Primary Department: Human Resources and Talent
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Sakita Douglas, Interim Chief People Officer
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to suspend the approval process for changes involving certain position reclassifications for all departments and to notify Court of the reclassifications on regularly scheduled Court, Business and Special meetings.
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Background and Discussion:
On December 10, 2024, Court approved the temporary suspension of the reclassification approval policy for newly elected officials for January - March 2025. This request is to extend the suspension to all departments until after the completion of the Compensation and Pay Equity Project when current job descriptions will be available for all positions. Additionally, this request applies to all reclassifications except those involving reclassifying positions to a director title (Assistant Director, Director, Deputy Director, etc.) or equivalent and above. Currently the review, approval and implementation time for reclassifications takes from 4 - 6 weeks. However, due to the volume, limited resources, approval process, and processing time those changes are often delayed and moved to subsequent agendas, which adversely impacts departments abilities to implement their requests on the desired effective dates. Furthermore, Commissioners Court approval will continue to be required on new classifications (hi...
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