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 Santa Clara County

Help for San Jose P.D.

County Supervisors will accept a report relating to temporary support from the Office of the Sheriff for the City of San Jose.   In response to Supervisor Cortese’s referral to the Board of Supervisors, on April 16,  the Sheriff’s Office met with the Chief of the San Jose Police Department and a representative of the San Jose City Manager’s Office.  Although the Sheriff’s Office offered neighborhood patrol and traffic enforcement resources, the City of San Jose articulated the following three law enforcement functions that would be of assistance to the City:

1) Provide 24 hour law enforcement coverage of all VTA infrastructure.

2) Handle all law enforcement needs for an undetermined number of additional County buildings, regardless of the size of the building or its function.

3) Take over guarding arrested persons who require hospitalization before they can be booked into jail.

The Sheriff’s Office determined the requests are feasible but each would require additional time for analysis to determine resource requirements, potential impacts to existing jurisdictions, and appropriate reimbursement to the County.
Find agenda item here.

Contract for worker retention and living wage

The county narrowed down the number of contractors for outsourced  janitorial services for  certain facilities from 6 to 2. Those two are Pride and Universal.   The county wants to require these two new contractors , in compliance with California Labor Code, to hire and retain the former contractors’ employees whenever possible, and pay employees the living wage in cities within Santa Clara County that have a living wage.
Find the agenda item here.

Sunnyvale

Keeping up with state minimum wage requirements

Although not required to do so as a Charter City, the City of Sunnyvale has a practice of following the California minimum wage by adjusting the Salary Table accordingly for classifications where the bottom of the salary range is below the California minimum wage.

The adjustment to the Salary Table in order to follow the California Minimum Wage would only impact the City’s Casual (temporary) classifications.  But this could mean a better income for dozens of City employees in Sunnyvale.

Find the agenda item here. 

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