Department: Human Resources and Talent
Department Head/Elected Official: Sakita Douglas, Interim Chief People Officer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
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Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to temporarily suspend the approval policy for changes involving position reclassifications from newly elected officials for January - March 2025.
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Background and Discussion:
On November 14, 2023, Commissioners Court approved a policy to implement a formal review and approval process for departmental position management requests for reclassifications, allowances/incentives, and changes to Fair Labor Standards. The policy was amended on May 7, 2024, to eliminate the requirement for Court approval and reduce processing time on certain types of reclassifications. Currently the review, approval and implementation time for reclassifications takes from 4 - 6 weeks. With the incoming newly elected officials, it is expected that staff and position changes will be submitted for Court approval. However, due to the extended review, approval, and processing time those changes will be delayed, which may adversely impact departments abilities to implement their requests on the desired effective dates. This request is to temporarily suspend the formal review if the departments have positions with the same classifications as those included in the reclassification requests. The exclusion of budget reviews is not included as part of this request, and they will continue in compliance with the current practice. This temporary suspension would only apply to newly elected officials for the duration of January - March 2025 and the positions will be formally reviewed as part of the Compensation and Pay Equity Project.
Expected Impact:
This request will enable newly elected officials to reclassify positions as needed and implement staff changes as quickly as possible. It is estimated that implementation time for reclassifications would be reduced by at least 50%.
Alternative Options:
If this request is not approved, we would need to immediately hire and train temporary staff (6) to formally review, create, and update job descriptions, market price the job descriptions and submit the requests to Court for approval from December 2024 - March 2025. (The month of December 2024 would be required for training purposes.). The estimated labor and non-labor cost of temporary staff is $72,971 and will be funded from vacant positions.
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
X Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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05/07/2024 |
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Amend the Position Management Policy to exclude items for court approval where the salary range maximum will be less than $50 per hour or if the salary range maximum is decreasing except for any reclassifications that may result in a Senate Bill 23 budget impact. Any reclassifications not requiring Commissioners Court approval will continue to be submitted as a transmittal on the agenda. To change the Position Management Policy to remove the need for approval of reclassifications with the same salary range. |
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11/14/2023 |
14 |
Approval of the updated policies for approvals of position change requests. |
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10/10/2023 |
26 |
Discussion on and partial approval of position management policy. |
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09/19/2023 |
23-5275 |
Transmittal accepted. |
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Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: December 10th, 2024
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): December 16th, 2024
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Amanda Porter, Director, Compensation, Human Resources
Attachments (if applicable): N/A