Marin County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
• Agency Response
Tiburon Fire Protection District*
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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-of-directors/
No recommendations for this finding
F2
https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-agenda/ https://www.tiburonfire.org/finance/ F4. Regarding compensation policies for elected officials, many public agencies do not provide the public with easy access to information regarding salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. Response: Agree. The Tiburon Fire Protection District website has easy access to Board of Director policies, including information on compensation, meeting fees, and travel reimbursement policies in the following locations:
No recommendations for this finding
F3
Any link to publicpay.ca.gov on an agency's website that fails to go directly to the agency's current compensation data on that website does not satisfy the intent of the Government Code that information be easily located. Response: Agree. The Tiburon Fire Protection District (TFPD) website now has links that go directly to our agency's current compensation data on the publicpay.ca.gov website in the following locations: https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-of-directors/ 2. https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-agenda/ https://www.tiburonfire.org/finance/
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
No later than 90 days after the date of this report, agencies should modify their existing publicpay.ca.gov links so that they provide a direct link to their current compensation data on the state site. To eliminate the need for annual updates, the URL used for the link should exclude any parameter specifying a year. Formatted URL examples are shown on
F4
Regarding compensation policies for elected officials, many public agencies do not provide the public with easy access to information regarding salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. Response: Agree. The Tiburon Fire Protection District website has easy access to Board of Director policies, including information on compensation, meeting fees, and travel reimbursement policies in the following locations: 1. https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-of-directors/ 2. https://www.tiburonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Board-of-Directors- Manual.pdf TFPD has also included a link on the homepage that directs users to the Board of Directors page: https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-agenda/
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
No later than 90 days after the date of this report, in addition to any other compensation links, agencies should include a link on their board or council web pages that leads directly to their "Elected Officials" page on the publicpay.ca.gov site, conforming to the format suggested on
F5
Regarding detailed disclosure of total compensation paid, most public agencies do not break out all components of compensation paid to their elected officials, including salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. Response: Agree. We have created a Compensation Report to include applicable details as noted in Finding #5. This report has been posted on our website in the following locations: 1. https://www.tiburonfire.org/finance/ OR by going to: https://www.tiburonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2019-BOD- Compensation.pdf 2. https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-of-directors/ OR by going to: https://www.tiburonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2019-BOD- Compensation.pdf
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
No later than 120 days after the date of this report, agencies should include on their board or council web pages a comprehensive description of their policies regarding all compensation paid to elected officials specifying, at a minimum, salary, meeting fees or stipends (including compensation for serving as liaison to other advisory committees, councils and forums), reimbursements, health and retirement benefits, and other benefits such as equipment. Response: This recommendation has been implemented. We have updated our website to include a description of policies regarding all forms of compensation paid to elected officials, specifying meeting fees, committee meeting fees, travel reimbursements, and other benefits such as equipment. This information is found at the following multiple locations: 1. https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-of-directors/ 2. https://www.tiburonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Board-of-Directors- Manual.pdf TFPD has also included a link on the homepage that directs users to the Board of Directors page: 1. https://www.tiburonfire.org/board-agenda/
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