Vote: approved

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12. COUNTY ATTORNEY REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER BASELINE Per the Board approved FY 2016 Budget Guidelines and Priorities, approve allowing the Office of Management & Budget to review the following requests over baseline: 1. $1,458,992 for salaries and benefits of 18 new positions in the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100) so that personnel currently in one-time special project positions in Non-recurring (0001) various special revenue funds can continue the efforts begun as pilot or special circumstances. These positions include prosecutors, detectives, paralegals and support staff and were originally created for a Cold Case Unit, mitigation research, warrant backlog, the Temple Murder case, and domestic violence and sex crimes backlog 2. $1,225,019 to create 26 new positions in the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100) including: four (4) prosecutors, four (4) additional restitution clerks, two (2) victim advocates, four (4) civilian positions for the Investigations Division, one (1) management analyst, five (5) paralegals, and six (6) support staff. These positions will assist us to maintaining an appropriate prosecuting attorney staff level, handling increased restitution requests, responding to increased victim requests for service, utilizing civilians to locate victims and witnesses and freeing sworn law enforcement detective to perform other police duties, utilize a civilian to oversee the agency's CALEA accreditation program, and add proportionate numbers of paralegals and support staff to assist increased prosecutor numbers. 3. $258,181 to increase the MCAO budget to accommodate an additional day of salaries and incremental benefits during FY 2016 for employees in the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100). 4. 221,972 to increase the salaries and benefits budgets to move one (1) attorney, one (1) paralegal, and one (1) victim advocate from the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (191) Grant Fund (219) to the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100). Anticipated grant revenues in FY 2016 will not be sufficient to support these critical positions. Also move one (1) support position from Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100) to Recurring (0000) County Attorney (198) Diversion Fund (220). This will help reduce the net impact on the County Attorney (190) General Fund (100). 5. (51,556) to reduce the personnel budget in the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100) that can reallocated for some of the increases noted in other baseline increase items. 6. (927,284) to reduce the supplies and services budgets in the Recurring (0000) County Attorney (190) General Fund (100) that can reallocated for some of the increases noted in other baseline increase items. The net amount of budget increase above baseline the County Attorney is requesting in FY 2016 totals $2,185,324. (C-19-15-028-2-00)