Requested Agenda Date:
9/20/2022
Requested Agenda Title:
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Budget Adjustment: The Health Department Requests 6 Merit Positions.
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Requested Agenda Item Description: During the 2022 General Session, Utah State Legislation approved a funding increase ($4M statewide) to support Minimum Performance Standards (Utah Admin. Code, R380-40) for local health departments. The Salt Lake County allocation is a $814K increase. The intent is for expansion and improvement and cannot be used to supplant other funding sources, including County funding.
With this additional funding, the Health Department requests 6 merit positions to expand and improve the services to meet the required Minimum Performance Standards set by the state. Since this new additional funding is now written to the code, the funding proves to be stable so the positions will be merit instead of time limited.
2 FTEs of Epidemiologists
1 FTE of Epidemiology Supervisor
1 FTE of Senior Health Informaticist
1 FTE of Process Analyst
1 FTE of Database Administrator
Requested Action: Discussion - Vote Needed
Presenter(s) (with titles): Hoa Nguyen, Budget and Policy Analyst, Council
Time Needed: 10 MINS
Is this Item Time-Sensitive and/or Requesting a Time-Certain? No
Requesting Staff Member: Karen Crompton, Human Services Department Director
Are Supporting Documents Needed for this Agenda Item Request? Yes