LAKEPORT >> Further recommendations from the Lake County Classification and Compensation Committee were approved in concept by the Lake County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
Requested position creations or reclassifications in the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Social Services, Agricultural Commissioner and Public Services departments were presented to the board.
All recommendations were approved as presented, including the creation of an evidence technician supervisor at the LCSO.
According to Lake County Chief Administration Officer Matt Perry, a request from former Sheriff Frank Rivero to reclassify the evidence technician position was initially denied by the committee, as the position was correctly classified. However, Sheriff Brian Martin appealed the decision and submitted and alternate proposal.
“While the incumbent is correctly classified … the department needs to have a supervisor located in property/evidence rather than just a lead worker,” Sarah Jansen, deputy human resources director, stated.
Another position to be created will be in the public works department, as it is reorganizing the parks division to include resources from the buildings and grounds division, Perry said. The restructuring will reduce travel time of staff, as well as “allow for more efficient use of time.”
In doing so internal equity issues have arisen, as “the skill levels and compensation that are appropriate for basic grounds maintenance … are significantly different from those that are appropriate for staff performing more complex work.”
To address the issue, the position of groundskeeper I/II will be created. Additionally, the position will be Y-rated, meaning the employee’s salary will be frozen at its current amount.
Jansen said more reclassification requests regarding the restructuring will be brought to the board over the next few month and are expected to be completed in time for the county’s final budget.
As for reclassifications, the social services aide III will be reclassified as social services aide II. The use of aides in Child Welfare Services has halted, which is the purpose of the class-III designation. The current aide now works in Adult Services, which should be a class-II designation. This position will also be modified to be Y-rated.
Finally, the agricultural commissioner requested a class B drivers license be a requirement for its agricultural biologist-weights and measure inspector II position.
All recommendations except the LCSO evidence technician supervisor position are expected to result in a decrease in costs to the county’s general fund, Perry said.
No members of the public offered comment.
Contact J. W. Burch, IV at 900-2022.
