To: Board of Supervisors
From: Thomas Geiger, County Counsel
Report Title: Add one Deputy County Counsel Standard-Exempt and cancel one Deputy County Counsel Advanced positions
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26273 to add one (1) Deputy County Counsel-Standard-Exempt (2ET2) (unrepresented) position at Salary Plan and Grade; B8B 2097 ($13,070.34-$15,536.52) and cancel one (1) Deputy County Counsel -Advanced (2ETK) (unrepresented) vacant position No. 5772 at Salary Plan and Grade; B8B 2297 ($15,932.68-$18,938.95) in the Office of the County Counsel.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Salary Savings.
BACKGROUND:
The County Counsel’s office no longer hires into the Deputy County Counsel classification, which has been replaced by the Deputy County Counsel-Exempt classification. The purpose of this action is to enable the Office of the County Counsel to hire an attorney who has the specialized training and/or expertise in specified areas of civil law, so that the Office can efficiently and effectively satisfy the County’s legal needs.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The County Counsel will be unable to hire a new attorney into the appropriate classification.