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Merit Appeals Board October 29, 2021 <br />MS. MATHEWS: Thank you. <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yes. And we do check for that. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Does anyone have other questions for the Acting Director? If not, I have a <br />few, Waylen. <br />For the Classification and Pay report, the outcome was 123 redescription review request were <br />received. What types of positions were these for? `Cause that seems quite a bit -123? Do you <br />know off -hand? <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: From off the top of my head, we've had a lot of old position descriptions <br />from many, many years. So, instead of our department approaching updating all of those <br />position descriptions at once, the Classification and Pay Division will update these position <br />descriptions as they come in. And, if they have down time, I believe, they'll try and update these <br />redescriptions. <br />But, recently, maybe in the last two or three years our department came up with a new forma <br />brand new position description form. So, part of it could be the transition to the new form but I <br />can, definitely, follow-up on the details on the increased number. <br />A lot of it could be because of our new department heads who are they might be doing <br />reorganizations within their departments to fill their operational needs. So, that might result in <br />some redescriptions, but I'll definitely follow-up and provide an update at the next meeting, if <br />that's okay. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, that's fine. <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Okay. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. And then, for down below, it says -94 reallocation requests for <br />recruitment purposes were received. That, again, that's a pretty high number so are those— <br />what—for <br />hosewhat for police, fire? <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: It could include police and fire, but we've also encouraged the <br />departments because we're having a very difficult time—and it's a nationwide issue in <br />recruitment. <br />So, as an alternative we've encouraged departments to bring their higher-level positions down to <br />a lower level so that we can expand our applicant pool. So, that's being that's occurring more <br />frequently now so we can assist the departments fill those vacancies. <br />And once the applicant meets the necessary requirements to move up to the next level, then they <br />would get reallocated back up. <br />Page 11 <br />