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Board creates Development Services Director position; removes environmental-health oversight from job description
Summary
The Board approved creating a Development Services Director allocation and related budget action, but amended the job description to remove explicit oversight of Environmental Health; the position will be posted with flexibility to consider REHS certification as a desired qualification.
The Board of Supervisors approved creation of a Development Services Director classification and associated allocation and fiscal-year budget action, with an amended job description that excludes explicit environmental-health oversight.
CAO Joe Lynch and Human Resources presented the new classification as the implementation step of a Guidehouse recommendation to consolidate and strengthen building and planning services. The job description was amended on the floor to remove an explicit duty to "oversee the county's environmental health programs" while retaining REHS (Registered Environmental Health Specialist) as a desired qualification so future structural changes remain possible.
The board approved the creation, the allocation and the FY adjustment by vote (motion and second recorded and adopted as amended). Supervisors discussed regional comparators used to set compensation and noted that recruiting for such specialized leadership roles in Mariposa will compete with Merced and Madera labor markets; staff said the posting will be targeted and that the salary reflects the market used for recruitment. Several supervisors emphasized the need to pair the new leader with clear performance goals and data collection to measure efficiency gains.
Next steps: HR will post the position, with environmental-health tasks removed from the definitive duties sheet and REHS left as a desired qualification; staff will return with any future proposals if the board chooses to relocate environmental health into the new department.
Note on salary data in meeting record: the transcript copies the annual salary figure from the agenda packet but the audio transcription produced an unclear string ("161 dollars $7.85"). The agenda packet should be consulted directly for the accurate salary figure; the board approved the classification and allocation as amended.
