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Chief Administrative Office recommending Information Technologies Department utilize Article 12, Section E, Deviation from Retention Points for the classification of Information Technology Analyst Trainee/I/II. (Cont'd 12/9/08, Item 34)
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: No change to net county cost.
Background: The classification of Information Technology Analyst Trainee/I/II was developed in 1999 to create a more flexible classification structure to enable the Information Technologies Department (IT) to respond to the rapid changes occurring in the field of information technology. This new classification and allocation structure was designed to eliminate the need for the frequent creation and modification of job specifications and position allocations in IT
The Information Technology Analyst Trainee/I/II classification was adopted by the Board on June 8, 1999. The IT Department was restructured on the basis of functional groups. Recruitments and job assignments have been made based on functional groups since that time. Also since that time all hiring, assignments and reductions in force have been by functional group in order to ensure that sufficient staff with the specialized knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform the duties assigned to these functional groups would be available.
On October 14, 2003, the Board of Supervisors approved an Authorized Personnel Allocation, incorporating changes resulting from the FY 03/04 final budget. These changes included reductions to allocations in IT. To ensure that sufficient staff, with the specialized knowledge, skills and experience necessary to successfully perform the duties assigned to the functional groups, were available, IT needed to process reductions ...
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