2022-10-27 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yes. October 27, 2022 CHR. CABANAS: With the QR code. You have, what, over 60 continuous recruitments. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Today, we're at 63. CHR. CABANAS: So, is the division still short-staffed or MR. LEOPOLDINO: But I do want to add to that because it might be a misleading number, I have to say that we did close a bunch of continuous recruitments. A lot of it includes a lot of the new positions that were allocated July 1st and there're new classes. So, a lot of that weren't— they eren'tthey weren't filled right away, so we put them on continuous recruitment because they're difficult to fill. So, I do have to say, we did close a few continuous recruitments but a lot were added to the new positions that were allocated. And I'm sorry, what was the second part of your question? CHR. CABANAS: Trying to remember what I askedoh, short-staffed—is the division short- staffed. Thank you, Kate. MR. LEOPOLDINO: I can share with you CHR. CABANAS: Just generally. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yes. So, this week I have only one recruitment staff person in the office. CHR. CABANAS: Oh, my. MR. LEOPOLDINO: So but that's been happening over the last few months and I can't go into details as to why. CHR. CABANAS: Right. MR. LEOPOLDINO: But when I say we're "short-staffed"—we're short-staffed—and Danny I will jump in as much as we can. We understand the limits but the work's got to get done. And we're—and I don't know what's going on, but we're getting it from all divisions. It's not recruitment—it's all eight divisions. We are there's a lot of work and a lot of projects going on. I mean, I don't know if it's anything to do with the time of year, but it's really unprecedented and Danny and I are stepping up where we need to. But it's been very challenging, primarily, because of staffing. And it is flu season. A lot of departments are experiencing the same thing—staff that are existing are out. And so, we're trying to do our best with what we have. Page 10