124.)
PASSED ON , by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Board and County Administrator
By:
Deputy Board Chair
[SEAL]
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ORDINANCE NO. 97-