To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Exception to Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Hiring Freeze for Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) Critical Law Enforcement Positions
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve an exception to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 hiring freeze for the following HCSO positions/classes for the remainder of FY2023-24 for any positions that were budgeted in FY2023-24 regardless of the funding source:
a. Correctional Deputy I/II (Class 0424), Sr. Correctional Deputy (Class 0421), Correctional Supervisor (Class 0420)
b. Sheriff Deputy I/II (Class 0406), Sheriff Deputy Recruit (Class 0418), Sheriff's Investigator (Class 0423), Sheriff's Sergeant (Class 0414), Sheriff's Lieutenant (Class 0406)
c. Emergency Communications Dispatcher (Class 0128), Senior Emergency Communications Dispatcher (Class 0127)
d. Community Services Officer (Class 0415)
e. Deputy Coroner/Public Administrator (Class 0445)
f. Animal Shelter/Care Attendant I/II (Class 0440)
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund, Additional Request for General Fund Allocation (ARGFA), ARPA, Measure Z and/or Grants (1100-221, 1100-243, 1100-297)
DISCUSSION:
For the last four fiscal years, HCSO has had a gap in funding to fully staff its operations and has had to request ARGFA to avoid laying off essential staff, closing outstations, and/or programs. The gap in funding is primarily due to the rising costs of insurance, worker's compensation, other county internal service fund charges, and inflation of services and supplies costs. HCSO also utilized staff vacancy savings to help cover the rising costs since on-going general fund allocation increases were not available.
In 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved substantial salary increases for all county staff. Departments were provided on-going general fund allocations to cover the increases, less a 10% cut to the salari...
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