To: Board of Supervisors
From: Probation
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement between County of Humboldt and Joanne Bond Coaching, LLC and Supplemental Budget for Budget Unit 235 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached agreement between County of Humboldt and Joanne Bond Coaching, LLC; and
2. Approve the corresponding supplemental budget for budget unit 235 (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Probation Trust Fund 3782-000-808000
DISCUSSION:
The recent retirement of two long-serving Probation Division Directors, as well as the addition of a 1.0 FTE Supervising Probation Officer in the 2019-20 budget has caused a chain of promotions and transfers in the Probation Department. These personnel moves have resulted in over half the department's management team being either in their position or in their unit assignment for less than 1 year. In addition to these staff changes, the Chief Probation Officer is also new to the position, having been sworn in less than 1 year ago. This large-scale turnover of management staff is an opportunity to do some leadership coaching, succession planning, to put into place some processes for the development of these new supervisors and directors, and promote some team building.
Joanne Bond has worked with the Chief Probation Officer to customize a curriculum for both administrators and managers to assess their current emotional intelligence and to use both the individual results and the combined team results to: identify some areas for development, to tie goals back into the department mission, to work out a plan with specific steps to address these areas for development and follow-up to assist the Probation management team with implementing these plans.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The total cost of this agreement is not to exceed $20,425, which is the same amount as the supplemental budget. That cost include...
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