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Workforce Re~uctlon Plan - Effective Se~te~er 1, 1992 As a part of the 1992-1993 budget, a plan for an ongoing review of staffing levels was adopted. This plan is a serious effort to reduce the size of our workforce. Its goals is to identify those positions that can be eliminated with minimal negative impact on the delivery of services. The review process will be activated each time a position becomes vacant: Ail positions that become vacant will have their authorized funding immediately frozen. Department heads will then internally review the need for the vacant positions based upon the maintenance of acceptable service levels, financial constraints, and other pertinent factors. If there is no longer a need for the position, the County Manager should be apprised of that fact in writing. For those positions still deemed necessary, a release from the funding suspension may be initiated by submitting a Request to Fill Vacancy form to the Personnel office. A release of position funding will not be automatic and will be granted only after a thorough review of the justification(s) supplied by the department head. ae Requests involving positions that provide response to immediate threats to citizens' lives, health or property will be reviewed upon receipt for immediate release of funding. Examples of such positions include Home Health Nurses, Deputy Sheriffs and Emergency Medical Technicians. Other positions will have their funding "frozen" for six weeks. During this time requests to unfreeze position funding will be reviewed. Based on his assessment of these requests and the recommendations of the Budget and Personnel officers, the County Manager will "unfreeze" the funding for that position or recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it can be eliminated. For those positions unfrozen, recruitment process can then begin, but no one can be employed in the position until the end of the six week period. Should the Board of Commissioners not approve a recommendation for position elimination, and if no other direction is provided, the position will have funding restored.