DEPARTMENT: Sheriff
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Add 12 Full-Time Equivalent Positions Required To Staff Jail Integrative Health Unit
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the Sheriff is mandated to provide care of those in custody per Minnesota Administrative Rules 2911.5800, and Minn. Stat. ? 641.15; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the Dakota County Dakota County's Office of Planning and Analysis completed a jail needs assessment and recommended the addition of the 28-bed Integrative Health Unit to address the medical and mental health needs of inmates; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the construction of the Integrative Health Unit which is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Corrections and the Dakota County Office of Planning and Analysis conducted a staffing need assessment for the new unit and determined that it would require an additional 12 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Correctional Deputies; and
WHEREAS, the Sheriff identified an alternative and less costly approach to staff the new unit utilizing 11.0 FTE, grade 105 to backfill existing Correctional Deputy administrative and non-inmate contact duties; and
WHEREAS, the Sheriff is requesting 12.0 FTE consisting of 11.0 FTE in grade105 and 1.0 FTE Correctional Deputy in grade 106 to fulfill the requirement and begin hiring and training staff in the anticipation of the Integrative Health Unit; and
WHEREAS, the costs associated with the new positions in 2024 will be covered by the Sheriff's budget savings at a zero net cost to the county in 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Sheriff is hereby authorized to add 12.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions, consisting of 11.0 FTE in grade 105, and 1.0 FTE in grade 106, to begin the process of staffing the jail's Integrative Health Unit that is anticipated to open in the first quarter of 2025, with the cost associated with the new po...
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