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Set Salary for the Confidential Secretary in the County Attorney's Office
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO SET THE SALARY OF THE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY POSITION IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WHEREAS, the 2024 budget contains the position "Confidential Secretary", line number A1420, at a salary of $65,798; and
WHEREAS, a vacancy for this position became effective December 15, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the employee in the County Attorney's Office currently holding the position of Administrative Secretary has been performing all of the duties of the Confidential Secretary since that position became vacant; and
WHEREAS, in addition the employee in the County Attorney's Office currently holding the position of Administrative Secretary has been aiding the Attorneys in the office with electronic filing and monitoring of federal cases in the US District Courts and the US Bankruptcy Courts allowing the County Attorney's Office to handle these federal cases in-house thereby saving the substantial expense of retaining outside counsel in these matters; and
WHEREAS, the County Attorney requests that effective January 1, 2024, the Confidential Secretary position's salary be authorized in accordance with the salary schedule maintained by the Personnel Office, which for the current Administrative Secretary would be $53,724; and
WHEREAS, the County Attorney also requests that effective January 1, 2024 the employee being appointed to the position of Confidential Secretary be granted an annual stipend of $10,000 for assisting the Attorneys in pending federal litigation; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that effective J...
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