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Polk County hears request to reclassify two Health Services supervisors
Summary
On Sept. 3, 2025 the Polk County Board of Commissioners heard a request to reclassify Michelle Holland and Ariel Parker to Health Services Supervisor 4, effective Sept. 1, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $15,000 for 12 months; no formal vote on the reclassification is recorded in the transcript.
Polk County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 3, 2025 heard a request to reclassify two employees in the county Health Services Department to the Health Services Supervisor 4 position, with the change proposed to take effect Sept. 1 and a projected fiscal impact of approximately $15,000 for a 12-month period.
The request was presented to the board by Mr. Hawkins, a Polk County staff member. He said Michelle Holland and Ariel Parker are taking on added supervisory duties: "Specifically, Ariel's taking on, crisis team, not for the clinical side, but, all the day to day and, personnel and everything that goes along with that. Michelle is, also taking on extra duties in overseeing the outpatient administrative care or of the organization," Mr. Hawkins said. He added, "they are looking at a fiscal impact of approximately $15,000 to include PURGE contributions for the 12 month period." When asked for clarification, a speaker replied, "Total for both of them."
Mr. Hawkins said the Health Services budget can absorb the additional cost. The transcript identifies Noel Carroll as the person who submitted the request to Hawkins, but the transcript does not record a formal motion or vote on the reclassification during the meeting. The board chair later asked whether an executive session was needed; the transcript records that none was requested and the meeting was adjourned.
Votes at a glance from the Sept. 3 meeting: the agenda, the minutes from Aug. 20, and the consent calendar were each moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with unanimous "aye" responses; the transcript does not name movers, seconders or record individual roll-call votes for those approvals.
The reclassification request affects local Health Services staffing and county payroll planning; the transcript lists the effective date as Sept. 1 and the one-year fiscal impact as about $15,000 total, including PURGE contributions. No statute, ordinance, or formal personnel rule was cited in the discussion recorded in the transcript.
After the brief personnel discussion the chair asked if an executive session was needed; county staff responded no, and the board adjourned.
