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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem P06 P6 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY of MONROE Mayor James K.Scholl,District 3 The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern Michelle Lincoln,District 2 Craig Cates,District 1 David Rice,District 4 Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5 Board of County Commissioners Meeting March 25, 2025 Agenda Item Number: P6 2023-3701 BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Administration TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Christine Hurley n/a AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Confirmation of Emily Schemper, AICP, CFM, as Growth Management Director effective April 6, 2025. ITEM BACKGROUND: The position of Growth Management Director was a long-standing position within Monroe County for decades. The Growth Management Director position assured management and coordination over three related Departments (Building, Planning and Environmental Resources, and Code Compliance). Each of these Departments work together to approve development,permitting, and enforcement of county codes. Without a common management component, it is difficult for the citizens, contractors, and professional consultants to navigate the requirements of the various processes. The position of"Growth Management Director" was eliminated in 2015 as part of a reorganization of county departments through Resolution 181-2015, which eliminated a management level known as "division directors". Many members of the construction industry have reached out to the County Administrator's Office to request this resource be re-created to assure they have a clear path to follow to resolve issues that arise in the course of their business. The County Administrator has selected Emily Schemper, AICP, CFM, for the position, and is seeking confirmation by the Board. Section 125.74(1)(k), Florida Statutes, requires that the Board of County Commissioners confirm all department heads. Therefore, confirmation is being sought. County Administrator will transition this position to a permanent position, upon a successful probation period. No additional Full Time Equivalent is needed for this position. We are using an existing vacant FTE for this purpose. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Board eliminated the position of Growth Management Director and other division director positions in Resolution 181-2015. 3542 INSURANCE REQUIRED: No CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: n/a STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval. DOCUMENTATION: Growth Management Director - GROWTH MANAGEMENT.pdf signed.pdf FINANCIAL IMPACT: None anticipated. 3543 9� MONROE duiNJ Job Description To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description. Job Title: Growth Management Director Department: Growth Management Pay Grade: 325 FLSA Status: Exempt JOB SUMMARY The primary function of this role is to guide, direct, coordinate, and manage the Code Compliance, Building,and Planning and Environmental Resources Departments.The position has primary responsibility for the long-range future of Monroe County and affects operations beyond the scope of Monroe County government. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS • Assures the Departments under management provide excellent, accurate, and fair services to the citizens of Monroe County. • Carries out County Administrator and BOCC directives. • Provides policy recommendations on growth management issues and programs to County Administrator, BOCC, and other Departments. Consults with the County Administrator periodically concerning issues, problems, and progress of the Department. • Responds to inquiries by telephone to the general public, BOCC, County Attorney, State and Federal agencies, such as Commerce, Governor's Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Fish and Wildlife Commission, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Army Corp of Engineers, which include growth, permitting, property right issues, land development regulations, code compliance, and environmental concerns. 3544 Growth Management Director Page 2 • Interviews applicants, review applications, and recommends hiring of all direct reports. Directs, implements, and monitors all county programs regarding personnel issues within the Department. • Plans, controls, staffs, organizes, represents, and directs all programs in the county. • Provides assistance to legal staff and appears before the judicial system as an expert witness. • Responds to written inquiries from the public. • Speaks to civic clubs, homeowners, property owners, radio,TV, and newspaper as required. • Administers grants and consultant contracts. • Prepares, reviews, edits, recommends, and monitors the division's budgets. • Prepares, reviews, edits, and approves items to be forwarded to the County Administrator for placement on the County Commission's meeting agenda and handles presentations at meetings with staff participation as necessary. • Serves as Recovery Director for Emergency Management during and after disasters to best utilize Department resources. • Carries out such other projects as may be required to accomplish the function of the Department. • Performs other related job duties as assigned. • In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate. QUALIFICATIONS Education and Experience: Requires Master's Degree and 7—10 years'experience OR Bachelor's Degree and 12 years of progressively responsible experience in a related field. Special Qualifications: Valid Florida Driver License. Knowledge,Skills,and Abilities: • Ability to oversee, plan, and implement major programs and services for the organization. Ability to report progress to the organization's executive team. • Ability to develop policies, long-range plans, and allocate funds. Ability to make decisions that involve multiple priorities, limited resources, and internal and external challenges. • Ability to analyze and make recommendations on how to improve the operational performance of the organization. • Ability to perform work that involves high-level issues, processes, or organizational needs. Ability to make decisions impact the community at large, most of the staff, or both. • Ability to provide updates to senior managers, elected officials, or other community groups or organizations. Ability to work regularly with other Directors or senior managers to ensure the provision of efficient and effective services. Monroe County,FL GROWTH MANAGEMENT Updated:1/17/2025 3545 Growth Management Director Page 3 PHYSICAL DEMANDS The work is sedentary and requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally,the following physical abilities are required: • Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. • Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. • Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. • Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand. • Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound. • Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. • Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. • Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes. • Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. • Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward. • Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. • Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers. • Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely. • Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. • Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. • Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. • Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. • Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. WORK ENVIRONMENT Work in a dynamic environment that requires me to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs. Monroe County,FL GROWTH MANAGEMENT Updated:1/17/2025 3546 Growth Management Director Page 4 Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment. Employee Signature Date Supervisor or Director Signature Date cliglally signed y Bryan Cook Bryan Cook 05'00'025.01.211 9:55:35 Director of Employee Services Signature Date Digitally signed by Christine Hurley Christine Hurley Date 2025.01.20 10 40 21-05'00' County Administrator Signature Date E.O.E. Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability or military service in employment or the provision of services. Monroe County,FL GROWTH MANAGEMENT Updated:1/17/2025 3547