Memorandum
Date: March 10, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Susan Krones, District Attorney
Subject: (a) Approve Waiver of the 900-Hour Extra Help Limitation for Extra Help District Attorney Investigator Aides, Robert McPherson and Billy Newsom, (b) Approve Waiver of the 900-Hour Extra Help Limitation for Extra Help Information Support Tech I, Ryan Clair, and (c) Approve Waiver of the 900-Hour Extra Help Limitation for Extra Help Legal Secretary, Myriam Ivette Herrera
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
Robert McPherson's primary duty is to serve civilian subpoenas for our criminal cases. Billy Newsom is responsible for locating individuals and then serving papers for the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS). Mr. Newsom's time is reimbursed by DCSS. Both of these District Attorney Investigator Aides are former Correctional Officers, which makes them specially suited to perform the above duties, which our full-time DA Investigators do not have the time to do. We expect them to work no more than 960 hours each during the fiscal year 2019-20.
Ryan Clair possesses a degree in the computer field and was hired to assist with the processing of digital evidence provided by various law enforcement agencies, other computer-related support, and general office work. This type of work cannot be performed by our full-time Office Assistants nor Legal Secretaries. Due to the heavy workload we have requested and have been approved for waiving the 25-hour per week limit, allowing him to work up to 29 hours per week. We expect Mr. Clair to work no more than 1,400 hours during the fiscal year 2019-20.
Myriam (Ivette) Herrera started out as our Extra Help Office Assistant and advanced to being an Extra Help Legal Secretary. In addition to her exemplary work as a Legal Secretary, her assistance with our Spanish-speaking victims, witnesses, and patrons has been enormously beneficial....
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