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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 099-2021, to approve the following:
1) The deletion of 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE) Deputy Chief Administrative Officer allocation; and
2) The addition of 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE) Assistant Chief Administrative Officer allocation in the Chief Administrative Office.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In October 2020, the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer resigned from El Dorado County. The decision to underfill the position with a Deputy Chief Administrative Officer was made for the following two reasons:
1) Due to the potential of negative fiscal impacts as a result of the COVID pandemic, the Chief Administrative Officer had instructed all departments to reduce costs where feasible. Consistent with this direction, underfilling the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer position resulted in a budgetary savings of $44,500 annually.
2) At that time, the Chief Administrative Officer was not aware of any internal employees who were both interested in and qualified to serve as the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer. As a result, underfilling the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer position provided an opportunity to identify and develop existing staff as well as identifying a well-qualified Deputy CAO who could also potentially become an Assistant CAO.
It should be noted that this organizational model of not having an Assistant CAO was never intended to be a long term solution. The intent was always to appoint a well-qualified individual who desired the opportunity to serve as the Assistant CAO. However, Personnel Rule 505.1 requires all positions that are ‘underfilled’ at the end of the fiscal year be adjusted to accurately reflect the position of the incumbent. In order to comply with this requirement, the Assistant CAO position was downgraded to a Deputy CAO during the Recommended Budget process.
In July 2021, one of ...
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