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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
DATE: August 28, 2018
SUBJECT: Consideration of a Resolution Establishing Temporary Alternative Office Hours for County offices located in and surrounding the Lake County Courthouse
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Your Board is aware that California Government Code section 24260 empowers your Board to set office hours for the transaction of County business. At present, standard County public office hours are Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, per section 2-2, 2.1 of Article I, Chapter 2, of the Lake County Code. Noon hour closures are permitted under limited "Extraordinary circumstances," and any other departures must be approved by your Board.
As relevant background for this item, you will also recall that November 7, 2017, your Board clarified that departments may initiate a request for temporary alternative Office Hours under "Persistent extraordinary circumstances," by preparing a draft Resolution for your Board's consideration. That action did not delegate authority to set Office Hours to County departments, nor did that policy usurp or negate your Board's authority to establish the hours for County offices. Rather, it provided a clear process for proactive measures on the part of County departments.
You are additionally very aware that the County's already dire financial condition continues to worsen, and thus far, we have been unsuccessful in our pursuit of new revenue streams. The rising Minimum Wage and employee salaries currently estimated at 75% of those of comparable counties, continued slow recovery of our property and transient occupancy tax bases and uncertainty surrounding federal geothermal royalties historically provided to Counties are but a few examples of coming challenges. We are also still relatively early in the 2018 wildfire season, and the Ranch, River and Pawnee Fires have ravaged County lands. Since 2015, well over half of our landmass has bur...
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