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Commission approves multiple attorney classification changes to ease recruitment
Summary
The Madera County Civil Service Commission approved amendments to several attorney classification specifications Jan. 21 to reduce experience requirements and ease hiring, including changes to child support attorney, deputy county counsel and district attorney classifications.
The Madera County Civil Service Commission voted Jan. 21 to approve amendments to classification specifications for multiple attorney positions, citing recruitment challenges.
Human Resources presented changes intended to make candidate pools larger and internal career progression clearer. The commission approved revisions to classification specifications for Child Support Attorney levels 1–4, Deputy County Counsel levels 1–4, Deputy District Attorney levels 1–3 (senior), and Supervising Deputy District Attorney.
Key changes described by Human Resources included lowering the experience requirement at the Child Support Attorney II level from two years to one year to allow promotions or external recruitment after one year of experience, and allowing an entry-level Child Support Attorney I to obtain State Bar membership by the time of appointment rather than requiring bar membership at application. Human Resources said the bargaining units had the opportunity to review the proposed changes and were in agreement.
For deputy county counsel and deputy district attorney classifications, Human Resources said the education, experience, and licenses/certification sections were amended in line with the other items; the deputy county counsel classification is unrepresented and therefore required no bargaining-unit notice. For the supervising deputy district attorney role, the commission approved reducing the minimum experience requirement from five years to four years.
Commissioners asked about impacts on current employees and whether lowered minima could make the county a training ground for other jurisdictions. Human Resources said promotions and recruitment remain subject to departmental funding, authorized positions and competitive processes; hiring remains contingent on meeting final licensure and certification requirements at appointment.
Each item was approved on roll call. Recorded affirmative votes during the various roll calls included Commissioners Atwood, Frey, Iverson, Perez and, on one item, Commissioner Villas. Commissioners did not record any dissenting votes during the items presented.
The changes take effect according to the county's classification and recruitment procedures and do not, by themselves, create new positions or funding.
