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County coordinator says HR cut her hours from 30 to 7.5; asks commissioners to restore time
Summary
A county coordinator told the Federal County Commissioners Court she was given a choice to reduce hours or be laid off and later was told her hours were cut to 7.5 per week; she asked to be placed on the next agenda to seek restoration to 30 hours.
A county coordinator, identified in the public comment period as Claudia Granadius, told the Federal County Commissioners Court she was hired for a 30-hour workweek and has served the county about eight and a half years, but was recently told by Human Resources that her hours would be reduced first to 25 hours and then later to 7.5 hours per week.
“I was hired for 30 hours per week… I need my 30 hours back,” Granadius said during the court’s public-comment segment, asking commissioners to place her on the next agenda so the matter can be addressed formally.
Granadius said on the prior Monday HR offered her a choice to reduce hours to 25 or to be laid off; she said she chose to remain employed under the reduced schedule. By Thursday she said a county official called to tell her her hours were cut to 7.5 per week and that multiple people had been involved in the decision. Granadius said the county’s budget for her position appeared to be short: “She only budgeted $19,000 for me and the other coordinator,” she said, and that the correct budget should have been about $23,400 based on the agreed hours.
Granadius asked to be scheduled on the court’s July 29 agenda (she used that date in the public comment) and said she would appear daily to ensure the issue is heard if necessary. The presiding officer reminded her that public comment time is limited to three minutes and directed staff on how to place matters on an agenda for the court’s consideration.
The court did not make any immediate personnel decisions during the meeting; Crystal Marquez, the county auditor, was present and later presented the county budget draft that reflected department-level staffing and funding choices but did not adopt any changes that night related to Granadius’s hours.
Granadius’s remarks were recorded in the court’s public-comment portion of the meeting; commissioners agreed to accept her request to be placed on a future agenda for further discussion.
