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Discussion and Board direction on (1) creating a full-time position to support the Town's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, (2) creating a full-time Oil and Gas Local Government Designee (LGD) position, and (3) contract funding to expand the Town's Co-Responder program.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PRESENTER: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $Up to $350,000 plus initial IT/Vehicle expenses
Balance Available: $)
Budget Line Item Number: TBD
New Appropriation Required: Yes
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Staffing
Staff has been working with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board to identify DEI goals and objectives, and develop an action plan for achieving those. Our intent was that once the desired outcomes and scope of the Town's DEI program is clearer, staff would work with the Advisory Board to determine what staffing and other resources are needed to support that work. However, the challenges of implementing a new DEI program make it clear the Town needs dedicated and experienced staff now to support the Town's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts and the Town's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board. For these reasons, staff supports creating a full-time DEI position as soon as possible.
To better understand how to structure this new position, the Human Resources staff requested position descriptions from other similar jurisdictions. So far, they have not found any comparably sized cities or towns that have a dedicated DEI position. However, they did find position descriptions from much larger organizations. The two attached examples are from the City and County of Denver (more than 11,000 employees) and from Adams County (which has over 1,150 FTEs compared to the Town of Erie's 236 FTEs).
The Denver position combines an emphasis on both int...
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