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Agency Staffing and Structure
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Provide direction to staff regarding transitioning to an internal staffing structure for the Agency.
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Background Information:
PRC 40970 authorizes jurisdictions to form a "Regional Agency" to implement the requirements of the Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, thereby creating a legal partnership of two or more cities or counties to form a waste management agency or authority that is authorized to implement, monitor and report on waste management programs on behalf of its member jurisdictions. In the absence of a regional agency, each jurisdiction is required to fulfill these requirements independently.
The Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency is a Regional Agency as defined in statute, and has been authorized to implement and report on solid waste programs on behalf of each of its member jurisdictions (County of Tehama, City of Red Bluff, City of Corning, and City of Tehama). Additionally, the Agency has been delegated other responsibilities that are outside of the scope of traditional regional agencies but are commonly incorporated. Such additional tasks include landfill, transfer station or composting facility operation and ownership oversight.
Regional agencies are separate legal governmental entities and are not considered county or city departments; however, in some cases, member jurisdictions may provide some services to the regional agency. In the case of the Agency, the Agency has contracted with the County of Tehama to provide accounting and auditing services, personnel-related support, administration of benefits for the Agency Manager, and staffing for the Agency, as outlined in the attached Administrative Services Agreement, in addition to other services. In return, the Agency is responsible for actual time and expense of personnel used at the Tehama County Auditor-Controller's office, payment of a quarterly administrative serv...
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