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Adopt a Resolution:
a. Authorizing the issuance of a lay-off notice to impacted employee no sooner than June 9, 2017 with an effective date of July 1, 2017;
b. Authorizing the Human Resources Department to collaborate with departments to provide in-placement and out-placement services (ADDED VIA ADDENDA).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution:
a. Authorizing the issuance of a lay-off notice to impacted employee no sooner than June 9, 2017 with an effective date of July 1, 2017;
b. Authorizing the Human Resources Department to collaborate with departments to provide in-placement and out-placement services;
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
The Water Resources Agency is recommending that the Water Resources Board of Supervisors approve the elimination of one unfunded full-time Engineer position and a layoff for one full-time Department Information System Manager I from the Agency's fiscal year 2017-18 Recommended Budget. The salary & benefit savings of approximately $137,730 will assist the Agency in achieving the goal of a structurally balanced budget where revenues match expenditures. This transaction will fully utilize the County Information Technology Department to bring the Agency's information technology into the 21st Century.
The Water Resources Agency continues to strive toward a structurally balanced budget where revenues match expenditures and fund balance is not used as a source of financing for on-going business activities. Currently, the Agency runs a deficit in revenues by $1.7 million annually. The Agency has looked at ways to work smarter and not harder. In doing so, we discovered that it is more cost-effective to fully utilize the County Information Technology Department (ITD) services rather than have its own Department Information Systems Manager (DISM.) The Agency estimates it will save $226,720 annually by eliminating the DISM position from the Agency Budget and fully utilizing the County serv...
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