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Findings and Recommendations 13 findings
F1
Effective economic development is crucial to Tuolumne County, which lags behind the state in economic health.
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R1
Tuolumne County and City of Sonora maintain continuous investment in economic development going forward (F1).
F2
There are multiple instances of lack of control and oversight by the TCEDA/EPCTC Board over the agencies.
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R2
A new Economic Development entity be developed, and be accountable to CAO of the County (F2, F9).
R3
Tuolumne County appoint an Economic Development leader who is a County employee, under County policies and procedures, with standard County compensation packages (F2, F3, F4, F5, F6).
F3
This lack of oversight from the Board of Directors allowed the TCEDA Director to be compensated at a high level compared to other counties in California, and to other employees in Tuolumne County.
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R3
Tuolumne County appoint an Economic Development leader who is a County employee, under County policies and procedures, with standard County compensation packages (F2, F3, F4, F5, F6).
F4
The Employment Agreement for the TCEDA Director was overly broad with its benefits, travel and expense policies that surpass other County employees/managers.
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R3
Tuolumne County appoint an Economic Development leader who is a County employee, under County policies and procedures, with standard County compensation packages (F2, F3, F4, F5, F6).
F5
Private allowance and benefit negotiations of the TCEDA Director's contract hid the true and far-reaching compensation package from other County employees, and from the public.
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R3
Tuolumne County appoint an Economic Development leader who is a County employee, under County policies and procedures, with standard County compensation packages (F2, F3, F4, F5, F6).
F6
TCEDA misused public funds.
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R3
Tuolumne County appoint an Economic Development leader who is a County employee, under County policies and procedures, with standard County compensation packages (F2, F3, F4, F5, F6).
F7
The majority of TCEDA/EPCTC monies were not clearly accounted for in publicly available documents for approximately 10 years.
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R4
The County develop measures to track progress of economic development (F7, F8).
F8
There was a lack of clarity on how to define economic development and how to measure TCEDA's effectiveness to develop the County's economy.
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R4
The County develop measures to track progress of economic development (F7, F8).
F9
There persisted a culture of insufficient oversight of TCEDA/EPCTC by its Governing Board over the course of ten years.
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R2
A new Economic Development entity be developed, and be accountable to CAO of the County (F2, F9).
F10
Two previous Grand Jury investigations indicated significant mismanagement issues and lack of measurable effectiveness of the TCEDA, which indicates a longstanding, structural incompetency of the agency.
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R5
The CAO and the City Administrator educate their respective elected officials and managers on "Code of Conduct" and "Code of Ethics" expectations as public servants, by providing ethics training on an annual basis, to ensure that they understand that their primary missions are to serve the public of Tuolumne County (F10, F11, F12).
F11
The County and City acknowledged the failure of the agency by dissolving it in 2019, even before the financial and managerial audits were complete.
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R5
The CAO and the City Administrator educate their respective elected officials and managers on "Code of Conduct" and "Code of Ethics" expectations as public servants, by providing ethics training on an annual basis, to ensure that they understand that their primary missions are to serve the public of Tuolumne County (F10, F11, F12).
F12
The TCEDA Board is responsible for countless hours spent by County Counsel and TCEDA's employee in responding to lawsuits and public records requests, and in three investigations by grand juries, because of its ongoing lack of transparency and its mismanagement.
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R5
The CAO and the City Administrator educate their respective elected officials and managers on "Code of Conduct" and "Code of Ethics" expectations as public servants, by providing ethics training on an annual basis, to ensure that they understand that their primary missions are to serve the public of Tuolumne County (F10, F11, F12).
F13
A conflict of interest review of TCEDA Board members serving on multiple boards was done at the request of the 2017-2018 Grand Jury by County Counsel, but due to attorney-client privilege, none of the findings of the review are available to the 2018-2019 Grand Jury or the public.
No recommendations for this finding
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