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Board adopts responses to three civil grand jury reports on first responders, cybersecurity and special-district audits
Summary
The Board of Supervisors adopted proposed county responses to three Marin County Civil Grand Jury reports addressing first-responder mental-health support, county cybersecurity preparedness, and audit oversight for special districts; subject-matter staff presented responses and the board voted to transmit them to the grand jury.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the county's formal responses to three Civil Grand Jury reports covering (1) Marin County first responders supporting those who support us, (2) cybersecurity preparedness and (3) financial oversight and audits for special districts.
Gary Besser of the county executive's office introduced the documents and noted they were prepared with subject-matter input from Health and Human Services, Marin County Fire, Information Services and the Department of Finance. Each response was presented by the relevant staff and the board voted to adopt and transmit the county's replies to the grand jury and the presiding judge.
For the first-responders report, Behavioral Health Director Todd Shermer reviewed existing and expanded mobile crisis response services, noting the county's investment of more than $2 million in the current fiscal year to support a 24/7 mobile crisis team eligible for a new Medi-Cal mobile crisis benefit. Fire Chief Jason Weber described dispatch and continuity-of-operations work and said the county is exploring backup arrangements with neighboring centers.
Jason Balderrama, chief information security officer, presented the county's cybersecurity posture and educational outreach through the Marin Security and Privacy Council and said county staff take cybersecurity seriously. Mina Martinevich, director of finance, summarized the county's approach to monitoring special-district audits; she said three districts were delinquent during the review period but had engagement letters showing independent audits were under way and that the department believed commissioning duplicative audits would not have been an efficient use of public funds.
Supervisor Lucan moved adoption of the first-responders response; Supervisor Milton Peters seconded. That response was adopted by the board. The board also adopted responses to the cybersecurity report (motion by Supervisor Rodoni; second by Supervisor Lucan) and to the special-districts report (motion by Supervisor Milton Peters; second by Supervisor Rodoni). Each response will be forwarded to the civil grand jury and the presiding judge.
No changes to county policy or new legislative action were ordered by the board during the vote; staff said the responses describe ongoing or planned work and invite continued grand-jury engagement as appropriate.
