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HR proposes clearer approval tiers for hiring and pay adjustments; full board still required for upgrades
Summary
HR Director Shawn Choate proposed consolidating approval tiers and clarifying that HR (with Controller and liaison commissioner notice) would approve certain salary exceptions while position upgrades and conversions to full-time would still require full Commission approval.
HR Director Shawn Choate presented a revised approval flow that removes conflicting language about when the Commission must approve salaries set above the first quartile and consolidates four approval tiers into three. Under the proposed change, HR would approve policy exceptions such as setting a salary above the first quartile while the Controller and the liaison Commissioner would be notified to ensure budget compliance. Choate said downgrading titles or moving an employee to part-time would require HR and the liaison Commissioner only; upgrading a position or converting part-time to full-time would still require full Commission approval.
Controller Parke confirmed the liaison Commissioner is assigned to departments rather than to HR and noted Ric Higbee, HR Deputy Director, would finalize updated language and distribute the policies to department directors before the next Director's meeting.
