2024-07-31 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission July 31, 2024 So, of course, you have the Administrator position. And then starting on the far left of this graphic we have a Sustainability Strategist who is on contract with our office now that position is meant to be only a one-year position and really to help give our office that boost as we get started to help us some of the strategy that's necessary. And then, our Accountant I position. This was added into this fiscal year's budget—this was not part of the original budgeted positions but has become very evident that we need to have that position in our office. We have a Grant Coordinator position and a Database Analyst. Both of those are in the recruitment phase with interviews being scheduled as we speak. And so, our accountant position, an offer has been made in that position. So, in theory, in maybe the next month or so, we will have those dark maroon colors all filled for the office. The ones that you see in the more orange are, again, sort of, ones that were already budgeted in but haven't gone through the recruitment process, yet. That is our Policy Analyst and, in this case, our Information and Education Specialist, which is really our community outreach engagement position. And then, we have a couple of other unique positions that I feel are needed for the office. And, again, this is based on the work that we're doing now and the work that I see happening in the future, so those are Special Projects Coordinators. And those will be reporting to the Grant Coordinator and also the Policy Analyst—and those positions have not been allocated or funded but, again, this is something that I want to work on in the next 6 -months or so—and that those positions are, really, as they are described "Special Projects Coordinators." As we do the work, we find that we need specific expertise or project management to help with the various needs of our—either our departments or our department itselfto move forward with some of those projects. And I'll talk about those projects in this presentation as well, but that's what those Special Projects Coordinators would really do, is be those subject -matter experts and be able to lean in specifically on various projects. And because of that, I'm really looking for opportunities to fund those through grant funding rather than our regular operating budget but, again, that's something I'll be pursuing in the next six months or so. And then, finally, we also have a Climate Equity Specialist—that position is currently in the budget but that's something that I want to pursue as a contract to really, again, sort of, lean into what's needed at the time and be able to pull on our Professional Services List to bring in consultants that are appropriate for whatever that particular need is around equity. And so, I wanted to introduce you to the team that we have so far. Obviously, you have myself. We also have Kendra Obermaier, who joined our office July I". She was recently employed with our Research and Development Department, and she comes to us with a unique background in being that she came to our County as an AmeriCorps Vista(inaudible) familiar with that Page 9