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Fiscal Year 2004 Proposed Budget

Section C - General Government
Human Resources Department

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HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT DIVISION

PROGRAM MISSION: To attract and retain diverse and high quality employees to accomplish the County's mission.

The Organizational Support Division provides leadership, innovation and professional services in the areas of organization and work design, recruitment and compensation to support County agencies in attracting and retaining diverse, high quality employees. Responsibilities include position classification, compensation, work design, outreach activities, staffing and testing support for all County agencies.

Organizational Support Division
 
FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 % Change:
Actual Adopted Proposed '03 to '04
Personnel $1,298,204 $1,410,355 $1,456,375 3%
Non-Personnel 225,495 298,077 294,053 -1%
Total Expenditures 1,523,699 1,708,432 1,750,428 2%
Revenues - - - -
Net Tax Support $1,523,699 $1,708,432 $1,750,428 2%
Authorized FTEs 19.8 19.8 19.8 -
Funded FTEs 19.8 19.8 19.8 -

SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Personnel costs increased 3% due to step increases and related benefit expenses.
  • Non-personnel expenses decreased 1% to due to the reallocation of departmental non-personnel costs based on total FTEs per program.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2004
Actual Actual Estimate Estimate Target
Mission Outcome Measures
Percent customers satisfied (or better) with applicants on certification lists 92% 94% 94% 94% 95%
Percent minority applicants on certification lists 61% 64% 58% 61% N/A
Percent female applicants on certification lists 48% 52% 56% 52% N/A
Average % gap between Arlington's pay line and the competition's "upper quartile" pay line - 5.4% -1.2% -1.2% -1.2% 0%
Percent new employees on staff one year after hire date 80% 83% 76% 85% 90%

Objective: To ensure County jobs are fairly compensated in order to support a variety of organizational and business needs.

Objective: To attract a diverse, high quality applicant pool for County vacancies.

FY 2001
Actual
FY 2002
Actual
FY 2003
Estimate
FY 2004
Estimate
FY 2004
Target
Workload Measures
Positions classified 228 217 200 200 N/A
Ongoing pay/work design projects 13 12 14 17 20
Position announcements 496 405 400 400 N/A
Applications processed 17,162 21,712 22,000 22,000 N/A
Outreach activities attended 33 35 40 45 45
Public safety assessment centers held 4 5 3 5 N/A
Efficiency Measures
Percent recruitment actions completed within time standards 92% 93% 93% 90% 90%
Average number of days to hire an employee
(from job posting to hire date)
84 91 90 90 <90
Percent hiring agency customers satisfied (or better) with recruitment services 99% 99% 98% 98% 98%
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