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District Attorney recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 073-2019 amending the current Authorized Personnel Allocation Resolution for the District Attorney to:
1) Delete 1.0 vacant full-time equivalent Program Manager;
2) Add 1.0 full-time equivalent Victim/Witness Program Coordinator;
3) Delete 1.0 vacant limited-term Victim/Witness Program Coordinator;
4) Add 1.0 limited-term Victim/Witness Program Specialist;
5) Add 1.0 full-time equivalent Administrative Analyst I/II; and
6) Add 1.0 full-time equivalent Crime Analyst. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)
FUNDING: General Fund and California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Victims of Crime Act Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The District Attorney's Office is in the process of reorganizing programmatic responsibilities due to the recent resignation of the Victim/Witness Unit's Program Manager. As a result of this resignation, the District Attorney is requesting to make the following changes:
1) Delete the existing Program Manager allocation and replace with a Victim/Witness Program Coordinator allocation. The full duties of the Program Manager are primarily comprised of providing management, oversight and services to the Victim/Witness Unit and Legal Support Staff unit. The leadership over the Legal Support Staff unit has been reassigned to an Acting Administrative Analyst, it has been determined a Victim/Witness Program Coordinator would be the best classification to take over the duties of the Victim/Witness Unit. The reduction in this position will result in a net savings of $41,678.
2) Delete the existing limited-term Victim/Witness Program Coordinator allocation and replace with a limited-term Victim/Witness Program Specialist allocation.
The original intent of the Victim/Witness Program Coordinator allocation was to recruit a grant-funded Mass Victimization Advocate (MVA) to meet the funding requirements of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Servi...
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