DATE: March 7, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Delfino E. Neira
Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Department of Social Services Salary and Budget Resolutions
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution (Appendix "F") adding 42 positions and adjusting the Deputy Director of Social Services Salary Band in the Department of Social Services Organization 5610 effective March 13, 2017.
2. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing the FY 2016-17 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Welfare Advance Fund Organization 1120 in the amount of $723,897 (4/5 vote).
3. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing the FY 2016-17 appropriations for the Protective Services Subaccount Organization 6210 in the amount of $226,542 (4/5 vote).
4. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing the FY 2016-17 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Department of Social Services Organization 5610 in the amount of $950,439. (4/5 vote).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will ensure the Department has sufficient staffing to mitigate workload increases and new programmatic requirements in the Adult Protective Services, Foster Care Eligibility and Child Welfare Services Programs and hire 42 additional administrative and managerial positions needed to support line staff increases since 2013. Additionally, approval of the recommended actions will reclassify the Deputy Director of Social Services classification to Salary Band "C" to align with other County Assistant and Deputy Department Heads, with no increase in Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could opt not to approve the recommended actions; however, this will result in insufficient staffing to meet the current workload demands of the programs mandated to provide for the safety and security of at-risk children and families, and may result in monetary penalties due to failure to substantially comply with State and Federal legislation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no in...
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