The Health Services Department is requesting to cancel one vacant part time 20 hour Public Administrator’s Program Assistant position and add one full time Clerk – Senior Level position in the Public Administrator’s Office. The Public Administrator’s Office is responsible for administrating estates of deceased persons without a will or without someone willing to act as an administrator. There is a significant amount of clerical duties in processing these estates including typing and filing correspondence, data entry, answering phones and returning phone calls. Currently the Public Administrator’s Office does not have any permanent clerical staff assigned to its office. Given the critical nature and high degree of responsibility the department has determined one full time Clerk Senior Level position would be an appropriate classification level necessary to fulfill the needs of this Office.  

If this action is not approved, the Public Administrators’ Office of the Health Services Department will not have adequate and appropriate staffing to meet the needs and demands of processing the estates assigned to their office.