DATE: December 11, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendment
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one Public Health Nurse I/II position and deleting one unfilled Mental Health Nurse I/II position in the Public Health Org 5620, effective December 17, 2018, as reflected in Appendix D.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Public Health to convert a vacant Mental Health Nurse I/II (MHN) position to a Public Health Nurse I/II (PHN) position. The PHN position will be assigned to the Nursing Division and will serve as a consultant to Department of Social Services staff, foster parents, and County Deputy Probation Officers for monitoring and oversight of foster children and youth treated with psychotropic medications. The position will be funded with Psychotropic Medication Monitoring and Oversight (PMM&O) grant funding, with no Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the PHN position would not be added and the MHN position would not be deleted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The increased cost in FY 2018-19 for the addition of the PHN is approximately $13,262. The position is 100% grant funded with PMM&O grant funds. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5620 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The Department has only one allocated MHN position, which is assigned to the Nursing Division for the PMM&O project. The MHN position has been vacant since March 2017. After an assessment of positions and services to the public, the Department determined that a PHN was a better fit to deliver departmental services.
Since FY 2017-18, funding for the PMM&O project mandates that a PHN is to be assigned to the project, serving ...
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