Agenda Item Name:
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Request to increase the vacant .50 part-time Parks Service/Rental Assistant position to 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) for the Parks and Open Space Department.
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Presenter:
Jason Maurer, 352-213-4796
Description:
Request to increase the current vacant .50 part-time Parks Service/Rental Assistant, position #6183-41002 to 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) for the Parks and Open Space Department.
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Recommended Action:
recommended action
Approve the additional .50 to increase the current vacant .50 part-time Parks Service/Rental Assistant, position #6183-41002 to 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) for the Parks and Open Space Department.
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Prior Board Motions:
recommended action
None
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Fiscal Consideration:
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The .50 increase will use existing budgeted funds in Funds 001 and 008 from lapsed salaries from the first 6 months of the year and the use of non-Cuscowilla seasonal staffing funds that will not be used. Alachua County Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will make the specific adjustments between the two funds as part of the Midyear adjustment.
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Strategic Guide:
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Social/Economic
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Background:
The department has advertised this position three times and has been unable to fill it as most candidates want full-time employment. This position is crucial to our facility rentals, especially now that we have taken on the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Auditorium rentals as well. If the position is upgraded to full-time the department will be able to attract more candidates and the additional 20 hours per week will help with coverage.
This request was a Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget proposal; however, the Department is being allowed to fill the position in Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). The 0.50 FTE is currently funded 25% General Fund (001) and 75% from Fund 008. The available seasonal funding is entirely General Fund. Over...
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