Sacramento County Grand Jury
• 2023-2024
• Agency Response
Response to:
Grand Jury - Final Report 2023-2024
Board of Supervisors' Pay Raise: Mistakes Have Consequences.*
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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
The financial mistakes contained in the Board Letter of April 18, 2023, were discovered after-the-fact by County staff and were not reported to the BOS directly, thereby leaving both the Board and the public misinformed. [R1] [R2] Because the BOS are voted into office by the people to serve the people,
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Office of Budget and Debt Management should explain the financial mistakes described in F1. The explanation should include how it was discovered and provide the correct financial information to the BOS in open session by no later than November 1, 2024. [F1]
F2
decisions relating to compensation for the BOS should be decided with public participation and input. [R3] Although the BOS's use of the consent calendar was not unlawful, the consent
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The County Executive, in collaboration with the Clerk of the Board, should establish a formal procedure, by no later than December 31, 2024, to ensure material flaws concerning information presented to the BOS are brought to the attention of the Clerk of the Board or the BOS directly. [F1]
F3
calendar process lacked the level of procedural transparency essential to maintain the public's trust when voting on controversial matters of significant public interest. [R4] Ordinance No. 1598 conflicts, on its face, with California Government Code
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R3
The County Executive should establish a citizen-based compensation commission such as those procedures established by other local and state governmental jurisdictions by no later than April 1, 2025. [F2]
F4
Section 25123.5 and thereby places the validity of the ordinance in question. [R5] [R6] Ordinance No. 1598 violated California Election Code Section 9144 by depriving
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R4
The County Executive, in collaboration with the Clerk of the Board, should establish a formal procedure to limit the use of the consent calendar to only non- controversial matters that are reasonably expected to elicit little or no discussion by no later than November 1, 2024. [F3]
F5
Sacramento County residents of their right to protest the ordinance and initiate the referendum process. [R7]
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
The Board of Supervisors should direct the County Executive, in collaboration with County Counsel, to determine the validity or invalidity of Ordinance No. 1598 Attachment 1 2023-2024 Grand Jury Investigative Report Board of Supervisors' Pay Raise Mistakes Have Consequences and upon doing so, present recommendations to the Board of Supervisors in open session by no later than November 1, 2024. [F4]
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