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CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
September 2, 2025
The Personnel Committee of the Board of Supervisors of the Clay County Utility Authority(the"CCUA")met in the
Board Room at 3176 Old Jennings Road,Middleburg, Florida, on the above-stated date.
Item No. 1 —Call to Order
Personnel Committee Chairman Taylor called the meeting to order at 1:00 P.M.
Item No. 2—Roll Call
Roll Call was taken with Personnel Committee Chairman Taylor and Committee Members Mr. Hingst and Mr.
McCall, Board Chairman Lebesch, and Board members Mr. Bourre and Mr. McNees, in attendance. Also present at
the meeting were Executive Director Jeremy Johnston, Chief Operations Officer Darryl Muse, Chief Financial
Officer Karen Osbourne, Chief Human Resource Officer Kim Richardson, and Grady H. Williams, Jr., legal counsel
to the CCUA. Mr. Petty joined the meeting in progress at 1:05 P.M.
Item No. 3—Review of Executive Director's Annual Report and goals
CCUA's Executive Director provided an Annual Report in which he was evaluated in the following ten areas:
Customer Engagement, Risk Management, Safety, Administration (strategic planning), Human Resources,
Regulatory Compliance, Financial Performance, Organizational Operation, Public Stakeholder and Government
Affairs Engagement, and Intangibles.
The Board is responsible for conducting the Executive Director's annual evaluation ensuring a contribution to the
overall achievement of CCUA's mission,vision, and goals. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide timely, clear,
and focused input regarding how well the Executive Director is performing in the key performance areas identified
as most critical in achieving CCUA's strategic objectives. The evaluation used criteria established by the Personnel
Committee aligning with established core competencies, rating criteria, and salary adjustment schedules as
determined and approved by the Board. The Executive Director's annual merit increase is based on the scoring of the
objectives established in the prior fiscal year using a Board approved numerical grading criteria which would equate
to an available merit increase percentage using the final composite score. The member's responses are due to be
mailed or emailed to Mr. Williams no later than September 10, 2025; to permit time for them to be complied so they
can be presented at the September 16, 2025, Board meeting.
The committee and the members discussed the Annual Report which was provided by Mr. Johnston.
Discussion was held regarding CCUA's CUP renewal, establishing a formal driver improvement program, Customer
Service staff training, employee turnover, procurement trends, and intangibles. Mr. Johnston responded to the
member's comments and provided additional information on the items which were discussed, including next year's
Executive Director's goals.
Mr. Johnston excused himself from the meeting, Chief Human Resource Officer Kim Richardson informed the
committee based on the 2025 Classification and Compensation Study provided by Bolton Partner's Inc., currently
Mr. Johnston's salary is below the overall average for others in his position. Since the Executive Director's
evaluation was originally instituted by the Board, historically the acting Director would typically only take a merit
increase in line with what was proposed for staff, regardless of what percentage was awarded to him based on the
overall evaluation scoring contained within the existing policy. This long-term practice has now resulted in a salary
deficit for this position.
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Item No. 4—Public Comments/ Supervisor Comments -None
Item No. 5—Committee Action
It was the consensus of the Personnel Committee to consider the Executive Director's salary adjustment after the
evaluation process for this year is complete.
Item No. 6 -Adjourn
Personnel Committee Chairman Taylor adjourned the meeting at 1:56 P.M.
Amber Taylor, Committee Chairman
Janice Loudermilk, Recording Secretary
Personnel Committee
Amber Taylor, Chairman
Michael Hingst
David McCall
September 2, 2025 Personnel Committee Meeting