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Commissioners approve several personnel reclassifications, table-of-organization changes and county policies
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel and policy items including probate court table-of-organization changes, health department reclassification, Community Mental Health CIO creation, RFP release for insurance brokerage, and county drug-and-alcohol and harassment policy updates.
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners approved a series of personnel and policy items, including table-of-organization changes in probate and health departments, a new chief information officer position at Community Mental Health (CMH), release of an insurance-brokerage request for proposal and adoption of updated personnel policies.
Key personnel actions approved: - Probate/family court: eliminate one full-time general clerk (position #50, pay grade 13) and add one full-time deputy probate register court clerk 2 (pay grade 15) to meet probate operations needs; funding to be within the probate budget at no additional cost to the county general fund. - Health department: reclassify senior programs position #357 from pay grade 22 to pay grade 23 to align with other division heads and authorize the health officer to hire an internal candidate. - Community Mental Health: eliminate one full-time IT manager/data management supervisor (position #535, pay grade 22) and add one full-time chief information officer position at pay grade 23, to be filled at step 4 at no additional cost to the general fund; new job descriptions were approved.
Policy and administrative actions: - The board authorized releasing an RFP for insurance brokerage services and instructed the administration and HR to post the RFP on the county website, with a requested correction to the RFP text (page 8) clarifying a 60-day reference. - The board recommended approval of the county's drug-and-alcohol policy pending resolution of union concerns; staff said nine bargaining units had indicated agreement or limited concerns and one law-enforcement bargaining unit had opposed portions related to undercover work. - The board approved updates to the county's military leave policy and an updated zero-tolerance harassment policy as presented.
Why it matters: the actions adjust county staffing to reflect operational needs, create an executive IT position at CMH, and initiate a competitive process for insurance-brokerage services. The drug-and-alcohol policy was advanced pending further union discussions to address undercover-worker protections.
All motions were moved, supported and approved by voice vote where indicated. Administrators were instructed to post the RFP, process job changes internally, and continue union negotiations on the drug-and-alcohol policy where concerns remain.
