June 3, 2014
By
Kimberly K. Fu
The Vacaville Reporter
Employment issues and
finances dominated a Solano County grand jury report released last week
regarding the county's Registrar of Voters office.
Due to a citizen concern, a
2011-12 grand jury report was revisited and officials found that not all
employees were cross-trained as had been recommended. New suggestions for
managers include providing more avenues for training and improvement,
encouraging employees to cross-train and considering incentives as motivation.
Grand jurors also found that
the position of Deputy Registrar of Voters, vacant for three years, had yet to
be filled and recommended hiring someone ASAP.
Cost effectiveness was also a
focus of the report.
Grand jurors found that
managers needed to work on planning and scheduling poll worker training,
investigate the cost of training locations, and improve the accuracy of
election cost estimates.
Also troubling, apparently,
are collection efforts.
According to the report, the
city of Rio Vista, Benicia City Library and Dixon Public Library all owe the
county money in connection with past elections.
In June 2010, the Registrar
of Voters reviewed petitions for Rio Vista officials. Work totaled $3,245.
"As of March 19, 2014,
this amount has not been collected from the City of Rio Vista. ROV (Registrar
of Voters) is currently working with their internal accounting staff to create
an expected revenue tracking sheet for monies owed to Solano County,"
grand jurors noted in their report.
In June 2012, the Board of
Supervisors set the maximum amount for Solano County Library Measure
"L" election costs at $100,000. But as of March, only had been
received.
"Outstanding amounts of
$8,839 are due from Benicia City Library and $4,332 due from Dixon Public
Library," the report states.
Grand jurors recommend that voter
officials make it a priority to collect money owed their office.
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