Committee for a county HR position created...

Last night commissioner Charlie Crawford proposed the establishment of a committee made up of the county attorney, the auditor, a commissioner, and a council member. This committee would be responsible for hiring an HR professional for the county.

As of right now, all HR services for county employees fall to the auditor’s office and/or are consulted out to Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele & Associates.

The proposal would result in creating a new position at a salary range of $40k-$60k plus benefits.

The council was divided on this effort with Jennie Capelle and Donnie Hussung expressing their support. They ultimately voted to advance the project forward by establishing the committee which will create a job description and finalize salary. 

This discussion between the commissioner and the council is a perfect example of its dysfunction and inefficiency. 

To see for yourself, skip to 45:50 in this video: https://harrisoncountyin.civicclerk.com/Web/Player.aspx?id=666&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0

The council and commissioners have also done away with an employee policy of paying new hires at 90% of their salary during the first 90 days on the job. From now on, new county employees will still have a 90 probationary period, but will receive 100% of their salary.