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Sheriff asks board to delay vote on Vallejo assistance contract, seeks meet-and-confer with unions
Summary
After the city of Vallejo approved a contract requesting temporary Solano County Sheriff assistance, the sheriff recommended the board not approve the contract immediately and asked staff to begin meet-and-confer with unions and return with a recommendation by the July 22 board meeting.
Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that he did not recommend immediate approval of a proposed contract to provide temporary law-enforcement assistance to the city of Vallejo and instead urged a meet-and-confer process with impacted employee groups before the board takes final action.
The city council in Vallejo approved the contract on June 17. The agreement would have the county's sheriff's office provide deputies and other support to Vallejo Police Department while the city increases its own hiring and implements reforms. Vallejo officials and community groups urged the county to approve the request quickly; numerous elected Vallejo officials and residents addressed the board during public comment asking…
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