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File #: 25-974    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Board Order Status: Passed
File created: 8/8/2025 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 8/19/2025 Final action: 8/19/2025
Title: Allocation of 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Business Manager Position (M&C, Class 0608, Salary Range 482) for the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department
Strategic Framework: 3000 – WORKFORCE & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, 9999 - Core Services / Other
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. 1. Business Manager Job Description

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
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Allocation of 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Business Manager Position (M&C, Class 0608, Salary Range 482) for the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the allocation of 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE) Business Manager position (M&C, class 0608, salary range 482) in Budget Unit 1100-277, effective the pay period following Board approval.

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Workforce & Operational Excellence
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other

DISCUSSION:
The Board of Supervisors is being asked to approve allocation of a Business Manager position in the Planning and Building Department. This position will replace an Administrative Analyst (AA), M/C (classification # 0605A/B, position # 01, salary range 455/486). The person in the Administrative Analyst position is expected to retire at the end of September. The department planned for this transition as part of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget.

The current Administrative Analyst is and has been the central figure in the budget administration for the department. This retirement will leave a large hole in the department. Staff envision the Business Manager can be recruited and start work with a couple of weeks' overlap with the existing Administrative Analyst to allow some training. The Business Manager will be responsible for the budget implementation and supervise the work of other administrative staff which include the following positions:
* Administrative Analyst M/C responsible for personnel matters, recruitments, separations, leaves of absence and hiring; as well as contract management, requests for proposals, purchasing, receiving, accounts payable and other special projects; and
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