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Sheriff asks board to delay approval of Vallejo assistance contract while meet-and-confer and operational issues are resolved
Summary
Sheriff Thomas Ferraro recommended the Board of Supervisors delay approving a one-year contract with the city of Vallejo for temporary deputy support, saying outstanding labor, retirement-audit and procurement issues must be resolved before his office can commit to the deployment.
Solano County Sheriff Thomas Ferrara asked the Board of Supervisors not to approve a proposed contract today that would commit the sheriff's office to provide temporary law enforcement assistance to the city of Vallejo, citing incomplete labor negotiations and operational challenges. The sheriff recommended county staff continue meet-and-confer discussions and return to the board at its July 22 meeting if the outstanding issues can be resolved.
"I officially would recommend we not approve this today for the following reasons," Sheriff Ferrara told the board, outlining items he said must be completed before the county could take on the proposed deployment. The city of Vallejo approved the contract on June 17 and the sheriff said the county had received a written communication from the Department of Justice confirming that the county was not a party to Vallejo's stipulated agreement, a legal clearance he described as "legally…
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