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Sacramento County Grand Jury
• 2007-2008
Sacramento County Metropolitan Fire District
1 pages
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Sacramento County Airport System
September 28, 2012
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6 pages
• 6 responses
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6 responses to findings and recommendations
F1
noted the need for "Training in proper procedures for the conduct of government business..." Finding 5 iterated this need, especially in regard to impact fees for new development. The Grand Jury recommended both generalized education in the conduct of government business and specifically that"... representatives ... acquire expertise ... to calculate impact fees." Summary of Responses The City concurs and has provided training in response to Finding llRecommendation 1. Specific training is not m...
Response: Agree
Score: +1
Do Not Concur The inordinate amount oftime it takes to complete acomprehensive airport masterplan is not arecent phenomenon. Long range plans require an analytical and collaborative process involving numerous local, state and federal agencies and interest groups. By its verynature this takes time and resources to ensure adequate stakeholderinput and compliancewith the many federal, state and local rules andregulations. PerFederal Aviation AdministrationAdvisory Circular 150/5070-6B, the Sacramento International Master Plan considered existing conditions (1999-2000) and future planning horizons...
R1
by the 2006-2007 Grand Jury: One additional Work Project Field Operations sergeant must be allocated to address this workload. This sergeant would share in the supervision of up to 36 deputies per week. Response to Recommendation #1 by the Sheriff's Department: Concur. The Sheriff's Work Release Division requested a second Work Project Program Supervisor (Sheriff Sergeant) be funded this fiscal year. As in past years, due to overall Sheriff's Department needs and the limited resources ofthe Boar...
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
Concur
Page 2 The master plan for Sacramento International Airport and the time it took to complete is not the norm for most airport master plans. The previous airport master plan study for Sacramento International Airport was nearly 30 years old (adopted by the County Board ofSupervisors June 16, 1976) so we did not have the benefit ofrelevant historical data from previous studies. This lack of a historical perspective resulted in additional time being needed to complete the study. Additionally, seventeen months into the master plan process the tragic events of 9/11 resulted in our putting t...
R2
In view ofthe numerous serious management problems currently afflicting the Library, the Governing Board should seriously consider removing the current Library Director for the following causes: • Fiscal mismanagement • Failure to adequately track and implement financial controls or other management initiatives • Lax oversight ofsubordinates • Abuses of credit card and travel policies by the Director and the executive team • Chronic, long-standing, unresolved morale problems • Unclear cash manag...
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
Concur with first part ofFinding Within California the County of Sacramento is in the vanguard of establishing progressive airport land use policies to protect County owned/operated airports against incompatible encroachment. These policies have resulted in County owned airports having no incompatible land uses. Additionally, the County of Sacramento is in the process of developing comprehensive long-range master plans for all Sacramento County Airport System airports. One such plan was adopted for Sacramento International Airport by the Board of Supervisors in August 2007. And while the Count...
R3
The Governing Board should define specific measurable guidelines to operate the Library along established business principles to include: • Criteria for the safeguard and proper use ofpublic funds • Management accountability and reporting systems • Efforts to recoup outstanding balances owing to the Library
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
Do not concur There are a variety ofdifferent fonns for operating an airport enterprise and the concept of an airport committee is sometimes used as an administrative adjunct to the elected body. This concept is nonnally an advisory body comprised ofvolunteers with business and/or aviation experience. These airport advisory committees are most frequently used at smaller general aviation airports where the level ofstaffing expertise is limited due to financial constraints. These conditions do not present themselves within the Sacramento County Airport System. Finding#4: Executive Airport's 5,50...
F4
Isleton has an uncertain form of governance which often pits the office of the City Manager against the office of the Mayor or other City Council members. This causes conflict.
Response: Agree
Score: +1
Do not concur Sacramento Executive Airport has been in continuous operation since its inception in the 1930's. Its three operating runways were shortened to include displaced thresholds; otherwise very few physical changes have occurred since scheduled passenger operations were transferred to then Sacramento Metropolitan Airport in 1967, over 40 years ago. Sacramento Executive Airport is a good neighbor airport with strong community support and airport operations are fully compliant with all federal, state and local rules and regulations.
Recommendation #4:
As appropriate, and without jeopar...
R4
The Governing Board should seriously consider having the Director of Human Resources removed for lack ofleadership in establishing and implementing 25 personnel policies, repeated abuses of the Library travel and credit card policies, and her dilatory reimbursements of personal expenses.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
Do not concur Sacramento Executive Airport (SAC) has restrictions imposed on operations through Sacramento County Code Section 11.28. This ordinance effectively limits the aircraft that can operate into SAC based on their certificated take-offnoise levels. To arbitrarily restrict additional aircraft operations would be against federal law and put the County at risk of losing future federal grants and could undennine the financial viability of the many local business that rely upon itinerantjet aircraft operations. SAC has been and continues to be a vital part ofthe overall Sacramento County Ai...