2022-12-20 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board December 20, 2022 MR. VENTURA: Yeah. Waylen, just curious. So, for Goal number 1, what would success look like for you? Would it be to reduce vacancy by x -percent or would it be even (inaudible) x -number of employees or is that merely implementing these strategy for the longer term not necessarily by June 30th, 2023? MR. LEOPOLDINO: Well, I think as far as measurement -wise, I would like to reduce our vacancy rate by at least 5 percent by the end of the fiscal year. That's, kind of, ambitious. So, that's one of our goals. But I also want to establish more long-term programs so that we're not in this situation. Once the job market picks up again, I don't want us, down the road, to be in this situation again when we're—we have all these vacancies. So, I want to establish solid, robust, talent pipelines. And so, those are the two main goals that I have for Goal 1. And as we move along the way, we might add other metrics, but those are the two main ones for us right now. MR. VENTURA: Okay, thanks. MR. LEOPOLDINO: You're welcome. CHR. CABANAS: Ms. Mathews, any questions for the director? MS. MATHEWS: No. Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Mr. Kunz. MR. KUNZ: No. CHR. CABANAS: So, at this point, Waylen, how many recruitments are open continuously? At one point was 63. Has it been reduced or has it increased? MR. LEOPOLDINO: The continuous recruitments have maintained at 63. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. MR. LEOPOLDINO: But we also have to consider that we've closed some. We've closed some and we added some. We are still allocating the new positions that were approved for the July 1st budget. So, as we add new positions and we can't fill it, it becomes difficult to fill, then it gets added to the continuous recruitment list. But I do—I am happy to say that we have closed—since our last meeting—maybe four or five continuous recruitments which is big right now. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Thank you. Page 22