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Consider recommendations regarding a Salary Resolution Amendment for the Behavioral Wellness (BeWell) Department and Public Defender’s Office, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Adopt an amendment to the Salary Resolution, effective September 18, 2023, to add one (1.0) Full Time Employee (FTE) Practitioner Intern I/II, one (1.0 FTE) Case Worker, and one (1.0 FTE) Recovery Assistant position to the Department of BeWell and one (1.0 FTE) Social Service Worker, PS/L position to the Public Defender’s Office;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009276 to:
i) Establish appropriation of $417,760.00 in BeWell Mental Health Services Fund for Services/Supplies and Salary/Benefits funded by an operating transfer from the Probation General Fund;
ii) Establish appropriation of $132,300.00 in Public Defender General Fund for Salary and Benefits funded by an Intrafund Expenditure Transfer from the Probation General Fund; and
iii) Transfer total appropriation of $550,060.00 in Probation General Fund from Services/Supplies to Intrafund Expenditure Transfer and Other Financing Uses for an operating transfer to BeWell Mental Health; 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 potential physical impacts on the environment, and therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.