To: Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From: Joseph Villarreal, Executive Director
Report Title: Temporary Hire of Housing Authority Retiree - Waiver of 180-Day 'Sit-out' Period at the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. WAIVE the 180-day “sit out period” for Mr. Robert Moore, former Director of Development– Exempt, at Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa.
2. FIND that the appointment of retiree Mr. Moore as a temporary Housing Authority employee is necessary to fill a critically needed position.
3. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the hiring of retiree Mr. Moore as a temporary Housing Authority employee for the period of September 15, 2025, through September 14, 2026.
BACKGROUND:
Mr. Moore retired from the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa on July 31, 2025, after 26 years of service. It is essential that Mr. Moore return as a temporary employee to provide continuity of services until his permanent replacement is hired and to train his current, temporary, replacement. The Housing Authority is in the process of restructuring Mr. Moore’s former job and will soon be recruiting to permanently fill the analog position that will replace most of Mr. Moore’s former duties.
The Housing Authority has determined that it is necessary for Mr. Moore to assist in several ongoing projects, especially those that he has been leading until now, such as the remodel of the Authority’s Central Office, the transformation of a former Wells Fargo branch into the Antioch Voucher office, oversight of a new Physical Needs Assessment for all of our properties that is scheduled to begin this fall and submitting a variety of HUD-required reports while training permanent staff in how to do so. Mr. Moore will not recreate his role as Director of Development but will instead serve more as a project manager as Housing Rehabilitation Officer to bring several outstanding projects to completion and as a trainer to permanent staff.
Management requests the 180-day "sit-out period" be waived so that Mr. Moore can help us ensure mission-critical projects do not stall while we are redesigning his old position and hiring a replacement. The Authority also needs Mr. Moore to continue training permanent staff through the annual cycle of HUD-required reporting and to ensure the Department does not fail to meet all reporting requirements and deadlines while this training takes place.
FISCAL IMPACT:
If the request is approved, this action will have an annual cost not to exceed $65,312, which is already included in the Housing Authority’s operating budget.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to receive Board approval may adversely impact both ongoing, mission-critical projects and the ability to meet required reporting requirements that will ultimately affect the Housing Authority's funding and annual budget.