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Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 021-2017 amending the Fiscal Year 2016/17 approved Personnel Allocation Resolution to add 2.0 FTE Sheriff’s Technicians I/II and delete 2.0 FTE Community Services Officers.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Sheriff’s Office recommends the add/delete of 2.0 Sheriff’s Technicians I/II and Community Services Officers (CSO) to better address the changing personnel needs of the Office.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The job duties of a CSO within the Sheriff’s Office involve, under general supervision, assisting the public, sworn and non-sworn, and other personnel by performing a variety of public relations, technical and clerical duties, related to law enforcement functions including receipt and processing of related reports.
The Sheriff’s Technicians I/II, under general supervision, perform a variety of responsible and complex clerical and technical tasks related to processing legal documents; human resources services and documents in the Sheriff’s Department; preparing and maintaining relevant financial and other records on activities, receipts and disbursements; disseminating information from files as mandated by law; booking; and records maintenance.
The Sheriff Technician I salary schedule mirrors the CSO salary schedule. A Sheriff’s Tech II classification salary rate is 10% greater that the Sheriff Tech I and CSO position. Per the personnel rules, after one year, a Sheriff's Tech I employee can apply and become a Sheriff's Technician II, which has a higher hourly rate. Converting the CSO position to a Sheriff’s Tech I/II allows for more flexibility in completing complex job duties and provides for a promotional path to a Senior Sheriff’s Technician.
The major distinction between the two classes is that the CSO performs the duties of a general assistant mainly to the public. The Sheriff’s Technician I/II performs at a higher level and assists ...
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