Oconee County Commissioners To Consider Human Resources Policy That Would Strengthen The Power Of The Chairman

The public and the Oconee County Board of Commissioners will get an overview Tuesday night of a revised Human Resources policy document that solidifies the power of the chairman of the Board of Commissioners in terms of job classification, pay, dismissals and other personnel matters.

Contrary to the Organizational Policy adopted by the Board of Commissioners in August of 2009, the document makes the chair of the Board of Commissioners and the county administrative officer equals in key personnel matters.

At present, the Organizational Policy includes an organizational chart in which the administrative officer reports to the five members of the Board of Commissioners equally, and department heads report to the administrative officer.

The agenda for Tuesday’s meeting is relatively light and does not include one item that county Parks and Recreation Director John Gentry suggested should be reviewed by the Board.

Gentry sent BOC Chairman Melvin Davis an email message on Wednesday morning of last week reporting on the unanimous recommendation of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Recreational Affairs the evening before that the BOC “conduct substantive negotiations” with two property owners regarding greenspace along the Oconee River.

Davis, who largely controls the agenda for BOC meetings, did not include the item on the agenda released on Friday of last week.

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Pictured: John Gentry