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Yakima County work session reviews three personnel requests: DUI supervision unit, water-resources hire and temporary finance acting manager
Summary
Human resources presented three staffing requests: creation of a DUI supervision unit under a three-year grant for district court, a policy exception to hire a water resources engineer at a higher step, and a six-month acting appointment in Financial Services following a manager resignation.
At the April 14 Yakima County commissioners’ work session, Human Resources staff presented three personnel requests for commissioners’ review: a district court request to create a DUI supervision unit funded by a multi-year grant; a policy-exception request from Environmental Services to hire a water-resources engineer at a higher step to match a candidate’s Army Corps of Engineers experience; and a temporary out-of-class assignment in Financial Services following a manager resignation.
Katelyn from Human Resources summarized the first item as a district court request, originating with District Court Administrator Theresa Murphy, "for the creation of the DUI supervision unit," asking to create a Program Coordinator 2 (classified as a C41), two new probation officers and a new case manager position. Katelyn told commissioners the funding "came from a 3-year grant." Commissioners voiced support for the request during the review, citing continuing local DUI caseloads.
The second item was a request from David Hawes, Environmental Services Director, for a policy exception for position-control number 12517 (Water Resources Engineer, Engineer Level 4 in Fund 125 — Public Services). Human Resources reported the department seeks to place the candidate at Step 8 because the candidate currently works for the Army Corps of Engineers and has "a ton of experience in water resources." Commissioners indicated they were supportive of poaching an experienced candidate and did not object to the exception.
The third item concerned Financial Services. Department head Brian Carlson requested that Brenda Garcia (position number 5401), currently classified at Accountant 3, be placed in an acting Senior Manager 2 role following the manager’s resignation. Human Resources indicated the acting appointment would be temporary and expected to last about six months. Commissioners expressed agreement with a temporary out-of-class assignment while recruitment proceeds.
No formal roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript for these personnel items; Human Resources recorded the three requests and commissioners verbally indicated agreement or approval during the work session. Follow-up steps include processing position-control paperwork, confirming grant funding sources and, for the water-resources hire, completing the policy-exception paperwork to place the candidate at the requested step.
