Personnel and Risk Management
Overview
Mission Statement
In collaboration with our customers, the Personnel Department will recruit, develop, support, and retain an ethical, professional, and diverse workforce dedicated to serving the community. The Risk Management division will mitigate the severity and frequency of claims within the County’s liability, property, and workers’ compensation programs, and continue to increase the awareness and ease of access to County offered comprehensive benefits available to eligible employees and their dependents.
Department Overview
Personnel conducts recruitment, classification, employee relations, labor negotiations, training, equal employment opportunity training and investigation, employee records, and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance. The Risk Management division manages the liability, property, workers’ compensation and unemployment insurances funds for the County, reducing risks and increasing benefits to the County and its employees.
Budget Summary
Department Budget Overview
Budget Summary of Changes
The Personnel and Risk Management budget includes scheduled and negotiated salary and benefit increases. The budget includes the reclassification of a 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) Program Coordinator to a Personnel Analyst allowing for a higher level of supervision and support to the County Safety Program and administration of contracts to the Risk Administration division. Increases to departmental Property and Liability charges are recommended as part of the five-year plan to restore the fund to the actuarial determined amount at the 75% credibility level. Increases to departmental Unemployment Insurance (UI) charges are recommended to bring the UI reserve funds to two months of operational costs which is best practice.
The department's operational objectives provide for continuous improvement, equity, keeping up with demands and challenges faced for services related to recruitment, training, and retention, and maintaining all Risk funds at healthy fund balance levels.
Supplemental Budget Summary of Changes
Includes for the General Fund, $75,848 from increased Mobile Home fees offsetting increase by $37,990 for professional and legal fees. For the self-insured risk management funds, it includes claim reserve adjustment to balance to updated available funding amounts. For the Employee Benefit fund, the Liability and Property fund, the Unemployment Insurance fund and the Workers Compensation fund. See the 2023-24 Risk Management Claims Reserves schedule included herein and in the Budget Document Library.
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Department Operations and Performance
Budget Details
The charts below show department expenditures and revenues by division and service. Click on the pie charts to drill down for more detail. Complete detail can be found on the County's Transparency Portal.
Expenses by Service
Expenses and Revenues over time
Personnel Details
The chart below provides the department personnel detail by division, service, and classification.
Footnotes
Indicates change from FY 2022-23 Adjusted Funded Positions (including Board-approved mid-year changes as of April 1, 2023).