REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD MEETING DATE:  January  23, 2018
CATEGORY:  Consent - Law and Justice-9.

SUBJECT:

Salary Resolution and Budget Amendment

Supervisorial District No. :  ALL

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:  Stephanie Bridgett, District Attorney (530) 245-6310

STAFF REPORT APPROVED BY:  Stephanie Bridgett, District Attorney

RECOMMENDATION

Take the following actions for the District Attorney’s (DA) community prosecution program: (1) Adopt a salary resolution, effective February 4, 2018, which amends Shasta County’s Position Allocation List for the DA to add 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Deputy District Attorney I/II/III and 1.0 FTE Legal Process Clerk I/II position in the DA budget; and (2) approve a budget amendment in the DA’s budget to increase appropriations by $56,250 and revenues by $225,000 to support costs of the program.

SUMMARY

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DISCUSSION

On October 3, 2017, the Board of Supervisors accepted a donation in the amount of $225,000 from the Redding Rancheria to hire an additional prosecutor and support staff to assist in prosecuting quality-of-life crimes.  The proposed salary resolution and budget amendment will allow the department to move forward with the recruitment process and initiate the program activities.

This generous donation from the Redding Rancheria will be utilized to fund a unit within the District Attorney’s office which will be dedicated to the prosecution of quality-of-life type offenses.  The unit will consist of one Deputy District Attorney and one clerical staff member and will utilize a community prosecution model.

ALTERNATIVES

The Board could elect not to adopt the salary resolution and/or not to approve the budget amendment, in which case, the program would not be initiated.

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT

The Support Services Department – Personnel Unit prepared the salary resolution. This recommendation has been reviewed by the County Administrative Office.

FINANCING

The proposed budget amendment increases Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Appropriations by $56,250 and Revenues by $225,000. The increase to revenue is derived from a donation from the Redding Rancheria for the purpose of funding a community prosecution program for one year.  Because the entire amount will not be spent during this fiscal year, appropriations are only being amended by 25%  of the amount of the donation.  The unspent revenue will go into a fund balance account and will be appropriated during Fiscal Year 2018-2019.