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C. 19

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Mary Ann Mason, County Counsel
Date:	January 18, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Appropriation Transfer for Deputy County Counsel Position

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/18/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Wanda McAdoo 925-655-2211
cc:	Wanda McAdoo

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 18, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE Appropriation Adjustment No. 005027 transferring $154,693.00 in revenues to the County Counsel's Office (0030), for fiscal year 2021-22 specialized legal services for Health Services.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The specialized legal services are funded 100% by Health Services.

BACKGROUND:

The Health Services Department has requested that the County Counsel's Office dedicate a full-time Deputy County Counsel to Health Services to ensure necessary legal representation related to critical and time sensitive technical software and hardware contracts and data sharing agreements. Health Services advises that delays in IT contracting put millions of dollars in grant funding at risk, can cause critical CalAIM projects to be postponed and can delay implementations of critical system upgrades. Adding the proposed position corresponding to P300 AIR 48158 will ensure adequate legal staffing to serve Health Services IT projects.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County Counsel's Office will not receive the funding necessary to provide additional staffing, hindering provision of critical legal services to Health Services and other clients.