Page 24 - Pantego Adopted Budget FY21

TOWN OF PANTEGO
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET & PLAN OF SERVICES
FUND: General Fund- 100
DEPARTMENT: General and Administrative - 101
DIVISION: Human Resources

Description:
The Human Resource department is committed to providing high quality professional service to all prospective, current, and past
employees; and treating each with respect, good care, and individualized attention. Human Resources provides departmental support
by managing: information, records, performance and achievements; while encouraging individual employee input and participation.

Human Resources serves to attract, develop, motivate and retain a diverse workforce with a supportive and creative work environment
with an emphasis on customer service and communication within the Town and community.
The Human Resource department's accounting function is responsible for processing payroll and other financial records and ass ists
with the annual auditing by providing expense reports and records. In addition, the department is tasked with the risk management
functions; and oversees the benefits program: health, dental, life, worker's compensation, and liability insurance.

Mission Statement: 7. Coordinated the first team member employee
appreciation dinner, along other employee luncheons and
The Human Resources department functions by providing professional gatherings.
support to the town and it's municipal departments and employees by
ensuring compensation, benefits which are compliance withe Federal 8. Coordinated boards and commissions appreciation and
and State Laws; and the regulations and policies of the Town of acknowledgment ceremony/reception.
Pantego.
Objectives for Fiscal Year 2020-2021:
Major Goals:
1. Continued education to obtain certification, Society For
1. Research health, dental, and life benefits plans with other providers Human Resource Management (SHRM).
for best low cost premiums for employees and their families; and
thereby presenting to the Town Council for consideration and adoption. 2. Archive retainable files to Laserfiche software.
2. Formulate and constructe a comprehensive step pay program for all 3. Provide full-time and part-time employees with education
employees in the Town budget with a goal to achieve area wide and training tools through on-line training.
competiveness, and retain Town employees.
4. TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool--review and update
3. Provide full-time employees with education and training tools through Town municipal property for insurance liability.
on-line training to achieve best practice methods for professional
conduct.
Major Budget Changes:
Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Accomplishments: Step Pay Plan

1. Open Enrollment Benefits--providing employees with vendors contact
information to include: optometrist (First Eye Care), dental (Park Row
Dental), additional liability insurance providers (AFLAC, Liberty National
and Nationwide), financial institution (Frost Bank), Sam's Club,
emergency care (Sure Point), and chiropractor (Arlington Chiropractic).
2. Employee Handbook--rewrote the Town of Pantego Employee
Handbook to ensure it is contemporary and compliant with all new
legislation, addressing potentially problematic topics such as social
media.
3. TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool--update and manage positions for
worker's compensation that affects quarterly billing statements.
4. Destruction of Records--disposed of multiple years of records in
compliance with the state records retention schedule policy.
5. Cross trained Support Specialist with Accounts Payable.
6. Cross trained Support Specialist in Community Development.