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Consent   4.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
County Attorney
Meeting Date:
02/14/2017
Eliminate Attorney I Position and Create New Attorney III Position - CAO
Submitted By:
Britt Hanson, County Attorney
Department:
County Attorney
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature NOT Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
0
NAME
of PRESENTER:
Britt Hanson
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
Chief Civil Deputy
Mandated Function?:
Local Mandate or Policy
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
Docket Number (If applicable):

Information

Agenda Item Text:

Approve the elimination of an Attorney I position in the County Attorney's Office and the creation of a new Attorney III, consisting of half a Civil Division position and half a Criminal Division position.

Background:

This is a proposal to create a new Attorney III position to the County Attorneys Office. This position would be a hybrid, consisting of half Civil Attorney position and a half Criminal Division attorney. This Attorney III would split time between the Civil Division of the County Attorney’s Office and as a felony prosecutor in the Criminal Division.

 

The function of the new half Civil position would be two-fold:  i) take some burden off the three Civil attorneys, whose duties already far exceed the hours in a “normal” work week; ii) allow the Civil Division to take on additional duties in matters critical to Cochise County’s continued progress.

 

Some of these additional duties would avoid the County having to retain outside attorneys at a greater cost than funding an additional Civil position.  Some of these duties would enable the County to better perform certain functions.  In addition, there appear to be opportunities to save the County money, especially in the field of mental health, if the Civil attorneys have some spare time to focus on it.

 

As for the half Criminal Division prosecutor, since roughly half of the funding for the position will come from an unfilled Attorney I position, which will be eliminated, the effect will be to raise the position from Attorney I to Attorney III, allowing for greater expertise and flexibility.  Additionally, felony prosecutions have almost doubled in the last two years.

 

The salary of this position would be $82,500. The total funding required would be $107,797.70, as broken down on Attachment A to this agenda item. Of this amount, $52,498.88 will come from existing funding from the general fund for a Criminal Division attorney.  The remainder ($55,298.17) will be new funding from the General Fund.

Department's Next Steps (if approved):

Create the PAF for the attorney to fill the new position

Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:

This position will not exist

To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:

Notify HR of the approval

Fiscal Impact

Fiscal Year:
16/17
One-time Fixed Costs? ($$$):
Ongoing Costs? ($$$):
55,298.71
County Match Required? ($$$):
A-87 Overhead Amt? (Co. Cost Allocation $$$):
Source of Funding?:

Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources (if known):

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