DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Luchini, RN, PHN, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendment
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one (1) Emergency Management Specialist I/II position and one (1) Program Technician I/II position and deleting one (1) Communicable Disease Specialist I/II position and one (1) Office Assistant I/II position to the Department of Public Health Org 5620, effective June 27, 2022, as reflected in Appendix C.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will amend Public Health's Salary Resolution adding one Emergency Management Specialist (EMS) I/II position in the Emergency Services (ES) Division's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Program to help coordinate planning, preparedness, response and recovery efforts for disasters and emergencies, and add one Program Technician (PT) I/II position to better support the Environmental Health (EH) Division with paraprofessional/technical work. The recommended action would also delete one Communicable Disease Specialist (CDS) I/II position added during the COVID-19 response and one long-time vacant Office Assistant (OA) I/II position no longer needed because of the expansion of technology and online resources. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. If the Board does not approve the recommended action, PHEP would not have the additional staffing needed to assist with preparedness of hospitals, as well as resource requests from the Medical/Health Operational Area Coordinator, two important tasks necessary to ensure public safety. The EH Division would also not have adequate staff to help provide support for the Division's changing technology needs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action....
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