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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 and Appendix A to create the new classifications of Chief Deputy Public Defender and Chief Public Defender Investigator;
b. Amend the Public Defender's Office Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 Adopted Budget (PUB001-8169) to reallocate four (4.0) FTE Deputy Public Defender IV to four (4.0) FTE Chief Deputy Public Defender and reallocate one (1) FTE Supervising Public Defender Investigator to one (1.0) FTE Chief Public Defender Investigator as indicated in attached Resolution;
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved changes in the Public Defender's Office FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget; and
d. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 and Appendix A to create the new classifications of Chief Deputy Public Defender and Chief Public Defender Investigator;
b. Amend the Public Defender's Office Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 Adopted Budget (PUB001-8169) to reallocate four (4) FTE Deputy Public Defender IV to four (4.0) FTE Chief Deputy Public Defender and reallocate one (1) FTE Supervising Public Defender Investigator to one (1.0) FTE Chief Public Defender Investigator as indicated in attached Resolution;
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved changes in the Public Defender's Office FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget; and
d. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In order to achieve the goals, set forth by the Board of Supervisor's Strategic Initiatives, the Public Defender requested the Human Resources department to conduct a classification and compensation study of the Public Defender's Office. The Office currently consists of a two-tier management structure that is inadequate a...
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