Review of Responses to the 2016-2017 Grand Jury

Additional Recommendations 6

These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.

• R2
  County Counsel Initial response (2013): I agree to implement this recommendation in County Counsel’s office this year. Updated response (2017): The Office of County Counsel and its attorneys and staff are of course well aware of their responsibilities and the duties of County departments in the context of responding to Grand Jury inquiries and requests. County Counsel prepared and provides the attached instructional documents to clients and staff (attached in their current form; updated periodically as needed). County Counsel attorneys keep apprised of the legal requirement for responding to Grand jury inquiries and do so without any formally designated annual training within the office itself.
• R3
  District Attorney Initial response (2013): I agree to implement this recommendation this year. Updated response: None
• R4
  Mayor, City of Calistoga Initial response (2013): The City of Calistoga agrees to implement this recommendation prior to the end of the calendar year. Updated response: None 0
• R5
  Mayor, City of St. Helena Initial response (2013): The City of St. Helena agrees to implement this recommendation prior to the end of the calendar year. Updated response (2018): The City has no institutional memory of its follow-up to Recommendation No. 1, now five years in the past. The City responds to Grand Jury information requests in accordance with law. If the current Grand Jury has “best practices” for formal responses to Grand Jury inquires, it would be appreciated if you would provide a copy. The City will take them into consideration when next called upon to respond to a Grand Jury inquiry. Further, if there are such “best practices,” it is respectfully suggested that they be attached to any future inquiry from the Grand Jury.
• R6
  Napa County Sheriff Initial response: I agree to implement this recommendation this year. Updated response: All Sheriff’s Office personnel are provided, via County email, instructions regarding duties and responsibilities toward the Grand Jury process. These instructions are provided annually.
• R7
  Treasurer – Tax Collector Initial response (2013): I agree to implement this recommendation this year before the end of this year. Updated response (2017): Consistent with that response, those County employees that work under my supervision were trained on Grand Jury protocol at a November 7, 2013 staff meeting. II. Public Employment Retirement A. Recommendation No. 3 was: Develop plans to control future health care costs including the concepts advocated by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of accessing increased-deductible or higher co-pay insurance plans.