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Consider recommendations regarding the allocation of additional Legal Office Professional Supervisory Positions to the Public Defender, funded by Proposition 172 Funding, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Adopt a Resolution amending the Salary Resolution to allocate two additional full-time (2.0 FTE) positions to the Office of the Public Defender, effective August 21, 2023;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009250 to increase appropriations of $270,100.00 in General County Programs General Fund for Intrafund Expenditure Transfers funded by release of Unassigned Fund Balance, and increase appropriations of $270,000.00 in the Public Defender General Fund for Salary & Benefits ($260,100.00) and Services and Supplies ($10,000.00), funded by Intergovernmental Revenue - State Proposition 172 funds; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.