Formerly, the Public Works Engineering Records Unit operated with four (4) employees, including a Supervisor and a Senior Technician. However, after the Engineering Records Technician Supervisor’s retirement and the Senior Engineering Records Technician position canceled, the Engineering Record Technicians assumed some of the job duties performed by the Supervisor and by the Senior Engineering Records Technician. Currently, the two (2) Engineering Record Technicians assign county road numbers, conduct road mileage checks, complete road history reports, coordinate the department’s on-site and off-site records storage, service the public with copies of maps to find properly lines, road and drainage easements and determines map’s coordinates, indexes and files. In addition, both Engineering Record Technicians are essential in the development and the daily management of Public Works Department’s web portal servicing customer’s requesting and reviewing engineering records electronically. They are the Department’s Laser-fiche document management system experts and are responsible for training staff on the Laser-fiche system. After reviewing the full scope of the duties and responsibilities of the Engineering Record Technician incumbents, over 50% of the duties and responsibilities were found within the former Engineering Record Technician Specialist classification. Thus, in an effort to properly classify and compensate the Engineering Records Technician incumbents, this personnel action is requesting to reclassify the two current Engineering Records Technician positions and its incumbents to Engineering Record Technician Specialists.
In accordance with Section 22.4 – Promotion via Reclassification Without Examination, of the MOU between the County and AFSCME, Local 512, the Union agrees with the action.
If this action is not carried out, the Engineering Records Technicians will not be properly compensated for the work they are performing.