TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Christine Brice?o, Director of Human Resources
REPORT BY: Joy Cadiz, Staff Services Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Amending Napa County Policy Manual Part I Section 37BB - Hiring and Promotional Incentive Pilot Program Policy
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to amend Napa County Policy Manual Part I, Section 37BB - Hiring and Promotional Incentive Pilot Program Policy, effective November 12, 2024. (Fiscal Impact: $200,000 Expense; Fund dependent upon Department usage; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
On September 26, 2017, this Board adopted a resolution to create a Hiring and Promotional Incentive Pilot Program (Pilot Program) to run for four years from October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2021. The Pilot Program included five incentives:
1) a $5,000 Signing Bonus for designated hard-to-fill classifications,
2) a $750 Employee Referral Bonus,
3) approval of an Advanced Vacation Accrual depending on certified years of public services,
4) Up to $30,000 paid towards a student loan with Loan Forgiveness Program, and
5) an internal promotional recruitment opportunity for eligible Correctional Officers to become a deputy with the Sheriff's Office.
The Pilot Program was amended in October 2018 to include clarifying language and replace the Advanced Vacation Accrual Incentive with a Vacation Leave Bank Incentive. The Vacation Leave Bank Incentive provided a lump sum of 80 hours of vacation leave after successfully passing the probationary period or at the conclusion of 12 months of employment for eligible at-will classifications.
The Pilot Program was amended again in September of 2021 extending the Program's term another four years through September 30, 2025, adjusting timing of incentives, and authorizing the County Executive Office and Director of Human Resources to apply the incentives to classifications they deem as hard-to-fill.
After reviewing the Pilot Program, Human Resources recommends that the tempor...
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