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Plumas County holds required vacancy hearing, authorizes sheriff to fill patrol commander and cascade promotions
Summary
At an Aug. 19 Board of Supervisors meeting Plumas County presented its first annual vacancy report under AB 2561, described recruitment and retention challenges across health, social services and public safety, and authorized the sheriff to recruit a patrol commander and fill any resulting vacancies without returning to the board for each step.
Plumas County supervisors on Aug. 19 held the public hearing required by Assembly Bill 2561 to report vacancy, recruitment and retention data and approved a request from the sheriff to recruit a patrol commander and to fill subsequent promotional vacancies created by that appointment.
The hearing gave county Human Resources Director Sarah James and staff space to outline hiring patterns and problem areas across departments. The report showed 333.651 allocated positions (counted as position-equivalents), 90.095 vacancies as of the data pull and an average years-of-service for filled positions of about 10.7 years. James said the county received 276 applications so far in 2025, with 254 found qualified and 120 hires in the previous fiscal year.
The nut graf: The presentation and board discussion focused on where the county is short-staffed (behavioral health,…
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