Discussion and possible action to approve the posting and filling of the following Slot, subject to the availability of payroll funds and any applicable Webb County employment guidelines, effective June 27, 2016; and any other matters incident thereto:
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Slot # |
Title |
Hourly Rate |
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0547 |
Public Information Officer |
$18.46 - $19.40 16/A-E |
This slot is classified as exempt by rule of the Civil Service Commission; and, thus, is excluded from Civil Service coverage and guidelines. Furthermore, this slot is a highly sensitive and critical position which requires a high salary rate due to the complexity of the position's primary duties, high threshold of minimum job qualifications, and need to employ a job applicant who can start with significant expertise/experience.
Issue: Need to fill critical position (Slot #0547) of Public Information Officer (PIO). This is due to the law enforcement sensitive information this position provides to media and public, especially due the importance, breadth, scope, volume, legally required timeliness, and sensitive nature of processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Previous Public Information Officer resigned effective 6/03/2016.
Solution: Request is being made to fill slot #0547 in order to continue to provide necessary and required public accountability, transparency, and public service information.
Result: The filling of this important position and slot will allow the Webb County Sheriff’s Office to continue to meet important transparency/accountability duties and otherwise be responsive to needed/requested information by Webb County taxpayers, media personnel, and citizens.
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