To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Add Positions for the Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants Program in the District Attorney’s Office
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26666 to add two (2) Deputy District Attorney I (2KWA) (represented) at salary plan and grade MA5 1001 ($10,873-$10,873); add one (1) District Attorney Senior Inspector (6KVA) (represented) at salary plan and grade XJX 1970 ($11,016 - $15,250); and add one (1) Crime Analyst (64VA) (represented) at salary plan and grade V#5 1002 ($8,733 - $11,146) in the District Attorney's Office.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this adjustment will result in a salaries and benefits cost of approximately $697,116 annually for the four positions, which will be 100% offset by the new federal grant revenue from the Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants Program. There is no net county cost impact.
The District Attorney’s Office has been awarded the Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) in the amount of $600,000 for the Organized Retail Theft Prevention and Prosecution project. In addition, the District Attorney's Office has also been awarded the Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) in the amount of $500,000 for the Healing and Justice for Labor Trafficking Survivors project. Grant funding is anticipated for three years, with the option of a no cost extension through year four.
BACKGROUND:
The District Attorney’s Office is requesting to add four (4) new positions as follows:
One (1) Deputy District Attorney (DDA) position and one (1) District Attorney Senior Inspector position to work on the Organized Retail Theft Prevention and Prosecution project.
One (1) Deputy District Attorney position and one (1) Crime Analyst pos...
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