BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve the Addition of Two (2) Unclassified Officer Positions
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Receive information on the creation of two new unclassified positions: Assistant Officer, Emergency Services & Security and Environmental Health & Safety; and Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Operations over Watershed & Water Utility; and
B. Approve the addition of an Assistant Officer level unclassified position and an Assistant Chief Executive Officer position per Governance Policies of the Board of Directors, Recruitment and Employment, Policy No. EL3.7, and salary range per Attachment 1.
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SUMMARY:
Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Operations
The Assistant Chief Executive Officer position will be a new single position classification with responsibility for ensuring Watershed and Water Utility Enterprise Operations are strategic and collaborative in developing and execution of short- and long-term strategic goals and objectives; to ensure programs, and projects meet the needs of the community and comply with applicable regulatory requirements; to represent the Chief Executive Officer and Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) in interactions with the public and other organizations; to function as the CEO in his/her absence; and to perform related duties as assigned. The position provides highly complex assistance to the CEO in a variety of administrative, management, and liaison capacities, providing leadership to the Chief Operating Officers (COOs) and Deputy Operating Officers, and developing and implementing agency-wide and Watershed and Water Utility divisional programs, projects, initiatives, policies, and procedures. There is an existing position that will be reallocated for the unclassified position.
The Assistant Chief Executive Officer serves at the will of the CEO and is accordingly employed in Valley Water's unclassified service
Assistant Officer, Emergency, Security, & Safety
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