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OMB and HR say hiring freeze would slow services; pay‑equity study nearing finish, implementation choices still to come
Summary
Office of Management and Budget Director Daniel Ramos and Human Resources and Talent Director Sekita Grant told commissioners that a countywide hiring freeze is a viable short‑term lever but would require careful exemptions; HR said its countywide pay‑equity study is near completion and that implementation and an automated compensatio
Office of Management and Budget Director Daniel Ramos and Human Resources and Talent (HRT) Director Sekita Grant discussed the county’s hiring‑freeze proposal, vacancy savings and the countywide pay‑equity study during Sept. 2 budget hearings.
Ramos said OMB proposed a partial hiring freeze to capture approximately $25 million of the county’s $46 million in vacancy savings this year, leaving “green grass” for strategic exceptions. He said OMB would recommend exempting certain core public‑safety functions (law enforcement, jail, district attorney, public defender, assessor‑collector and county clerk) and that departments could request targeted…
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