Discussion and possible action to authorize the Budget Officers to adjust the following slots, as requested by department heads and elected officials in accordance with the wage plan policy, with additional action to approve retroactively and allocate funds from the wage contingency account; and any other matters incident thereto.
Issue: The Auditor’s office is requesting that ALL supervisors, whether department head or elected official, present items for commissioners court approval to adjust personnel general orders. Previously, the wage contingency fund would be used internally to fund any one position that did not have enough funds if it was presented for a promotion. However, the Auditor is now requesting that these exceptions be taken to the court for approval and authorize any transfer from the wage contingency fund to the appropriate department payroll cost line item. The general order for that particular department would then be adjusted.
Solution: Authorize the adjustments to slots in question; meanwhile informing department heads and elected officials that they would now be required to place an agenda item for commissioners court before submitting a pink form to Human Resources.
Result: All personnel general orders will be adjusted accordingly and employee(s) will be compensated at the rate requested by the department head and/or elected official.