Memorandum
Date: April 13, 2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Denise Pomeroy, Health Services Director
Subject: Approve Advance Step Hiring of Ms. Cindy Silva-Brackett in the Position of Accountant II, at Step 5, due to Candidates Extraordinary Qualifications
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
Ms. Silva-Brackett recently retired from the Health Services Department after a 27 year tenure with County of Lake. She has graciously offered to return to the Health Department as a 900 hour extra help employee to assist the Administrative Division with reporting, billing and administrative tasks relating to the COVID-19 Crisis Response.
Ms. Silva-Brackett retired as a Supervising Accountant, Step 5, and before promoting to that role she was an Accountant II, step 6. She would like to return in the role of Accountant II, Step 5.
Ms. Silva-Brackett would assist with administrative and accounting tasks directly relating to COVID crisis response grants and FEMA billing and tracking. Ms. Silva-Brackett has an immense knowledge of county financial software applications, reports, and analyzing time study entries, which will allow her to assist the department in several COVID crisis response administrative tracking and billing reports. Additionally Ms. Silva-Brackett will serve as a resource to established and new staff in developing tracking and billing procedures for the ELC Cares grant that funds the departments COVID crisis response.
Ms. Silva-Brackett served as the Interim Health Services Administrative Manager from November 2007- January 2008. She was integral to the Health Department’s conversion and implementation of several electronic records systems, including being a Super-User of the CMHC, Insight, and Geneva platforms.
Additionally Ms. Silva-Brackett’s depth of departmental knowledge has been a source of reliable and accurate information which assisted employees of all levels in performing their respective duties and in so doing, served the public with utmost integrity and quality.
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Recommended Action: Approve Advance Step Hiring of Ms. Cindy Silva-Brackett in the Position of Accountant II, at Step 5, due to Candidates Extraordinary Qualifications