Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: Toll Road Authority
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Roberto Trevino
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): 210013
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Payscale, Inc.
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Choose an item.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Payscale, Inc. in the additional amount of $42,750 for additional services for the Toll Road Authority for Compensation Study for Harris County (210013), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible.
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Background and Discussion:
Request for approval to obtain PayScale as the vendor to provide a system for conducting salary analysis and creating/ maintaining job descriptions. The contract may be renewed for two (2) additional (1) year periods and will not automatically renew.
Expected Impact:
It is important to attract and retain qualified personnel to provide services to the Harris County Toll Road Authority. The contract approval will allow HCTRA HR to utilize the PayScale, Inc. compensation database to market price jobs and conduct salary studies to provide competitive salary data in support of business units’ compensation decisions. Furthermore, the software will allow for the creation and maintenance of current and relevant job descriptions for each position and storage in an online centralized depository.
Alternative Options:
None
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: Choose an item.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): Choose an item.
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): Choose an item.
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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8/24/21 |
331 |
Award |
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2/21/23 |
280 |
Renewal No. 1 |
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6/7/23 |
283 |
Renewal No. 2 |
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6/27/23 |
283 |
Amendment No. 1 Approval |
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6/25/24 |
221 |
Renewal No. 3 |
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7/10/25 |
148 |
Renewal No. 4 |
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8/26/25 |
279 |
Addendum adding Order Form for Renewal No. 4 |
Location: N/A
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Choose an item.
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Compensation Study for Harris County |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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1000 - General Fund |
$ |
$42,750 |
$42,750 |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$ |
$42,750 |
$42,750 |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$42,750 |
$42,750 |
$ |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (For Grants Items only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new Position Control Numbers (PCN)s) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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County Attorney’s Office Legal Review (for Harris County Code Items only) |
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CAO Reviewer Name and Title |
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CAO Review Completion Date |
Click or tap to enter a date. |
Anticipated Court Date: 12/11/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Johanna Dimitri, Assistant Director, Human Resources Toll Road Authority; Gisselle Zapata, Sr. Contract Manager, Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter, Amendment