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35 Board, members of the Youth Service Needs Task Force and also to the Commission :on the Status of Women. Ttem 4: The Social Services Board has recommended position #523 and #524, presently classified as Caseworker I, be reclassified as Caseworker II. The agenda attachment stated that the pay grade for a Caseworker I is 63 and the annual salary for each of these positions is $9,528. Pay grade for a Caseworker II is 66 and the annual salary is $10,872. The Board of Social Services has recommended these positions, while vacant, be reclassified as Caseworker TI. ,. These positions have been filled prior to this time and State Per- sonnel upon review while filled felt the work assigned to the persons in these positions was responsible enough to warrant a Caseworker II classi- fication. These positions are two of the five new positions added to the Social Services Depar,$ment about halfway through the last fiscal year. At that time, the Board of Commissioners approved the addition of one Caseworker II; three Caseworker I; and one Typist 1T to the staff of the Social Services Agency. When the Social Services Director fills these positions, he wishes to continue the practice of assigning an unsupervised caseload to each of these positions. These workers would then report directly to a supervisor and not be under the close supervision of a Caseworker II. These five new positions were added to help reduce the average caseworker load within the department. At the time the Board of Commissioners added these positions, Social Services Departments in the State were under the threat of a federal Court Order that might mandate the number of personnel in each agency. It was suggested that ten additional personnel be added to cut thr active caseload of each worker to a manageable level. Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adapted to reclassify positions #523 and #524 to Caseworker II in the Social Services Department. The Chairman referred to Item #5 on the Agenda: The Manager recommends adoption of a resolution, to be filed with State Personnel, fixing the number of hours in the standard workweek for County Employees. The agenda attachment stated that lately federal auditors have taken exception to claims filed by County Social Services agencies for salary reimbursement when they discovered the working hours in some social services agencies were sometimes different from those in other County Departments. To avoid any possible exposure to this situa- tion, State Personnel has suggested each Board of County Commissioners enact a resolution setting forth the standard workweek for all county employees and filing a copy of this resolution with the Office of State Personnel. The County Manager suggested that the resolution read as follows: "Commissioners moves that the standard workweek for all County agencies, including the Department of Social Services, be forty hours." Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit, it was moved and adopted that the standard workweek far all County agencies, including the Department of Social Services, be forty hours. Item #6: Will the Board of Commissioners enact a resolution re- questing the State Department of Transportation add additional guard railing to the bridge crossing University Lake? The County Manager stated that he had talked with the District Highway Engineer regarding this matter. Mr. Jones had advised the County Manager that the Traffic Division had investigated this crossing last summer and had suggested the guard railings be installed as they presently are. Mr. Jones will review this question with the Division Engineering and also request the Traffic Division to review its original findings. The District Engineer is requesting the Board of Commissioners enact a resolution requesting the Departmement of Transportation look into the question of additional guardrailing at this bridge.