TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Christine Brice?o, Chief Human Resources Officer
REPORT BY: Joy Cadiz, Staff Services Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Amending the Table and Index of Classes, Departmental Allocation List for Planning, Building, and Environmental Services, and Appropriate Personnel Policies
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to amend the Table and Index of Classes, the Departmental Allocation List for Planning, Building, and Environmental Services, and appropriate personnel policies. (Fiscal Impact: $26,869 Expense; General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
The Planning, Building, and Environmental Services Department (PBES) requested, and collaborated with Human Resources to develop the new PBES Geographic Information Systems Strategy & Policy Officer (GSPO) management classification. This elevated role replaces the existing GIS Departmental Coordinator and addresses an urgent, strategic business need to formalize and strengthen leadership over PBES's mission-critical GIS capabilities. The allocation is currently vacant.
GIS has evolved from a technical tool to a core policy and planning instrument, directly informing regulatory decisions, environmental review, and long-range planning within PBES. The GSPO classification is warranted by three key factors:
1. Policy Alignment: Ensures GIS strategy directly aligns with PBES's primary policy objectives, maximizing the impact of geospatial analysis on land use and environmental policy.
2. Critical Initiative Support: Provides essential continuity, technical oversight, and strategic direction for major County initiatives, including the upcoming General Plan Update and the Baseline Data Report, which rely heavily on complex spatial data integration.
3. Risk Mitigation and Efficiency: Serves as the central liaison, reducing departmental duplication, enhancing data access, and providing vital leadership for the County's emergency response mapping and damage assessment tools.
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