REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD MEETING DATE:  February  27, 2018
CATEGORY:  Consent - Health and Human Services-11.

SUBJECT:

HHSA - Salary Resolution

Supervisorial District No. :  All

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:  Tracy Tedder, Director, HHSA Business & Support Services, (530) 229-8425

STAFF REPORT APPROVED BY:  Tracy Tedder, Director, HHSA Business & Support Services

RECOMMENDATION

Adopt a salary resolution, effective March 4, 2018, which amends the Shasta County Position Allocation List as follows: (1) Deletes 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) vacant Medical Services Clerk position, deletes 1.0 vacant Office Assistant I/II position, and adds 1.0 FTE Staff Services Analyst I/II position in the Mental Health budget; (2) deletes 1.0 FTE Eligibility Worker I/II position and adds 1.0 FTE Office Assistant I/II position in the Social Services budget; (3) adds 1.0 FTE Office Assistant I/II position, deletes 1.0 FTE vacant Community Development Coordinator position, and adds 1.0 FTE Public Health Program and Policy Analyst in the Health and Human Services-Office of the Director budget; and (4) deletes 1.0 FTE vacant Public Health Microbiologist I/II/Trainee position and adds 1.0 FTE Public Health Program and Policy Analyst in the Public Health budget.

SUMMARY

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DISCUSSION

As vacancies become available, the duties and responsibilities associated with positions, along with the needs of the department are evaluated.  The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) is proposing the following changes to the Salary Schedule to meet the needs of the HHSA:

1. HHSA-Business and Support Services has identified the need to delete a vacant Office Assistant I/II position and add a Staff Services Analyst I/II position to perform complex administrative duties associated with new regulatory requirements under the Mental Health Plan (MHP) agreement.  The Staff Services Analyst I/II classification job duties better align with the more complex duties that would be assigned to this position.  The Managed Care/Compliance Unit provides administrative support in meeting the regulatory and reporting requirements pursuant to the MHP agreement with the California Department of Healthcare services.  New federal regulations have recently become effective, requiring additional administrative and reporting duties, which are appropriate for the Staff Services I/II classification.
2. HHSA-Regional Services is currently underfilling an Eligibility Worker I/II position with an Office Assistant I/II position.  The department is requesting to clean up this underfill.
3. HHSA-Office of the Director requests to delete a vacant Community Development Coordinator and add a Public Health Program and Policy Analyst.  Since the transition of administration of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) to the HHSA Office of the Director, leadership has evaluated staff needs, and the Public Health Program and Policy Analyst duties align more closely to the needs of the department.
4. HHSA-Children’s Services requests to delete a vacant Medical Services Clerk and add an Office Assistant I/II position.  Leadership has evaluated staff needs, and is requesting to delete a vacant Medical Services Clerk and add an Office Assistant I/II position to assist with the additional administrative needs of Children’s Services.
5. HHSA-Public Health has identified the need for a Public Health Program and Policy Analyst to coordinate and evaluate Adverse Childhood Experience and Harmful Substance Use Prevention programs in the community.  The department proposes to delete a vacant Public Health Microbiologist I/II/Trainee.  Department staffing structure changes no longer require the Public Health Microbiologist I/II/Trainee position.
   

ALTERNATIVES

The Board could choose not to approve one, several, or all of the changes on the proposed the salary resolution.

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT

The Support Services Department – Personnel Unit has reviewed the recommendation and prepared the salary resolution.  This recommendation has been reviewed by the County Administrative Office.

FINANCING

There is no additional General Fund impact from the recommended action.