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San Juan County rolls out DEIB training series for staff; HR to audit policies
Summary
Human resources director Matthew Bullock reported progress on a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging program that includes a three‑part training series for staff and managers, a planned policy audit with a contracted consultant, and a plan to re‑survey employees and set consistent performance feedback processes.
San Juan County’s director of human resources and risk management, Matthew Bullock, briefed the council on June 9, 2025, about the county’s diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) initiative and a planned series of trainings and policy audits.
Bullock outlined a four‑phase process begun after the county contracted with the consultant Planned Action in April 2024. Phase A was diagnostic work, including an employee survey and leadership interviews. Phase B produced a strategic roadmap; the county is now in phase C, described as “behavior change” via training. Trainers have developed a three‑part series: foundations of DEIB, unconscious bias and inclusive behaviors, with an initial session held May 28 for department heads and elected officials and subsequent sessions scheduled for June and July.
Bullock said the training seeks to give staff the same common language about DEIB and to surface unconscious bias and blind spots. He said the county will record trainings for employees and elected officials who cannot attend live and will house recordings for onboarding use. The county also plans a policy audit that will review personnel policies and other procedures, create a consistent employee feedback structure and re‑survey staff after the training cycle to measure change.
Council members asked for measures of success and for assurance that council members could receive the training without creating public‑meeting conflicts. Bullock said the post‑training employee survey would be used to measure progress and that recordings would be available to elected officials individually so they could receive the training without meeting‑notification complications. He added the consultant contract includes hours for policy review and that staff would report back on budgetary usage and remaining contracted hours.
No formal council action was taken; staff will continue with the contracted training schedule, complete the policy audit and report back with survey results and a status update on contracted budget usage.
