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Probation Department recommending approval of a 7% recruitment and retention stipend for only the following South Lake Tahoe Juvenile Treatment Center (JTC) positions: sworn positions limited to Deputy Probation Officer I/II-Institutions, Sr. Deputy Probation Officer- Institutions, Supervising Deputy Probation Officer-Institutions; and extra-help Deputy Probation Officer I/II-Institutions; assigned specifically to said center; noting this stipend will assist in resolving critical, long-term recruitment and retention issues.
FUNDING: No fiscal impact or change to Net County Cost for FY 07/08. Estimated cost for FY 08/09 approximately $120,000.00.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
No fiscal impact or change to Net County Cost for FY 07/08. Estimated cost for FY 08/09 approximately $120,000.00.
Reason for Recommendation:
The Probation Department is experiencing continuous inability to recruit and retain adequate staffing for all levels of sworn probation positions in both the Probation Field and Court Services Division and the Juvenile Treatment Center in South Lake Tahoe. The South Lake Tahoe Region presents very difficult circumstances effecting recruitment and retention of qualified officers. Employees face difficult challenges related to prohibitive high costs in housing, transportation, and food and extreme weather conditions effecting commuters as well as those who do live in South Lake Tahoe. The result is that the majority of Probation Department staff working in South Lake Tahoe must commute from either the Carson Valley in Nevada or the West Slope areas of El Dorado County. These challenges have negatively affected the ability of the Probation Department to compete for qualified applicants.
Numerous recruitments have failed to produce adequate staffing levels for both of the effected South Lake Tahoe Probation Divisions. Officers who do accept employment as commuters often leave the job for positions in Nevada or transfe...
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