Department: Human Resources and Risk Management
Department Head/Elected Official: Shain Carrizal
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Human Resources and Risk Management for approval of overtime pay for employees providing support for the Harris County 2022 Bond Program public meetings, subject to actual participation in those meetings and a weekly minimum of 40 work hours.
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Background and Discussion:
This item requests authorization to compensate employees with overtime pay in lieu of compensatory time when working in excess of 40 hours in a week as a result of attending the 2022 Bond Program public meetings.
Expected Impact:
Community engagement and outreach is a critical component to fully informing Harris County citizens of the proposed issuance of bonds to fund County capital projects. Likewise, a robust outreach program that encourages public involvement and input will more fully inform the County and Commissioners Court of the community’s specific needs and priorities in each category proposed for bond issuance: public safety, transportation and parks.
Staffing a public meeting with knowledgeable County employees available to speak directly with constituents advances the Bond Program communications outreach requested by Court. This proposed action provides payment in lieu of compensatory time for staff to volunteer or be assigned, while creating fewer impacts to existing duties and to employee compensatory time balances. This also enables managers and Department Heads greater flexibility to manage ongoing operations without significantly impacting personnel availability during normal working hours.
The expenses will be initially encumbered from the Fund 1070 balance in Department 202 (General Administration). Per guidance from the Office of the County Attorney, Fund 1070 will be reimbursed for the pro rata share of Bond value not related to County road projects. Because all three potential Bond questions were approved by Commissioners Court, this would amount to a 25% non-mobility share. The Office of Management and Budget recommends using Fund 1000 in Department 202 for the non-mobility share.
Alternative Options:
If this item is not approved, staffing the public meetings with County personnel would be achieved with some combination of: 1) fewer County staff attendees, (2) adjustment of individual work schedules to make an employee available to attend the public meeting within the constraint of a 40 hour week or (3) granting compensatory time accruals to employees exceeding 40 hours of duty time in a week. The latter two options reduce an employee’s availability for regular duties, either currently or in the future.
Alignment with Goal(s):
X Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
X Transportation
X Flooding
X Environment
X Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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8/18/22 |
22-4934 |
Approval of orders to increase the bond authority available to Harris County |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
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SFY 22 |
FY 23 |
Next 3 FYs |
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Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Labor Expenditures |
$110,000 |
$ |
$ |
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Non-Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
$110,000 |
$ |
$ |
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Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Existing Budget |
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1000 - General Fund |
$27,500 |
$ |
$ |
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1070 - Mobility Fund |
$82,500 |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$110,000 |
$ |
$ |
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Additional Budget Requested |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Requested |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: September 13, 2022
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Shain Carrizal, Executive Director, Human Resources & Risk Management
Attachments (if applicable): N/A