Department
Finance
Requested Action
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Presentation, review and approval of October 6, 2021 Budget Soundings. (APPROVED)
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Requirement for Board Action
BOC assessment and approval of budget soundings request is required by the County’s budget resolution approved by the BOC.
Strategic Priority Area related to this item (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Open and Responsible Government
Commission Districts Affected
All Districts ☒
District 1 ☐
District 2 ☐
District 3 ☐
District 4 ☐
District 5 ☐
District 6 ☐
Is this a purchasing item?
No
Summary & Background
The October 6, 2021 Soundings request is submitted for your review and approval. Below is a brief summary of each request and related justification.
Strategic Priority Area: Justice and safety
• Office of the District Attorney - (PAGE 3)
Increase the FY2021 Budget for the District Attorney’s Office
- Amount not to exceed $780,621.84
The Board of Commissioners approved a resolution, Agenda Item #21-0691, on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, presented by the District Attorney’s office, for an immediate emergency request to hire 55 additional staff to assist in the effort to timely investigate and prosecute current criminal caseloads and backlog criminal cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The immediate request for additional 55 personnel is necessary due to the sudden rapid increase in the crime rate as well as the number of new and existing pending cases.
The request will be funded from the Non-Agency Soundings Contingency reserve and Non-Agency Professional services funding account.
The impact of this request is an increase to the District Attorney’s budget for fiscal year 2021 of $780,621.84, with an annual impact for fiscal year 2022 of $5,453,053.
The additional staff requested will consist of Assistant District Attorney IV’s, Assistant District Attorney III’s, Senior Investigators, Community Resource Specialist, Legal Assistances, and an I.T. Specialist. The plan is to on-board 37 positions in November and 18 on December 8th.
November 8, 2021:
5-Senior Investigators
5-Community Resource Specialists
10-Legal Assistants
10-Senior Investigators
2-Victim Witness
5-ADA III
December 8, 2021:
10-ADA IV
7-Legal Assistants
1-I.T. Specialist
Strategic Priority Area: OPEN AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
• Modify the 2021 Annual Hardware and Software Maintenance and Support List -
(PAGE 4)
The BOC approval is requested to modify the Annual Hardware and Software Maintenance List (AML) approved as part of the FY2021 Adopted Budget. The requested changes will be funded within the existing department’s budget and will not result in any budget adjustments.
The County Auditor requests an increase in spending authority for the Whistleblower Hotline Subscription with vendor Navex Global, Inc., line #266. The request in spending authority is needed to pay a renewal invoice which is slightly above what is budgeted for 2021. No additional funding is being requested.
The County Marshall request to add vendor DataWorks Plus to the 2021 AML list. DataWorks Plus provides software and hardware maintenance support for fingerprint scanners. The annual contract renewal for the term of 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022 exceeds department procurement level of authority and will need BOC approval due to this increase. No additional funding is being requested.
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Annual Hardware and Software Maintenance and Support List - 2021 |
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Vendor Name |
Product Name |
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User Agency |
2021 AML Adopted Budget |
Addt'l Amt |
Funding Source |
Comments |
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Software/Hotline |
Navex Global, Inc. |
Whistleblower Hotline Subscription |
Hotline-Enterprise Lite Subscription Global Telephony Subscription |
Office of County Auditor |
$21,297.72 |
$14.89 |
Office of County Auditor |
Increase in spending authority to $21,312.61 |
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Hardware/Software |
DataWorks Plus |
DataWorks Plus |
Hardware / Software Maintenance Support |
County Marshall |
-0- |
$3,436 |
County Marshall |
Add to FY2021 AML list $3,436 |