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Yates County authorizes multiple hires for emergency services, corrections and social services
Summary
The Legislature approved resolutions to fill vacancies and reclassify positions across county services, including EMTs, paramedics, correction officers, dispatchers, an assistant public defender (Hurrell-Harring funded), and a social services caseworker, with specified not-to-exceed annual cost estimates.
As part of routine personnel actions June 8, the Yates County Legislature authorized the Director of Emergency Services and the Sheriff to fill a number of full-time positions to address recruitment shortfalls and service needs.
Resolutions authorized filling full-time EMT positions (annual cost including fringe not to exceed $92,924 each), Paramedics (not to exceed $117,621 each), Correction Officers (not to exceed $101,017 each) and Emergency Services Dispatchers (not to exceed $99,164 each). The Public Defender's office was also authorized to fill an Assistant Public Defender position; the resolution noted the position is fully funded through the Hurrell-Harring grant and therefore carries no net county cost. Social Services received authorization to fill a Caseworker vacancy with an estimated gross cost between $73,808 and $104,284 and an estimated net county cost of $14,762–$20,857 after ~80% reimbursement.
Each hiring authorization was presented in committee and adopted by the Legislature; the resolutions specify compliance with collective bargaining and vacancy review procedures, and permit hiring at a higher step (up to Step 2) in certain cases based on experience. Departments were directed to coordinate with Human Resources, Finance and the County Administrator for implementation and budgeting.
Next steps: Departments will proceed with recruitment under the authorized parameters and return to Legislature for any additional budget adjustments.
