To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Adopt the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Voluntary Separation Incentive Program and Designation List
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Voluntary Separation Incentive Program and Designation List; and
2. Authorize the County Administrative Office to update the designation list, to be ratified by the Board of Supervisors at the mid-year budget report.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
All county funds
DISCUSSION:
At the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget hearings on June 12, 2023, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors ("Board") approved the parameters of a Voluntary Separation Incentive Program ("VSIP"). Today's item will adopt the program in full, allowing departments to continue identifying positions to be eligible for the VSIP, and beginning an enrollment period on August 1, 2023.
In the context of the county's current budget situation, the VSIP is a labor-sensitive approach to minimizing potential required staff reductions within the county. The VSIP will allow department heads to manage a reduction of the workforce in a manner that minimizes service impacts, and likewise, minimizes negative impacts on employee groups. The goal of this program is to incentivize employees to vacate allocations/positions prior to June 30, 2024 and require that departments hold vacancies open for a period of two (2) years. This reduction in the workforce program allows flexibility to the department head to select which classifications, and the number of them to be offered the separation incentive, knowing that there must be at least one (1) vacancy maintained for each incentive offered. Employees opting for the program must be regular (not probationary) employees holding a full-time or part-time (over 20 hours per week) position. There is no requirement to retire or be a minimum age in ...
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