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CONSIDER CONVERTING THE HYDROGEOLOGIST POSITION TO WATER
RESOURCES MANAGER POSITION |
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Meeting
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June 10,
2019 |
Budgeted: |
Yes |
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From: |
David J.
Stoldt, |
Program/ |
Salary
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General
Manager |
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Prepared
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Suresh
Prasad |
Cost Estimate: |
$21,000 |
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General
Counsel Approval: N/A |
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Committee
Recommendation: The Administrative
Committee reviewed this item on June 10, 2019 and recommended _______________. |
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CEQA Compliance:
This action does not constitute a project as defined by the California
Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15378. |
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SUMMARY: The District’s Planning & Engineering Manager/District Engineer, Larry Hampson, recently retired after 28 years of service. This position oversaw the Water Resources and Engineering Division. Rather than filling the vacant Planning & Engineering Manager/District Engineer position, the General Manager proposes to convert the Senior Hydrogeologist position to Water Resources Manager position to manage the staff and functions of the Water Resources Division. The staff member currently in the Senior Hydrogeologist position will assume additional higher level management duties associated with directing, managing, and supervising the programs and activities of the Water Resources Division. This position will report directly to the General Manager.
Additionally, a Senior Water Resource Engineer position is added, but will remain open until personnel utilization can be reviewed. In the future, that position may be filled internally and the Water Resources Engineer filled with a junior-level person, or if desirable to hire more senior-level capabilities, the position filled from outside. As of the start of the fiscal year, the position is expected to remain open at least six months, especially as Mr. Hampson will remain available on a limited basis.
At this time, it is also an opportunity to act on the General Manager’s long-stated goal to restructure the Water Resources and Engineering Division and the Fisheries unit into two distinct divisions: Water Resources Division (WRD) and a new Environmental Resources Division (ERD). The current staff members involved in hydrology, stream gaging activities, well monitoring & reporting, and planning and engineering will compose the new Water Resources Division. Staff members involved in river work, habitat, and fisheries projects will compose the Environmental Resources Division. This structure will better match the District’s finance and accounting cost centers: Water Supply, Mitigation, and Water Demand.
A job description for this
converted position will be distributed at the Committee meeting.
The position would be placed at Range 53-D on the
District’s current salary schedule, whereas the previous Planning &
Engineering Manager/District Engineer was at Range 55-E.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Committee recommend
that the Board authorize the conversion
of the Senior Hydrogeologist position to Water Resources Manager and associated
salary range, and to authorize but not fill the position of Senior Water
Resources Engineer.
IMPACTS TO STAFF/RESOURCES: The cost differential between salary range 49-E (Senior Hydrogeologist) and salary range 53-D (Water Resources Manager) will be $21,000 in salary and benefits.
EXHIBIT
8-A Current
and Proposed Organization Charts
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