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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR97-168 establishment of citizen review panel for HHS employeesj Commissioner 1/b AD moved adoption of the following Resolution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITIZEN REVIEW PANEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH §19 -3 -211, C.R.S. RESOLUTION NO. 97 - /AC? WHEREAS, §19 -3 -211, C.R.S., required that the State Department of Human Services adopt rules on the statewide implementation of a grievance process in each county to provide a forum for grievances concerning conduct of employees in the county's Health and Human Services Department; and WHEREAS, §19 -3 -211, C.R.S., further requires that each county, including Eagle County, create a Citizens Review Panel ( "Panel "), members of which.are to be appointed by the Eagle County Board of Commissioners ( "Board ") without influence from the state or the Eagle County Department of Health and Human Services ( "Department "), which Panel shall participate in the grievance forum; and WHEREAS, members to be appointed to the Panel must be representative of the community, have demonstratable personal or professional knowledge and experience with children, and shall not be employees or agents of the State Department of Human Services or of any County Department; at least one member of the Panel shall be the parent of a minor child at the time of his or her appointment; and WHEREAS, as a part of the grievance forum, the Panel will receive referrals from a complainant if the complainant is not satisfied with the response from the Department, however, no complaint will be referred to the Panel until internal Department complaint resolution procedures are exhausted; and no complaint will be referred to the Panel if it is made more than sixty (60) days after the final resolution of internal Department procedures have concluded; and WHEREAS, the Panel shall have thirty days to review the complaint and shall provide written notice to the complainant and the Department Director of its recommendation and its reasons therefor; if the complainant disagrees with the recommendation of the Panel the grievance shall be referred to the Board; and WHEREAS, any recommendations of the Panel shall be limited to actions within the authority of the Department Director, including but not limited to, recommendations for case reassignment, personnel training, and disciplinary action concerning a Department employee; and WHEREAS, within thirty days of each final decision in a grievance, the Department must give the Panel a final report on disposition of the grievance in a manner not inconsistent with state and county personnel rules. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO: THAT, in accordance with X19 -3 -211, C.R.S., the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a Citizen Review Panel, which members are to be appointed at a later date. THAT, this Resolution is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare of the citizenry of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado. MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the (7-)CfU,— day of December, 1997. County Commissioners COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO, by and Through Its BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS By: LX F /,Rai Johnnette Phillips, Chairman l 4commme?is:S�E__ sione 'e, ' " G% _1 Georg �A. Gates, Commissioner Commissioner seconded adoption of the fore- going resolution. The roll having been called, the vote was as follows: Commissioner Phillips n� Commissioner Johnson Commissioner Gates CSC, This Resolution passed by <3 -Q vote of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado. GA\RAMONFLICT.RES -3-