Tim Box sworn in as Deputy Auditor
February 27th was a busy day….
In the morning, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) grilled me about adding a deputy position to my office, as
well as, remodeling the counter area of my office. At the conclusion of the discussion, the BOS
voted to allow me to proceed on both items, i.e., adding the deputy and
remodeling the counter.
In the afternoon, I swore in Tim Box, i.e., he took an Oath
of Office. Click here to see a photo of us
at the conclusion of the swearing in ceremony.
Mr. Tim Box has been a county employee for nine (9) years and
has served the last four (4) years as Voter Registration Systems Administrator. Tim will now serve as Deputy Auditor & Commissioner
of Elections.
Why did I add a deputy to my management staff? As I proceeded with my planning for the 2008
elections, I came to the conclusion I needed additional management resources
within Elections Services.
At present, we have two (2) election clerks and including Tim, two
(2) deputy commissioners of elections.
Preceding, during, and after the upcoming elections these two deputies
will be managing 2 elections clerks, 1-4 voting machine technicians, 1-12 temporary election
clerks, and 1-700 precinct election officials.
When you analyze the span of control and tasks and timelines for elections ... especially the 2008 elections - I think you would conclude that two deputies are justified.
I was trying to think of an industry in the private sector that does something similar to Election Services, i.e., a business that expands their workforce
from 4 to 700 personnel and back to 4 twice within the same calendar year. Corn
detasseling is the only one that came to mind. –Joel @ 3:30pm