Department Budgets

Personnel and Risk Management

— Budget and Operational Plan —

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.

FY 2023-24 Risk Claim Reserves

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.

Open the Services Overview or Operational Plan Objectives below for more details.

Total Expenses
$63,743,077
7%
1
Total Revenues
$35,928,253
2%
2
General Fund Contribution
$4,013,604
-1%
3
Other Fund Contributions
$23,801,220
14%
3
Funded Staffing
43.00
0
4
Website
Personnel & Risk Management
Divisions
Services
Service Overview
Operational Plan Objectives
Close
Service
Close
Objective

Footnotes

1 – Indicates change from FY 2021-22 Allowed Budget

2 – General Fund Contribution is the share of General County Revenues (primarily property tax and other local taxes) allocated to each department. Other funds that contribute to this budget are shown on the Budget Details page.

3 – Indicates change from FY 2021-22 Adjusted Funded Positions (including Board-approved mid-year changes as of April 1, 2022).

Loading
This service supports various department objectives