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DOC's recruitment funding allocation and vacancy priorities
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Council Member Brannan inquires about the allocation of recruitment funding for correction officers and civilian positions, leading to a discussion on DOC's vacancy priorities.
- The preliminary plan included over $4 million in baseline funds for recruitment advertising for corrections officers
- DOC confirms they are concentrating on recruiting for uniformed members, which have the highest vacancy rates
- The department identifies three areas with significant civilian vacancies: facility maintenance, division of programs and community partnerships, and health affairs
- DOC officials explain the challenges in filling specific civilian roles, such as cooks in the nutritional services unit
Justin Brannan
0:27:19
Okay.
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So the preliminary plan included over $4,000,000 in baseline funds for recruitment advertising for corrections officers.
0:27:28
Will there be any recruitment funding or any of that money used for civilian positions?
Francis Torres
0:27:36
We are still concentrating on the largest of forces that are departing our agency which
Justin Brannan
0:27:44
have highest Which area do you have the highest vacancy?
Francis Torres
0:27:49
The highest vacancy that we have is the uniformed members, sir.
Justin Brannan
0:27:52
Okay.
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And what about the civilian vacancy rates?
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What area?
Francis Torres
0:27:56
So there are three specific areas that have a large one.
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That's facility maintenance because of the different labor trades that we have in place.
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The other one happens to be the division of programs and community partnerships.
0:28:11
But the deputy commissioner has been actively doing the job postings, doing the hiring pulls, as well as conducting interviews and submitting the recommendations for hire.
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And then followed by health affairs.
0:28:26
Health affairs, the challenge there is a little different.
0:28:29
That's more concentrating on cooks that are part of our nutritional services unit.