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Budget increases and new staff positions for CCHR
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Council Member Williams inquires about recent budget increases for CCHR and the new staff positions to be created. CCHR staff provide details on the additional funding and the types of positions to be filled.
- CCHR receiving $86,000 in FY2025 for two additional staff members
- Additional $429,000 in FY2026-2029 for five more staff positions
- New positions are primarily attorney roles for mediation and commission-initiated work
- Hiring process for new positions is in preliminary stages
Nantasha Williams
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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The prelim plan includes an additional $86,000 in fiscal twenty twenty five for two additional staff members and then an additional 429,000 in fiscal twenty twenty six to twenty twenty nine for five additional staff positions.
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What positions will be created through this increase and what will the yearly salary be for each position?
Mariela Salazar
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Thank you Madam Chair.
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So we received the 86,000 that's a prorated salary, we are happy to report that because of the City of Yes programming, mean initiative we have received in this fiscal year an additional two lines.
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Those two lines are for expansion of our mediation team and specifically that would go for an exec agency counsel line as well as an agency attorney line.
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Beginning in FY twenty six when we get the additional three lines to our head count, those positions are for our commission initiated team and that is for an exec agency counsel and two agency attorneys.
Nantasha Williams
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So it sounds like all attorneys.
Mariela Salazar
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Yes, they're all attorney positions.
Nantasha Williams
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Okay, what specific positions will be added in fiscal twenty twenty five and starting in fiscal twenty twenty six?
Mariela Salazar
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Those are the ones.
Nantasha Williams
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The Yes,
Mariela Salazar
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so the two for FY '25 are the agency attorney and the exec agency counsel and then for FY '26 again for the commission initiated it's an exec agency counsel and two agency attorney lines.
Nantasha Williams
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Okay thanks.
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The fiscal twenty twenty five PLAN plan included a peg of 691,000 which reduced CCH CCHRs headcount by eight positions.
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Will this increase be used to fill any of the positions that were reduced in fiscal twenty twenty five?
Mariela Salazar
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The six you're referring to you said the $6.91?
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The $6.91 is really a projected expenditure from previously reimbursed funding from the EOC, that is not going to be used for the eight lines that you've referenced because that reduction begins in FY twenty seven.
Nantasha Williams
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The additional staff is for the law enforcement bureau only, which other areas do you need additional staffing for?
Mariela Salazar
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Just to clarify the five positions, two are for mediation which is not in LEB, so only three are going to our law enforcement bureau.
Nantasha Williams
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Have you started hiring for these positions?
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When do you expect to fill these positions?
Mariela Salazar
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We are trying to hire as quickly as possible, we're in the really preliminary stages so we're developing the job posting but they should be up pretty soon.