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POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: September 15, 2011
Subject: APPOINT CHRISTOPHER KO AS HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER,
M -33 ($8,881.64 - $10,795.72)
Submitted By: Initiating Dept /Div.:
Randall M. Musgraves, Director of Administration Department
Administration
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR BOARD ACTION:
,
A. Farrell
"W, eto
James M. Kelly,
General Manager
ISSUE: District Code requires Board of Directors approval of manager appointments.
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint Christopher Ko as Human Resources Manager, M -33
($8,881.64 - $10,795.72) effective September 16, 2011 and adopt the attached
resolution.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS: Filling vacant position. All salary and benefit costs are
budgeted. Mr. Ko will be appointed to Step A at $8,881.64 per month ($14,299.44 with
benefits and retirement), or $106,579.68 per year ($171,593.29 with benefits and
retirement).
ALTERNATIVES /CONSIDERATIONS: Direct General Manager to continue
recruitment. This option is not recommended since the recruitment process is now
complete and a top candidate was identified in the search.
BACKGROUND: Ms. Cathryn Freitas retired as the Human Resources Manager on
December 17, 2010. Mr. Ko was appointed as the Acting Human Resources Manager
while we completed the recruitment process. In June 2011, the District hired Citygate
Associates, LLC to conduct a recruitment to fill the position. On August 31, 2011, the
District interviewed the top five candidates for the position. Mr. Ko was selected for his
education, qualifications, experience, and temperament. His selection was unanimous
among the District's panel and the executive recruiter.
Mr. Ko has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He
also has completed four certification programs through Cornell University's School of
Industrial and Labor Relations, and the California State University, East Bay, in the
areas of employee and labor relations, selection and staffing, alternative dispute
resolution and mediation, and executive human resources management. In addition,
he is a Certified Professional (CP) through the International Public Management
Association for Human Resources (IPMA -HR), and a Certified Labor Relations Master
(CLRM) through the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association
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POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: September 15, 2011
subject: APPOINT CHRISTOPHER KO AS HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, M -33
($8,881.64 - $10,795.72)
(CaIPELRA). Mr. Ko is a Board member of the Northern California Chapter of the
International Public Management Association for Human Resources (NCCIPMA -HR).
Recruitment for the Human Resources Analyst position has begun in an effort to
minimize delays to the recruitment of several vacant District positions.
An announcement of Mr. Ko's selection was made to the Board at the September 1,
2011 meeting. Since the Human Resources Committee did not meet in September,
this matter is being sent directly to the Board without committee review.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION: Appoint Christopher Ko as Human Resources
Manager, M -33 ($8,881.64 - $10,795.72) effective September 16, 2011 and adopt the
attached resolution.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -056
A RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT
APPOINTING CHRISTOPHER KO
TO THE POSITION OF
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Board of Directors of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary
District ( "District ") as follows:
THAT, effective September 16, 2011, Christopher Ko be appointed to the position of
Human Resources Manager, Pay Range M -33, $8,881.64 — $10,795.72, and be entitled
to benefits normally accorded to the Management Group.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 2011, by the Board of Directors
of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District by the following vote:
AYES:
Members:
NOES:
Members:
ABSENT:
Members:
Barbara D. Hockett
President of the Board of Directors
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
COUNTERSIGNED:
Elaine R. Boehme, CMC
Secretary of the District
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
Approved as to form:
Kenton L. Alm, Esq.
Counsel for the District