To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Add one (1) full-time Environmental Health Investigator I position and cancel one (1) vacant permanent-intermittent Environmental Health Specialist I position in the Environmental Health division of the Health Services Department.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26208 to add one (1) full-time Environmental Health Investigator I (VL7A) position and cancel one (1) vacant permanent-intermittent Environmental Health Specialist I (VLWA) position. (Represented)
FISCAL IMPACT:
Overall, this action will result in annual cost savings of $55,743.68, with pension savings of $8,143.58 included. The addition of one Environmental Health Investigator I will result in a total annual cost of approximately $122,330.56, with pension costs of $17,871.23 included, which will be fully offset by program fees (Org 5880 - 100% covered by contracts with surrounding City agencies). The cancelation of the Environmental Health Specialist I position #14778 will result in an annual cost savings of approximately $178,074.24, with pension costs of $26,014.81 included (savings to org 5889).
BACKGROUND:
SB 1383 is the most significant landfill waste reduction mandate adopted in California in the last 30 years, with its goal being to reduce organics waste landfill disposal by 75% (from 2014 levels) by 2025. Beginning January 1, 2022, residences and businesses were required to start sorting and separately collecting food scraps, yard debris and food-soiled paper from trash/recycling and subscribe to an organics waste collection service. The legislation aims to slow climate change by diverting organic materials from landfills, recovering 20% of edible food and redirecting it to food-insecure Californians. It also requires Counties to take the lead to collaborate with other jurisdictions to plan for the necessary organic waste recycling and food recovery capacity needed to divert organic...
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