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C. 75

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Monica Nino, County Administrator
Date:	March 30, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Stipend for the 2021 Poetry Out Loud County Competition Judges

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/30/2021

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:

Monica Carlisle, 925-655-2040

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: March 30, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

AUTHORIZE and RATIFY the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay each of the Contra Costa County 2021 Poetry Out Loud (POL) Competition judges a stipend in the amount of no more than $150 per person to compensate for the time they spent ranking the performance and receiving a training.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The stipend for judges has been included in the Poetry Out Loud program part of a grant from the California Arts Council. (100% State)

BACKGROUND:

The California Arts Council provides grant funding to counties each year to conduct an annual Poetry Out Loud Competition. Included in this grant is stipend to be paid directly to the County POL Competition judges to compensate for the time they spent ranking the performance and receiving a training.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

In 2021, seven local high schools participated in the County POL Competition. Three judges were requested by a participating high school to determine the champion for that school. Four judges conducted the ranking for the countywide competition featuring students from all seven schools. Since the workload for the judges ranking the countywide competition is more than those ranking the schoolwide competition, it is recommended that the countywide judges each receive a stipend in the amount of $150 while the schoolwide judges each receive a stipend in the amount of $100. Since the conclusion of the 2021 County POL Competition, one high school competition judge has received a payment of $100 and one countywide competition judge has received a payment of $150, both of which were issued by the Auditor-Controller’s Office.

Approval of the recommendation will ratify the total payment of $250 previously issued to the two judges by the Auditor-Controller. The approval of the recommendation will also allow the Auditor-Controller to issue additional payment of $450 to the remaining three countywide competition judges and the payment of $200 to the remaining two high school competition judges.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Poetry Out Loud Competition judges will not receive proper compensation for the time they spent as related to the program.