File #: 24-1170    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 7/25/2024 In control: County Administrative Office
On agenda: 8/13/2024 Final action: 8/13/2024
Title: Fiscal Year 2023-24 Grand Jury Responses: "Humboldt County Facilities: Owning vs. Leasing" and "Humboldt County Custody & Corrections Facilities" and Formation of a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Oversight Work Group
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Humboldt County Facilities: Owning vs. Leasing Report, 3. Proposed Board of Supervisors Response Owning vs. Leasing Report, 4. Humboldt County Custody & Corrections Facilities Report, 5. Board of Supervisors Proposed Response to Humboldt County Custody & Corrections Facilities Report, 6. Sheriff's Response to Humboldt County Custody & Corrections Facilities Report, 7. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: Is a Lack of Oversight Due to a Lack of Foresight?” Report, 8. Board of Supervisors Response to Sheriff Oversight Grand Jury Report 7.23.2024, 9. Executed Response to Grand Jury Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.pdf, 10. Executed BOS Response - Humboldt County Custody & Corrections Facilites.pdf, 11. Executed BOS Response Owning vs. Lease.pdf
Previous Action/Referral: 24-1268

To: Board of Supervisors

From: County Administrative Office

Agenda Section: Departmental

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year 2023-24 Grand Jury Responses: "Humboldt County Facilities: Owning vs. Leasing" and "Humboldt County Custody & Corrections Facilities" and Formation of a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Oversight Work Group
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review and modify as necessary the proposed Grand Jury responses from the Board of Supervisors (Attachments 2 and 4);
2. Approve the documents, as may be modified, as the response;
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board, within 5 working days, to submit two copies of all attached responses to the County Clerk/Recorder, together with a copy of the original report; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board, within 5 working days, to submit two copies of attached responses to the Clerk of the Court, one of which will be forward to the State Archivist, together with a copy of the original report.
5. Provide direction on the formation of a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Oversight Work Group.

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other

DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury investigates and reports on the operations, accounts and records of the officers, departments or functions of the County of Humboldt and other local government agencies. The county thanks the Grand Jury for its hard work and efforts its members have put forth in their 2023-24 Grand Jury reports. To date, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury has submitted eight reports to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, of which six pertained to and were received by the County of Humboldt. Your Board provided responses to one report on July 23, 2024, and two reports that require responses from your Board are before your Board today.

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