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Presenters:
Kathleen Hinman, HR Director
Jason Bavuso, HR Manager
▪FY24-25 Proposed Budget Presentation
Budget Committee Meeting | May 21, 2024
Department Overview
Mission: We partner to
develop people and an
organization to meet the
vision and objectives of
Deschutes County.
Department Overview
•Employment Services
•Talent Acquisition
•Classification &
Compensation
•Performance Development
•Employee & Labor Relations
•Benefits & Leave
Administration
Department Accomplishments
•Completed RFP process and began work with consultant on the Salary, Market, Equity Review project.
•Pivoted resources for increased support to supervisors on employee relations matters.
•Focused on process improvements and knowledge sharing during service model transition.
Department Accomplishments
On pace to complete over 230 recruitments this fiscal year.
FY 24-25 Department Budget Details
Total Budget = $2,432,436
Budget Change = 17%
Department charges are based
on budgeted FTE.
24-25 RESOURCES
FY 24-25 Department Budget Details
Adding 1 FTE to support increased workload in leave administration (PLO), recruitment and selection, and personnel actions.
Materials and Services: Increase in cost of services generally and especially for training and technology.
24-25 REQUIREMENTS
FY 24-25 Department Fiscal Issues
•Increased cost of living and rising mortgage rates will continue to be a factor in attracting talent to the area.
•Balancing fiscal sustainability and increased costs of personnel expenses.
•Balance providing robust and competitive health insurance and benefits package while managing the surging costs of health care.
•Plan for potential impacts of the
Salary, Market, and Equity Review
project.
•Continue to build the Health
Benefit Fund reserve to stay within
policy requirements, given costs of
health care are increasing rapidly.
Short-term Fiscal Issues Long-term Fiscal Issues
Current Challenges and Future Initiatives
•Support strategic initiatives
to retain staff by continuing
to focus on competitive pay
and benefits and an
inclusive work culture.
•Policy and Rules updates.
•Complete and implement
outcomes of Salary, Market,
and Equity Review project.
•Managing Paid Leave Oregon and integration with County leave programs.
•Address skill gaps in next generation supervisors with enhanced trainings and support.
•Review, evaluate, and create improved processes within HR systems.
Challenges Future Initiatives
Health Benefits (Fund 675)
•The impacts of inflation, historic labor shortages, delayed
care, and surging use and cost of pharmaceuticals are
creating significant economic challenges for the entire
industry as well as increased costs for Deschutes County.
FY 24-25 Division Budget Details
•Beginning working capital projected at $5M and ending near $5.9M.
•The department rate is being increased by 15% this FY with plans to increase by 0-5% in the following years.
•Employee premium cost-shares typically make up 5.5% of the full premium rate and were increased in FY24.
24-25 RESOURCES
As of March 2024
FY 24-25 Division Budget Details
•Cost per FTE is a 6.6%
increase over the past 5-year
average.
•County and industry
increases are due to
•High inflation
•Labor shortages
•Soaring pharmacy costs
24-25 REQUIREMENTS
As of March 2024
Thank you
The Deschutes County Human Resources Team
Make the work you do matter.