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Coconino County HR outlines recruitment, retention and training priorities ahead of FY26
Summary
Coconino County Human Resources told the Board of Supervisors on May 14 that its FY26 work will prioritize recruitment and retention, expanded training and wellness programming while stabilizing internal staffing levels.
Human Resources Director Krista Sadillo presented the department’s FY26 priorities to the Board of Supervisors on May 14, emphasizing recruitment and retention, supervisory and leadership development, expanded training offerings and wellness programs.
Sadillo introduced the HR leadership team, outlined HR program areas (personnel administration/payroll support, recruitment and retention, benefits administration, employee and organizational development, diversity and employee relations) and described recent accomplishments: onboarding more than 500 temporary poll workers for elections; implementing the MyVera wellness app; expanding tuition-reimbursement participation; and running two Supervisor Development Academies back-to-back to meet demand.
Sadillo said HR did not submit incremental budget requests because of fiscal uncertainty and that the county manager recommends the department receive the 5% cost-of-living increment. She highlighted internal process improvements including a business-partner model (HR business partners assigned to departments for a single point of contact), upgraded onboarding processes and improved coordination with departments for temporary hiring and large events (elections, county fair).
HR described priorities for FY26: stabilizing department staffing and reducing turnover, restoring in-person new-employee orientation, offering “à la carte” training modules (short topic sessions outside multiweek academies), expanding wellness programming and preserving tuition-reimbursement and leadership-program access. Sadillo noted the department’s workload (more than 5,000 personnel actions processed in the previous year) and called attention to the impact of local labor and housing market pressures on recruitment and retention.
Supervisors thanked HR for onboarding support and training work, and multiple board members urged the return of in-person new-employee orientation and widened training availability. Sadillo acknowledged a recent staff departure (Tammy Soukaviejo) and said HR will continue to cross-train to limit operational disruption.
The county manager’s office recommended no additional HR increments in FY26 and supported the CPI adjustment; HR will continue partnering with departments to improve onboarding, retention and staff development.
