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Commissioner Eggert wished to know who was involved in determining Indian River County's mission, culture and pay philosophy. Ms. Deeb stated that it was Mr. Balczun and Bill, whom she and Ms. Adkins met with to thrash out some of these issues. Ms. Deeb continued to explain that all employees were asked to fill out job description questionnaires which were signed off on by supervisors. They also asked the supervisors to delineate what was required for the job and, if needed, challenge what was reported. Chairman Scurlock asked if there was any great disparity between what employees felt their jobs entailed vs. what the supervisors felt, and Ms. Deeb noted that less than 10% of the supervisors indicated any disagreement. Ms. Deeb advised that they conducted about 50 interviews to clarify any information they felt was ambiguous and then did the classification analysis. They put some job groups together and broke some into different segments. Consistent titling across the entire organization was one of their goals. They have one plan for the county and one for each Constitutional, but they tried to maintain this consistent titling with the Constitu- tionals as well as the county. Chairman Scurlock wished to be sure they developed that, and Ms. Deeb stated absolutely. The Chairman explained that over the years we have had a number of plans, and there was the feeling that every one of them was manipulated in some way. One of the things the Commission is trying to accomplish with an independent analysis is to develop something that has some credibility. We care about our employees' morale and he doubted they have ever believed in any of the plans we have come up with. We, therefore want to be sure this was not manipulated in any way and that this was a fair and 6 APR 211988 �oo�. 72 ;{;E 139