DATE: May 9, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendment
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one Principal Staff Analyst position to the Department of Behavioral Health Org 5630, effective May 15, 2023, as reflected in Appendix C.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Behavioral Health to add one Principal Staff Analyst position. The position will support the Department's remedial efforts to manage opioid projects in response to combating the opioid crisis-related epidemic. The position will be funded with Opioid Settlement funds.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose to not to approve the recommended action, which would result in no change to the Department's Salary Resolution or departmental organization chart. However, a non-approval would limit the Department's ability for opioid remedial response planning. Unspent Opioid Settlement funds would revert to the State within five (5) years from the date in which the County was in receipt of the funds.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The estimated cost for the position in FY 2022-23 is $31,763 and in FY 2023-24 is $184,228. The position will be funded with Opioid Settlement funds. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5630 FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
The United States is facing an ongoing public health crisis of opioid abuse, addiction, overdose, and death. State and local governments have targeted opioid makers and distributors to recoup tax dollars spent dealing with the opioid epidemic. On July 21, 2021, a $26 billion offer to settle was made by opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals (parent company of Johnson & Johnson) and the "big three" distributors, McKe...
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