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Committee approves elevation of public health administrative assistant; cost impact up to $15,000
Summary
Sullivan County Human Resources Committee approved a resolution to elevate an administrative assistant position in the Department of Public Health to a more confidential role handling protected health information, with an estimated additional management-salary cost of $0 to $15,000 depending on candidate experience.
The Sullivan County Human Resources Committee approved a resolution to elevate an administrative assistant position in the Department of Public Health to a role with expanded confidentiality responsibilities and a potential salary increase depending on candidate experience.
Jesse Moore, Department of Public Health staff, told the committee that in her roughly six months on the job she had identified a need for a higher-responsibility position to handle sensitive personal health information and personnel files. "There is a lot of PHI, public personal health information that is available and confidentiality is extremely important," Moore said, arguing the role should be elevated to ensure appropriate handling of background checks, communicable-disease data and personnel records.
Moore explained the proposed cost impact as the difference between the existing position and the elevated role: depending on the selected candidate's experience, the county would incur an additional $0 to $15,000 charged to management salary lines. Committee discussion focused on formatting of the financial portion of the resolution and clarification of that range.
A member moved to approve the resolution; the motion was recorded as moved by Amanda Ward and passed on a voice vote. No roll-call tally with individual votes was recorded in the transcript provided.
The committee directed staff to finalize hiring details consistent with civil-service rules and the county's management-salary funding. Moore said staff and senior leadership view the change as required to maintain HIPAA-level confidentiality and to elevate the Department of Public Health's operational capacity.
The committee then moved to other agenda items, including public comment and a motion later in the meeting to go into executive session on personnel and contract negotiations.
