To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Position Allocation Modification for Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) to Deallocate 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Correctional Deputy and Allocate 1.0 FTE Administrative Services Officer
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the allocation of 1.0 FTE Administrative Services Officer (class 0776, salary range 463) in budget unit 1100-221 effective immediately;
2. Approve the deallocation of 1.0 FTE Correctional Deputy II (class 0424B, salary range 428) in budget unit 1100-243 effectively immediately; and
3. Approve HCSO to recruit and hire 1.0 FTE Administrative Services Officer.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100-243 & 1100-221)
DISCUSSION:
Over the past several years HCSO has received additional grant funding without increasing its grants management support. The workload has reached maximum capacity making it a barrier to apply for additional grant funding. With ongoing budget concerns, HCSO wishes to identify and apply for additional grants to help close the budget gap and provide continued services to the public. HCSO is requesting to allocate an Administrative Services Officer to its grants team to create the necessary staff resources needed to identify and apply for grants. At this current time, the Correctional Facility has 18 funded and vacant Correctional Deputy positions. The facility still needs all 18 positions to meet minimum staffing requirements, but with recruitment and retention challenges it doesn't anticipate being fully staffed any time soon. In order to stay budget neutral for this request, HCSO is recommending a temporary deallocation of one Correctional Deputy. One of the priority objectives of the ASO would be to evaluate all of HCSO's current and future grants to allocate grant funds to cover the cost of an additional position. Once the additional fu...
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