To: Board of Supervisors
From: Human Resources
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Appointment of an Appeal Panelist Under the Merit System Rules
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Appoint Kyla Baxley as the county representative panelist; and
2. Delegate authority to the Director of Human Resources to appoint an alternate panelist should the selected panelist not be available at the time of the hearing; and
3. Delegate authority to the Director of Human Resources to appoint the county's representative panelist for all future Merit System Appeals and inform the Board of Supervisors through confidential communication.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
All Funds
DISCUSSION:
The Human Resources Department is in receipt of a notice of appeal regarding a disciplinary action under the Humboldt County Merit System Rules (Rules). Human Resources has reviewed the notice and the appeal is moving forward under process defined in the Rules. Pursuant to the Rules, one panelist is appointed by the employee and one by the Board of Supervisors. Accordingly, Human Resources is recommending that your Board appoint Chief Investigator, Kyla Baxley, as the county representative panelist for the appeal panel. These two panelists will then select a third panel member to serve as chairperson and will hear the appeal. As the appeal is an open personnel matter, the details may not be provided here and will be resolved by the panel pursuant to the Rules.
Because the details of any appeal are related to a personnel matter and cannot be shared in a public setting, selecting a panelist through a public board agenda item serves no reasonable purpose. For this reason, it is being recommended that the Director of Human Resources informs the Board of Supervisors through confidential communication in compliance with Brown Act requirements for all future appeals. If a Board Member raises issue with the selected paneli...
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