The Sullivan County Human Resources Committee voted to approve four personnel resolutions at its meeting, adopting changes to county positions and approving an agreement to provide defensive driving training for county employees.

The committee approved: (1) abolition of two administrative positions and creation of one new position; (2) a memorandum of understanding with the Public Employer Risk Management Association (PERMA) and American Institutional Safety to provide defensive driving courses for county employees; (3) creation of one grand-jury stenographer position in the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office; and (4) a package of abolishments and creations in the county’s information technology area intended to regrade and consolidate positions.

Committee members moved and seconded each resolution in turn. Recorded voice tallies read aloud during the meeting indicated each resolution carried by voice vote; for those explicitly tallied the clerk reported "Aye" and "4 zip." The meeting transcript does not record individual roll-call votes by name for each motion.

The defensive driving agreement (resolution 2) was introduced by the Human Resources Committee as an MOU with PERMA and American Institutional Safety to provide defensive driving courses for county employees. Committee members asked staff to correct the resolution introduction text before the vote; the corrected resolution passed by voice vote.

Resolution 3 creates a grand-jury stenographer position for the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office. The committee moved and seconded that resolution and approved it by voice vote.

Resolution 1, to abolish two administrative positions and create one new position, passed by voice vote after committee discussion about whether the abolished positions could be re-created in the future. Staff said a abolished position would require board action to re-create.

Resolution 4 (IT reorganization) was debated more extensively before approval; committee members asked for additional transparency about the salary and benefits calculations and asked staff to provide a spreadsheet breaking down salaries and benefits before the item goes to the full board.

A public commenter raised concerns during the public comment period about vacant positions and county fund balance and said, "You're not saving me anything. All you're doing is just moving it from one situation to another." That comment was part of public comment and did not change the committee’s votes.

The committee adjourned shortly after the votes.