MEETING DATE: 8/6/2019
DEPARTMENT: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR:
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER: Dulce Alonso
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER: 430
SUBJECT:
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Adopt Ordinance Amending Article 1 of Chapter 3.01 of Title 3 of the San Benito County Code for Grand Jurors Compensation, continued from July 23, 2019 meeting; and waive further reading of the ordinance.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 430
ORDINANCE NO: 987
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT AGENDA
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
The existing fees for Grand Jury states the following § 3.01.012 FEES FOR GRAND JURORS; MILEAGE:
(A) The fee/compensation for grand jurors shall be $15 a day for each day’s attendance at a called meeting of the entire Grand Jury, and the mileage reimbursement applicable to county employees for each mile actually traveled in attending a called meeting of the entire Grand Jury, or at such increased rate as state law may hereinafter establish.
(B) Members of the Grand Jury shall be reimbursed for actual travel expenses incurred for out-of-county travel to attend grand juror training, upon advance authorization of the foreperson and the County Administrative Officer, and not to exceed the amount budgeted for training in the Grand Jury’s annual budget.
(C) Any reimbursement allowed pursuant to this section shall be made upon those conditions and at those rates applicable to the county employees under the county’s travel and reimbursement policies, and shall be charged against the current operating budget for the Grand Jury. Grand Jury members are encouraged to carpool when possible.
(Ord. 889, § 1; Ord. 934, § 1, 2015).
Other surrounding Counties have the following compensation in place.
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County
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Compensation
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Ordinance Details
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Santa Cruz
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$15 max per day
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The whole grand jury of which quorum is present includes (including committee investigations and tours of County facilities).
No More than two days in a calendar week.
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Yuba
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CA Penal Code § 890
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Limited to one per diem fee per day and to a maximum of eight per month.
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Contra Costa
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$ 15
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Not more than one of each fifteen dollars per diems in any one twenty-four-hour period
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Fresno County
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$15
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Grandjurorsattending both a regular meeting and a committee meeting on a single day shall receive only the compensation for one meeting.
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The attached ordinance will amend the San Benito County Code to be consistent with State Law in that it would compensate Grand Jurors the minimum amount required by State Law for attendance at meetings, pursuant to Penal Code 890. It exceeds minimum State law as far as its provisions regarding compensation for training.
BUDGETED: