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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 24, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />_ <br />Item No. _,-k <br />SUBJECT: Classification Plan Amendment -Add Class of Heavy Equipment Mechanic <br />Supervisor <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste/Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1 - Class Specification for Heavy Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director, <br />Equipment Mechanic. Supervisor Telephone (919) 968-2788 <br />2 - Organization Chart showing change Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br />3 - Summary of Department Job Duties Telephone (919) 245-2550 <br />PURPOSE: To amend the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan by adding a new class of <br />Heavy Equipment Mechanic Supervisor at Salary Grade 17.. Salary Grade 17 has a hiring <br />range of $37,039 - $59,211. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners previously considered this Classification Plan <br />amendment at its December 13, 2005 meeting. At that time the Board asked that this item be <br />brought back for its consideration at a later meeting with additional information outlining major <br />job duties for other Solid Waste positions. Attachment 3 provides this requested summary of <br />job duties for each position. <br />As background leading to this request, the Solid Waste Director realigned an existing position in <br />the Solid Waste department in May 2003 and created from this an additional Heavy Equipment <br />Mechanic I position. In addition to the realignment, the Solid Waste Director also restructured <br />duties and responsibilities among the Heavy Equipment Mechanic positions. Currently, there is <br />one Heavy Equipment Mechanic II and two Heavy Equipment Mechanic I positions that are <br />primarily responsible for the maintenance and repair of heavy construction equipment at the <br />landfill. <br />Since the May 2003 realignment further changes have occurred in the duties of the Heavy <br />Equipment Mechanic II position. In addition to the original duties of maintaining and repairing <br />heavy construction equipment and serving as lead worker, the following changes have <br />occurred: <br />The Heavy Equipment Mechanic II now reports to the Solid Waste Operations Manager, <br />Paul Spire who is second in command in the department rather than the Landfill Operations <br />Supervisor The new reporting relationship provides for additional administrative, financial <br />and budgetary support to the Solid Waste Operations Manager. <br />In the past, the Heavy Equipment Mechanic II served as lead worker to one Heavy <br />Equipment Mechanic I. Now, the Heavy Equipment Mechanic 11 serves as supervisor to two