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ITEM: |
ACTION ITEM |
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AUTHORIZE FUNDS TO
CONTRACT FOR A LIMITED-TERM FIELD POSITION FOR FY 2025-2026 |
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Meeting
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April 14, 2025 |
Budgeted: |
Yes |
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From: |
David J.
Stoldt, General
Manager |
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Aquatic Resources
Fisheries |
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Line Item No.: |
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Prepared
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Nishil
Bali |
Cost Estimate: |
Up to $68,610 |
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General
Counsel Approval: N/A |
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Committee Recommendation:
The Finance and Administration Committee reviewed this item on April 14, 2025
and recommended _________________. |
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CEQA Compliance: This action does not constitute a project as
defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378. |
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SUMMARY: The District has funded limited-term positions to assist District staff in the completion of field activities for many years. These positions are not on the District organization chart, and these incumbents are not included in the District bargaining units. The schedules for these positions are part-time and largely seasonal in nature. Contracts are for six-month periods or less. However, limited-term employees may be offered subsequent contracts up to 1,000 hours per year. Funding for these positions will be included in the proposed 2025-2026 Fiscal Year (FY) budget.
Authorization is requested to hire three part-time limited-term Water Resources Assistants (990 hours each) for a total of 2,970 hours. The hours will be used for summer-fall juvenile fish rescues, fall population sampling, Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility maintenance, spring smolt rescues, vegetation management, and winter/spring adult steelhead weir operations. These positions are essential to staff crews led by permanent staff, as well as to prevent the accrual of excessive compensatory time and overtime for higher-level regular full-time positions. The Water Resources Assistant would be paid $21.00 per hour and cost up to $68,607 (which includes ten percent overhead).
RECOMMENDATION: The Finance
and Administration Committee should recommend that the Board approve the limited-term
Water Resources Assistant positions for up to a total of 2,970 hours of work. The
approval of this item is contingent upon the adoption of the FY 2025-2026
budget by the Board.
IMPACTS TO STAFF/RESOURCES: The total cost of the limited-term contracts described above would not exceed $68,610 and will be included in the FY2025- 26 Budget. It should also be noted that limited-term employees receive no District benefits. In addition to their hourly wages, additional costs to the District are limited to legally mandated payroll taxes and workers' compensation insurance premiums.
BACKGROUND:
Water Resources Assistants: This job classification was created in December 1998 to assist staff in the Water Resources Division with field and administrative tasks, including rescuing of juvenile steelhead in the lower Carmel River, assisting with weir operations, surveying of steelhead populations and spawning habitat, and monitoring of groundwater and surface water resources within the Monterey Peninsula Water Resource System. This is needed to help ensure that tasks for the District’s Fisheries Mitigation Program are completed on schedule. These positions have also been integral in conducting the California Stream Bioassessment Procedure, developed by the Department of Fish and Game as a rapid bioassessment protocol and method to track overall stream health. Without the assistance of limited-term help, the ability to conduct these tasks would be compromised. Additionally, the Water Resources Assistants will support regular staff with vegetation management, water quality monitoring, data entry, and riparian irrigation. These employees will work in the Environmental Resources Division and be supervised by the Environmental Resources Manager.
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