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El Dorado County Grand Jury • 2014-2015

EL Dorado County Grand Jury 2014-2015 Sign of the Times Case Gj-14-13 District One Supervisor Ron Mikulaco lacks

Published: May 05, 2015 5 pages

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Findings 9 findings

The head of the Human Resources Department agreed with those filing Grand Jury complaints; a complaint would be made public and fear of reprisal was warranted.

The county is indeed paying thousands of dollars to an independent company for executive coaching in an attempt to modify Supervisor Mikulaco’s behavior.

The County did sign an agreement with Mansour Properties for the sum of $19,200 a year plus utilities of roughly $2400 a year. This does not include the cost of pro-rated landlord expenses, office furniture or supplies to operate this facility.

There is a street sign that cost the county $1,700 to manufacture and install on a public thoroughfare with no record showing how the sign got there.

Because of Mikulaco’s actions creating a hostile environment, he can no longer serve on various boards, adding to the workload of the other four supervisors.

There is a general policy allowing a $250,000 discretionary budget for each supervisor. It is ordinarily used to cover office supplies and one executive assistant. Other supervisors expressed their concern that Supervisor Mikulaco is ignoring this rule and is spending county funds unnecessarily during hard economic times.

Mikulaco himself has filed Human Resources complaints of harassment specifically against other Supervisor’s assistants and against agency heads in an effort to impede the county Human Resources staff’s efforts to address any complaint involving him.

The satellite office is only scheduled to be open for business two days a week and it has been reported that it is seldom visited.

Mikulaco informed the Grand Jury that because his campaign for re-election is so important he may forego his pro forma turn to chair the Board of Supervisors next year.

Recommendations 5

R1

The Grand Jury believes that the county should avail itself of the early termination clause in the Mansour Property and terminate the District One satellite office.
R2

If the District One Supervisor deems it necessary to have a satellite office he should pay for it out of his own pocket. The Grand Jury is concerned that Mikulaco’s office could set a precedent for other supervisors to want satellite offices, which would result in more unnecessary expenditures.
R3

Mikulaco should reimburse the county for his executive coaching.
R4

The county needs to have a strong Human Resources department.
R5

Mikulaco does not properly perform all the required duties of a Supervisor. We suggest that the Board of Supervisors consider censuring Supervisor Mikulaco because of his unacceptable behavior. RESPONSES Responses to both findings and recommendations in this Report are required by law in accordance with California Penal Code §933 and §933.05. Address responses to: The Honorable Suzanne N. Kingsbury Presiding Judge of the El Dorado County Superior Court 1354 Johnson Blvd. South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 This Report has been provided to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The Presiding Judge of the El Dorado County Superior Court requests that the responses be sent electronically as a Word or PDF file to facilitate economical and timely distribution. Please email responses to the El Dorado County Grand Jury at: courtadmin@eldoradocourt.org.