Peoria County staff told the committee the county will change how often it publishes workforce and vacancy information, moving the workforce dashboard to a six‑month cadence and the vacancy report to quarterly. Angela, presenting October data, said the dashboard’s top third shows applicants and new hires, the middle shows demographics by gender and race, and the bottom shows separations.

Committee members expressed concern that slowing the reporting cadence could weaken oversight. An attendee identified in the record as Speaker 4 said they had received emails and did not recall an agreement to change frequency, adding, “changing the cadence of this report could have a negative effect on what we're trying to accomplish.” Staff said Chairman Ricker requested the trial cadence because the underlying data does not change quickly, and that the committee would reevaluate the schedule after testing it.

Angela also presented a vacancy snapshot comparing October and July fill rates and offered to answer questions; none were raised at that time. Committee members said the recent establishment of a vacancy fund could affect workforce metrics and argued the timing makes ongoing review important.

Next steps: staff will provide the workforce and vacancy reports on the new cadence and the committee will revisit the schedule to determine whether to retain or accelerate reporting.