The Plumas County Board of Supervisors on June 17 responded to an announcement that interim human resources director Joshua Maserati resigned effective Friday, June 13, by adding the matter to the agenda as an urgency item and approving limited interim coverage and immediate recruitment steps.

At the start of the meeting staff announced Maserati’s resignation and asked the board to treat the personnel gap as an unforeseen emergency that required immediate action. The board voted to add the item to the day’s agenda. Following discussion, supervisors approved a limited, time‑bound arrangement for Sarah James to assist the human resources department while a permanent director is recruited. County staff described the interim assignment as limited to approximately 12 hours per week (four hours each on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and explicitly labeled it temporary until a full-time director could be hired.

In separate but related actions the board authorized human resources to recruit and fill two funded, allocated vacancies: one 1.0 FTE County Administrative Officer and one 1.0 FTE Human Resources Director (both positions were included in the adopted FY 2024–25 budget). The county manager and human-resources staff said a comprehensive salary‑survey effort is planned and may inform final offers during the executive recruitment; the board discussed the equity implications of any ad-hoc salary adjustments and signaled it would consider pay-band updates if recruitment proves unsuccessful.

Votes and process: The emergency‑item addition passed on a majority voice vote; subsequent approvals (temporary coverage by Sarah James and the two recruitments) passed on roll-call votes. Board members emphasized that the interim arrangement is limited in scope and that the county will proceed with formal recruitments and a broader compensation study to support candidate recruitment.

Why it matters: The county’s human-resources unit is handling several time‑sensitive tasks, including a major payroll project cited by staff. Supervisors said maintaining continuity while moving promptly to recruit permanent leadership was vital to ongoing county operations.

What’s next: Human-resources staff will run advertised recruitments for the CAO and HR director roles, with the county’s planned salary survey informing offers; staff will return to the board as recruitment and pay decisions progress.