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40.

Meeting Date:	07/26/2011
Action regarding correction of prior service credit granted for employee of Constable, Pct #2 office.
Submitted For:	Lisa Zirkle	Submitted By:	Sally Goetz, Human Resources
Department:	Human Resources
Agenda Category:	Regular Agenda Items

Information

Agenda Item

Discuss and take appropriate action regarding correction of prior service credit granted for employee of Constable, Pct #2 office.

Background

Soon after his appointment, Constable Rick Coffman requested that the Human Resources Department review the prior service credit granted for Chief Deputy Randolph Doyer based upon the provisions of Williamson County’s Peace Officer Tenure System (POTS) Plan. According to the plan provisions, offices must submit a Prior Service Verification Form to the Human Resources Department in order for prior service credit to be applied. HR was able to confirm that a Prior Service Verification Form was not submitted at the time of Chief Deputy Doyer’s employment in the Constable, Pct# 2 office.

According to the provisions of the POTS plan, qualified officers with the rank of law enforcement lieutenant, or equivalent….may be as high as L4.8 if they have prior service credit of at least 7 years.

Constable Coffman’s recommendation is based upon his desire to correct and apply service credit that may have previously been inadvertently omitted. Constable Coffman has now submitted a Prior Service Verification Form. Typically, the HR Department would process this credit based upon the provisions of the plan and not require additional Court action. However, since Constable Coffman’s recommendation is based upon corrective action, this issue is being brought before the Court for approval. Chief Doyer is the only current employee in Constable Coffman’s office who has prior service credits that were not applied at the time of employment. Constable Coffman’s recommendation consists of the following:

1) Chief Doyer be granted credit for at least 7 years of prior service that was earned before his hire date in January 2004. This would move Chief Doyer's current assignment from an L4.9 to an L4.16.

2) The prior service credit correction be applied with an effective date of October 1, 2010.

3) Upon Commissioner’s Court approval of the correction with an effective date of October 1, 2010, the additional associated year to date salary that should have been paid to Chief Doyer during the current fiscal year, be included in the next regular Williamson County pay date on July 31, 2011. This totals to $419.58 per pay period to date. The funding for payment of this correction is currently available within the Salaries line item of the Constable, Pct #2 office and would not require a line item transfer or additional funding for the department.

Fiscal Impact

From/To	Acct No.	Description	Amount

Attachments
School Based Diversion Program Resolution

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
County Judge Exec Asst.	Wendy Coco	07/18/2011 09:48 AM
Human Resources	sgoetz	07/18/2011 11:46 AM
Form Started By: sgoetz		Started On: 07/14/2011 02:26 PM
Final Approval Date: 07/18/2011