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Consider recommendations regarding the acceptance of SB 82 Triage Personnel Grant, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Authorize the Director of the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services Department to accept grant funding awarded by the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission for Triage Personnel for the period of February 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $933,136.00 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-2014, $2,352,536.00 for FY 2014-2015, $2,468,608.00 for FY 2015-2016, and $2,594,250.00 for FY 2016-2017;
b) Approve a Budget Revision Request No. 0003273 increasing appropriations of $1,234,332.00 for FY 2013-2014 in Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services Department, Mental Health Services Act Fund, for salaries and benefits and services and supplies funded by unanticipated revenue of $933,136.00 from California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission's Triage Services Grant and $301,196.00 from Medi-Cal Federal Financial Participation (FFP);
c) Adopt a Personnel Resolution effective February 18, 2014, as follows:
i) Add 1.0 FTE Team Supervisor-Practitioner (5177; $5,099.00 to $6,225.00 approximately per month);
ii) Add 6.0 FTE Case Worker (5155; $3,651.00 to $4,457.00 approximately per month);
iii) Add 6.0 FTE Practitioner II (5192; $4,755.00 to $5,805.00 approximately per month); and
iv) Add 9.0 FTE Recovery Assistant (5160; $2,706.00 to $3,304.00 approximately per month); and
d) Determine that the approval of the recommended actions is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the activities are covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activities in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.