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Board of Supervisors
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Requested Action(s)
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a) STUDY SESSION - Board discussion regarding re-establishment of the Personnel Procedures and Guidelines Ad Hoc Committee
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Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact.
Background Information:
The Personnel Procedures and Guidelines Ad Hoc Committee was established in August of 2017 with the goal of developing a comprehensive list of Personnel Rules. The committee included two Board of Supervisors members, the Personnel Director and supporting staff from the Personnel Office, County Counsel, as well as functional group representatives from Health and Human Services, Administration, Fiscal, Public Safety, and Land Development / Code / Regulatory. Between 2017 and 2020, the Personnel Procedures and Guidelines Ad Hoc Committee met 36 times, which resulted in 46 personnel rules drafted by the Personnel Office and adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
On November 17, 2020, at the request of the Board of Supervisors, the Personnel Procedures and Guidelines Ad Hoc Committee transitioned to a staff only committee. The reason for the transition was due to concerns by the Board of Supervisors that the committee was functioning more as a standing committee and less like an ad hoc committee. Furthermore, the Board of Supervisors felt the personnel rules would still be required to come to the Board of Supervisors for approval, a comprehensive list of rules had already been developed, and if the Personnel Office was working on creating rules from the comprehensive list, then there was no longer a need for the ad hoc committee to exist. Between 2020 and present, 26 new Personnel Rules were drafted by the Personnel Office and adopted by the Board of Supervisors, as well as revisions to 20 Personnel Rules previously adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The Personnel Office is still working on the original comprehensive list with minor modifications. The comprehensive document is now 224 pages in...
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