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Probation Department recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the continued underfill of the Senior Deputy Probation Officer- Institutions classification at the Juvenile Treatment Center; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 051-2021 authorizing the Probation Department’s ongoing underfill of the Senior Deputy Probation Officer Institutions positions with Deputy Probation Officer- Institutions, through June 30, 2023.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Placerville Juvenile Hall (JH) was closed effective June 30, 2019, and juvenile detention operations were consolidated to the South Lake Tahoe Juvenile Treatment Center (JTC) (Item 19-0622, 4/30/19, #32, Resolution 064-2019).
Since closure of the JH, the JTC Senior Deputy Probation Officer (Sr. DPO) Institutions classification has experienced staff turnover from retirement, termination, and accepting employment with neighboring counties. Normal practice, as provided in the Personnel Rules, is to adjust a department’s personnel allocation to match filled positions during the Recommended Budget process; however, to meet the Probation Department's (Probation) operational needs the extension of three Sr. DPO underfills was authorized in the FY 2020-21 Recommended Budget. The unanticipated retirement of another Sr. DPO Institutions necessitated an additional underfill. (Item 20-0802, 6/30/20, #25).
The Sr. DPO positions must be filled to maintain the number of officers required under Title 15 to staff the JTC. Positions are currently filled by Deputy Probation Officers (DPO) Institutions. Probation desires to retain the higher level positions due to potential effects of the Divisions of Juvenile Justice realignment and the potential for provision of specialized treatment programs to counties throughout the state. Additionally, the County is currently planning to build and open a new Juvenile Hall facility in Placerville. Personnel Rules state that requests may be underfil...
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