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District Attorney recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 144-2020 amending the current Authorized Personnel Allocation Resolution for the District Attorney’s (DA) Office to:
1) Delete 1.0 filled FTE Special Investigator (DA) allocation and authorize Human Resources to initiate the reduction in force process;
2) Delete 1.0 vacant FTE Assistant District Attorney allocation;
3) Delete 1.0 vacant FTE Administrative Analyst I/II allocation;
4) Delete 1.0 vacant FTE Paralegal I/II allocation;
5) Add 1.0 FTE Investigative Assistant allocation;
6) Add 1.0 FTE IT Department Specialist allocation;
7) Add 1.0 FTE Sr. Office Assistant allocation (net increase); and
8) Add 2.0 FTE Sr. Paralegal I/II allocation.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The District Attorney’s Office has completed an evaluation of department operations and has determined that the following modifications are needed to the department’s personnel allocation:
Personnel Allocation Deletions
1) Delete 1.0 FTE Senior Office Assistant.
On May 14, 2019 (Legistar # 19-0702), the Board approved the addition of 1.0 FTE Crime Analyst position to the department’s personnel allocation with the execution of Resolution 073-2019. The Crime Analyst request included a stipulation proposed by the department which indicated the following: should the department promote from within, the District Attorney would return to the Board at a later date to delete the vacated allocation. At the time, an Investigative Assistant was promoted into the Crime Analyst position. The vacant Investigative Assistant position was then filled with another promotion, which essentially left a vacated Sr. Office Assistant position. The department is now returning to the Board to delete the vacated Sr. Office Assistant position as per the original approval.
The deletion of the vacant Sr. Office Assistant will provide $39,383 in overall salary and benefits savings for the department...
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