Employee Services Agency plays a critical role in retaining the County's workforce by collaborating with County departments on staff engagement, diversity, and inclusion initiatives. The Employee Services Agency measures the County's annual employee retention rate. The county's annual retention rate is calculated by dividing the number of coded employees who remained employed throughout the entire measurement period by the total number of coded employees at the beginning of that measurement period.

Measures of Success (MOS) was developed as a client centered approach to demonstrate the County's progress in meeting client needs and to learn how to continuously address those needs. Departments are tasked with selecting measures that are representative of their core business. The definition of measures of success is an ongoing effort and may change over time through reassessment and the changing needs of the client.

Measures of Success (MOS) was developed as a client centered approach to demonstrate the County's progress in meeting client needs and to learn how to continuously address those needs. Departments are tasked with selecting measures that are representative of their core business. The definition of measures of success is an ongoing effort and may change over time through reassessment and the changing needs of the client.

Measures of Success (MOS) was developed as a client centered approach to demonstrate the County's progress in meeting client needs and to learn how to continuously address those needs. Departments are tasked with selecting measures that are representative of their core business. The definition of measures of success is an ongoing effort and may change over time through reassessment and the changing needs of the client.

Procurement records the number of competitively awarded contracts (Goods and Related Services, Vizient Contracts, and Service Agreements).
Additional Notes: In FY2021, 37 Service Agreements were awarded as Single Source, 2 were awarded as Sole Source, 21 were approved but exempt due to contracting with other inter-governmental agencies, and 2 were approved based on the Board of Supervisors’ (Board) vendor selection and Budget Inventory Item.

The Finance Agency's mission includes fiscal leadership for the County. Therefore, the Department will prepare the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year (FY) and submit it for evaluation by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for consideration of their Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. Success is determined by receipt of the Certificate of Achievement.

In 2019, the Probation Department piloted a draft of a client experience survey based upon feedback from multiple stakeholders including clients, staff, and community stakeholders. This pilot led to a client experience survey that was one page, double sided that was clear and simple for clients to complete. This survey asked clients about their experiences related to getting to Probation, the physical space of the Probation buildings, interactions with staff and services received. At the previous administration of the survey in January 2020, research staff administered the survey in person in the Adult Probation lobby areas. For the 2021 administration, the survey was handed to clients by reception staff and a secure lockbox was provided for clients to deposit the completed surveys. The survey was comprised of 11 questions on the first page, asking respondents for their opinion on a list of statements about their experience at the Adult Probation Office and an additional three questions that asked about challenges encountered during COVID-19. The primary focus was the lobby area and check-in process. Respondents graded their experience on a scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The second page of the survey asked about the nature of their visit, basic demographic information, and their probation status.

The Department of Agriculture and Environmental Management protects the health and safety of people by addressing structure fire hazards existing on properties in the environments where people live, eat, and play. Inspections are done to ensure that there is safe defensible space to minimize the risk of fire spreading to a structure. If the property does not meet the established Minimum Fire Safety Standards, staff educates property owners and encourages voluntary compliance by clearing space around the structure. The number of inspections performed is an indicator of the potential risk to the general public. The compliance rate represents the percent of property owners that took positive action to make their property safe and the number of parcels abated represents the number pf properties in which the County stepped in as a result of non-compliance to oversee the application of mechanical abatement.

In 2018, the Probation Department rolled out a pilot survey in the Juvenile Hall. This pilot led to the development of three separate surveys, which later were streamlined into one, which covers the following operational areas:
• Admissions and Clinic
• Orientation, Housing and Safety
• Programs and Services
The survey is administered semi-annually on a rotating basis to all youth who reside in the Juvenile Hall. The 2018 survey results served as the baseline data. These surveys are quite comprehensive and as a result, only a handful of key indicators are reported in the dataset.

The total travel time measure illustrates the performance of the expressway system in moving traffic. The County invests in the expressway system through its Capital Improvement Program. Generally, capital investments in the expressway are either designed to improve safety for users and/or improve carrying capacity. County Roads records the sum of all travel time on all eight county expressways (in both directions) and total number of vehicle trips per day on expressways.