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MEMORANDUM
TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Denise Pomeroy, Health Services Director
DATE: September 19, 2017
SUBJECT: (a) Authorize the Health Services Department to Offer Applicant Interview Travel Expense Reimbursement of up to a Maximum of $1,500 and to Increase the Current Relocation Reimbursement from $1,000 to $2,000 for Health Officer, Deputy Health Officer and Environmental Health Director Positions; and (b) Approve request of a waiver of the current County Policy for New Employee Relocation Expense to allow an increased reimbursement from "up to $1,000" to "up to $2,000" for a relocation more than 700 miles for the three positions listed above.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Health Services Department will be losing two critical exempt management employees in December of this year. Additionally, we are currently in the process of recruiting to fill the new Deputy Health Officer position. The Public Health Officer and the Deputy Health Officer are now in the second round of recruiting to fill these positions.
Recruitment, relocation and retention incentives are valuable tools which help to attract candidates to accept these hard to fill critical department level management positions.
Due to the unique nature of the positions we need to fill, Health Services is requesting Board approval of a limited waiver of the current County Policy to allow the Health Services department to reimburse up to $1500 to applicants for these three positions as an Applicant Interview Travel Expense Reimbursement for attending department level interviews. Current policy limits these reimbursements only to applicants for positions reporting to and interviews held by the Board of Supervisors. Current policy will still define what constitutes an eligible expense.
Staff is also requesting that your Board allow Health Services to waive current policy to offer a higher relocation reimbursement under the New Employee Relocation Expense County Policy of up to $2,00...
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