To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Resolution for the Temporary Employment of Retired Annuitant as Senior Fiscal Assistant with the Humboldt County Department of Public Works
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing an exception to the one hundred eighty (180) day wait period of the California Public Employees Retirement System for the employment of Sara Luann Reid as a temporary retired annuitant Senior Fiscal Assistant with the Humboldt County Department of Public Works (Class 0124, Range 352, Step E) to fill a critically needed position.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Works Roads Administration (1200)
DISCUSSION:
On May 29, 2020, Sara Luann Reid will retire from her position as Senior Fiscal Assistant with the Humboldt County Department of Public Works ("Public Works"), after over thirteen (13) years of service. With the volume of oversight for which the Senior Fiscal Assistant position is responsible, Public Works anticipates that there will be a significant need for Ms. Reid to provide continuity in training new hires and current staff on California Department of Transportation billing, Public Works' Cost Accounting Management System, as well as county processes and procedures for accounting and payroll.
Ms. Reid offered her availability to provide temporary employment, and Public Works requests to appoint her as a retired annuitant not to exceed nine hundred sixty (960) hours in the current or next fiscal year. The appointment of Ms. Reid will provide department-wide support while new and current staff is trained and will ensure continuity of services.
Public Works certifies that the appointment of Ms. Reid before the California Public Employees Retirement System ("CalPERS") one hundred eighty (180) day wait period has expired is necessary to ensure that critically needed functions of the department continue...
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