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 Regional Mentors – President Stock identified that the Board merged the South East and South
West regions into one region (South). Current mentors are Brian Ring (Butte) for North,
Christina Cramer (Sonoma) for Bay Area), and Tami Douglas-Schatz (San Luis Obispo) and Mike
Stock (Riverside) for South. There presently is not a mentor for Central Area or South Central,
and President Stock asked these regions to identify their mentor.

 Unemployment Compensation Master Agreement Vendor(s) TALX Committee Report – Mikki
Callahan (San Francisco) identified that the unemployment insurance third-party administrator
contract with TALX had been extended for a short duration, that the scope of services for a
renewed contract were nearly complete, and that the TALX renewed contract was expected to
be completed within one month.

Regional Connection Break-Out Sessions and Roundtable
Participants met based on their regions to discuss matters of regional interest. The regions are:

 North Counties – Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc,
Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity

 Central Area – Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin,
Stanislaus, Sutter, Yuba, Yolo

 Bay Area – Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa
Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Montery,

 South Central – Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, San Benito, Tulare, Tuolumne
 South – Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San

Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura

The hot topics for discussion included:

 Recruitment of difficult to recruit positions and the use of private sector sourcing companies
 “Soft skills” assessments and how and when to use them
 Use of private sector comparisons in classification and compensation studies
 Use of post-offer, pre-appointment medical exams for semi-sedentary positions
 Alternatives to State Mediation and Conciliation Services for union elections
 Retiree health insurance

Break

3:30 p.m. Executive Recruitments

Executive Vice President Robert Burg, Ralph Andersen & Associations, presented on successful steps to

be better prepared in the screening and reviewing of job applicants.

4:30 p.m. Roundtable, Parking Lot and Action Item Recap

Participants gave brief updates highlighting key initiatives, challenges, and/or requesting resources.

There were no parking lot or action items.

5:00 p.m. Recess to Thursday, March 24

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