The Agency Board first approved these policies and regulations in 2000, although periodic changes and additions have been made since then. The last comprehensive update was done in February 2020. Revisions are being proposed at this time to bring the policies up to date.

There is no direct financial impact of most of the proposed changes. The proposed revisions should help to minimize the Agencies potential financial liability as a result of better definition and risk management.

The Human Resources Rules and Regulations contain basic personnel procedures governing such topics as job classifications, compensation, recruitment, appointments, promotions, probation, employee conduct, work schedule, overtime, employee benefits, paid and unpaid leave, training, employee benefits, performance review, disciplinary action, etc.

The original policies were approved when the Agency separated from the County of Monterey in July 2000. These documents were based on similar policies in place at the County of Monterey and with member agencies. The Agency Board has approved changes to the policies at different times since 2000 and the last major update was done in February 2020. Changes since 2020, recommended by staff and reviewed by Agency Counsel, have been presented in the revisions to either comply with legislative changes or to give better definition to the rules and regulations previously in the policies.

The proposed changes are as follows:

• The newly created positions of Director of Planning and Director of Programming and Project Delivery have been added.

• A section on Preparation of Time sheets has been added. 

In addition, updates have been made to comply with legislative changes, to reflect any Board-approved benefit changes and to better define the rules and regulations that apply to existing policies.

The revised policies are included as a Web Attachment. Staff recommends the approval of revisions to the Human Resources Rules and Regulations.

• Human Resources Rules and Regulations