DATE: March 28, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendment
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one Deputy Probation Officer I/II/III to the Probation Org 3432, effective April 3, 2023, as reflected in Appendix "D".
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The Superior Court of California, County of Fresno (Court) was awarded an amendment to its Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grant to fund the expansion of the Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Treatment Court. Defendants in DUI cases who plead guilty to their DUI charges may be able to enter the DUI Treatment Court instead of incarceration. Currently Probation temporarily reassigned a current FTE DPO III to the grant to be eligible to receive the third-party funding. Approval of the recommended action will add 1 FTE DPO III position to fulfill Probation's responsibility under the Agreement. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, Probation will not be able to fully participate in the expanded DUI Treatment Court and will have to further amend the Agreement to reduce staffing and refuse the revenue for the 0.6 FTE DPO III position.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended Salary Resolution Amendment will add one DPO position to Probation Org 3432. The cost for this additional position will be 60% funded via reimbursement from the Court; the remaining 40% of costs will be funded by the Probation Department. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are available in Probation's Org 3432 FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget and will be included in future budget requests for the duration of this program.
The following is a list of funding and positions provided by the Court:
* Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) - $178,504 ...
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