To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): Probation Department
Staff Name and Phone Number: Vanessa Fuchs, 707-565-2732
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Amendment to Maintenance MOU with the City of Santa Rosa
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Authorize the Chief Probation Officer to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Santa Rosa for revenue not to exceed $290,814 for the Supervised Work Crew (SWC) program to provide maintenance, cleanup and landscaping services through December 31, 2027.
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Executive Summary:
The Probation Department requests Board approval to enter in an amendment to the MOU with the City of Santa Rosa, for services to be provided by the Sonoma County Probation Department Supervised Work Crew (SWC). This contract allows for payment to Sonoma County Probation Department in an amount not to exceed $290,814 for the term of July 10, 2025, to December 31, 2027.
Discussion:
In 1985, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors authorized the Supervised Work Crew (SWC - formerly Supervised Adult Crew (SAC)) Program under Penal Code section 4024.2. The SWC Program allows low-risk offenders to work on community projects in lieu of going to jail. The Program is beneficial as it allows for the provision of services at competitive rates, allows government to complete projects that would otherwise be unaffordable, allows persons who have been convicted of crimes to contribute labor toward meaningful public benefit projects and generates savings for the County General Fund by reducing the number of clients in the County jail system. The Board has subsequently endorsed revenue-generating agreements for SWC to perform work for general maintenance and landscaping work for state and local governmental agencies.
The current MOU was executed on July 10, 2025 to provide general maintenance, cleanup and landscaping services, consistent with Penal Code 4024.2(b)(1)(D), through July 30, 2026 in the amount of $98,539. The proposed amendment will increase the revenues from the City for these services to up to $290,814, which allows for additional days of service and updates the agreement from a one-year term to a 2.5 year term, now ending December 31, 2027. The services to be provided is unchanged.
Strategic Plan:
This item directly supports the County’s Five-year Strategic Plan and is aligned with the following pillar, goal, and objective.
Pillar: Healthy and Safe Communities
Goal: Goal 5: Continue to invest in public safety so that residents and visitors feel safe in our community.
Objective: Objective 4: Expand detention alternatives with the goal of reducing the jail population, from pre-pandemic levels, by 15% at the end of 2022, while simultaneously reducing recidivism amongst the supervised offender population.
Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
No
Prior Board Actions:
N/A
Fiscal Summary
|
Expenditures |
FY25-26 Adopted |
FY26-27 Projected |
FY27-28 Projected |
|
Budgeted Expenses |
$116,326 |
$116,326 |
$58,163 |
|
Additional Appropriation Requested |
|
|
|
|
Total Expenditures |
$116,326 |
$116,326 |
$58,163 |
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Funding Sources |
|
|
|
|
General Fund/WA GF |
|
|
|
|
State/Federal |
|
|
|
|
Fees/Other |
$116,326 |
$116,326 |
$58,163 |
|
Use of Fund Balance |
|
|
|
|
General Fund Contingencies |
|
|
|
|
Total Sources |
$116,326 |
$116,326 |
$58,163 |
Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
Revenues and expenditures associated with this MOU are included in the FY25-26 Adopted and FY26-27 Recommended budget, and will be included in the FY27-28 recommended budget.
Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
N/A
Attachments:
Amendment to the MOU with the City of Santa Rosa
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
None