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-bo...
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