INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: December 9, 2024
Subject: Policy Revisions to Administrative Bulletin 400 - Position Adjustment Requests
Submitted For: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Department: County Administrator's Office
Referral No: N/A
Referral Name: N/A
Presenter: Enid Mendoza, Senior Deputy County Administrator
Contact: enid.mendoza@cao.cccounty.us
Referral History:
County Ordinance Code Section 24-4.008 requires the County Administrator to implement a system of County administrative bulletins, establish and enforce personnel policies and practices in County departments and agencies, make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on requests for additional personnel, and apprise the Board on the financial effects of changes in compensation requested by employee organizations in the meet and confer process. The ordinance permits the County Administrator to delegate to the Director of Human Resources - Exempt any or all of the duties relating to personnel administration.
From time-to-time it is necessary to review administrative bulletins for potential updates to the underlying policy or to make sure that the guidance being provided to departments reflects current best practices. Depending on the subject and materiality of the proposed policy, administrative bulletins can be updated administratively or submitted for review by the Board of Supervisors, including its standing committees.
The County Administrator's Office maintains personnel policies and practices to assist departments in their position and staffing needs to meet their service delivery mandates. Over the past 30+ years, updates to Administrative Bulletin No. 400 "Position Adjustment Requests" have been codified in a patchwork of resolutions and simple memoranda with no comprehensive policy review and update.
Though revisions to Administrative Bulletin No. 400 fall within the duties of the County Administrator per County Ordinance Code and the review of this policy has not...
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