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Recommendations 16

• R1
  The District Attorney’s Office continues to maintain a high level X of awareness regarding conflict of interest.
• R2
  The quality and utility of the District Attorney’s Policy and X On-going Procedures manual are exemplary; all County Departments should have current, active manuals. MENDOCINO COUNTY ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT:
• R3
  BOS should seriously re-evaluate Department to make the cost and benefit of making recommendation to the Board in Safety Retirement available to all April 2001. qualified employees of the April 2001 Probation Department. An actuarial study should be conducted.
• R4
  The CDC should coordinate with the County on significant purchases (as authorized in the CDC Procurement Policy) and X draw upon County expertise in appropriate areas.
• R5
  The BOC should immediately insure that the Employee Manual Within the next is updated and that both year (12 months) management and staff are made aware of its existence. This manual should be used as a training tool for all staff.
• R6
  Management needs to receive On-Going. This is an issue addressed training in personnel relations, between the Union representatives X anger management, inter-agency and the BOC. cooperation, internal communication, avoiding favoritism, and team building.
• R7
  The Board of Commissioners Board of Supervisors will should immediately consider its communicate by Feb. 2001 to BOC February 2001 liability on the personal use of that they carefully consider Grand Agency vehicles. Jury concerns regarding the use of public funds for personal vehicle use when developing compensation package for staff.
• R8
  If the CDC Board of Board of Supervisors will Commissioners wishes to enhance communicate by Feb. 2001 to BOC the ED’s compensation, the Grand that they carefully consider Grand Jury recommends that a more February 2001 that they carefully consider Grand direct and visible approach Jury concerns regarding the use of through salary increases be used. public funds for personal vehicle use when developing compensation package for staff
• R9
  The CDC should take immediate On- going steps to initiate purchase and X construction projects to replace the destroyed units and expand the inventory of affordable rental units.
• R10
  Training in HUD regulations and On- going community development should be mandated for all members of the BOC. The BOC should be more X aware of the business transactions conducted by the Commission and of personnel morale.
• R11
  Necessary steps should be taken to insure that there is an X authorized alternate and the control of password codes is strictly enforced.
• R12
  If the BOC does not now have a Board is amending Personnel Policy formal procedure to critically to include detailed procedure for ED X July 2001 evaluate the ED and staff morale; a performance evaluation. comprehensive procedure should be developed.
• R13
  BOS should appoint commissioners without getting X recommendations from the ED, which is allowing the “employee” to recommend who their “supervisor” should be.
• R14
  While the posting of BOC Agendas are now sent to local media meetings meet legal requirements, and all CDC development offices, as the Grand Jury recommends that well as to other agencies and CDC consider using county wide X individuals by special request. news media to post meeting notices. For example, BOS meetings are posted at numerous other public places besides the Court House.
• R15
  Minutes of BOC meetings need to Minutes are now more detailed and be more specific as to what is are posted at the main office front X discussed. A person not attending counter for review after Board the meeting should be able to meetings. readily understand what the X subject of discussion was by reading the minutes. The BOC should also ensure that all decisions, and the specifics of those decisions, be included in the minutes. CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
• R16
  The District Attorney plays a pivotal role in the criminal justice system’s response to family violence. The District Attorney must, through his actions, make it known to the community that domestic violence will not be tolerated in Mendocino County. MENDOCINO COUNTY GRADING ORDINANCE: