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Board hears HR requests to refill emergency-preparedness role and consider administrative step increases

Josephine County Board of Commissioners · May 19, 2026
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Summary

Human Resources presented a requisition to refill the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator (vacated March 2025) with encouragement from state representatives to use state funding; HR also presented a personnel action for a Community Corrections Division Manager step increase and discussed whether routine step increases should be handled administratively.

Michelle Shaw, Human Resources Director, presented a personnel requisition to refill the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator position vacated in March 2025 and said state representatives had encouraged refilling the post using available state funding. Commissioners expressed support for refilling the position with state funds; no formal vote is recorded in the transcript.

Shaw also presented a personnel action proposing a step increase for a Community Corrections Division Manager and raised whether routine step increases should continue requiring Board-level review or be processed administratively through Finance. Commissioners discussed the balance between administrative efficiency and Board oversight; the transcript does not record a motion or vote on the step-increase item.