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Equal Employment Opportunity Guidelines
The Town of Prescott Valley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or status as a veteran in accordance with applicable federal laws. The Town complies with applicable state laws governing non-discrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. The Town also provides equal treatment for disabled employees who can perform with accommodation the essential tasks of the position that are bona fide occupational qualifications of the position when such accommodations do not impose an undue hardship on the Town.
Human Resources Department Services and Partnerships
The Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA) was federal civil rights legislation passed in the early 1990s. The goal of the legislation was to ensure that people with disabilities had full access to public facilities and programming.
Town ADA Code
Several sections of the Town Code relate to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Section 7-02-110 (PDF) adopts the most stringent provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Arizonans with Disabilities Act, and the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines. Section 11-03-060 (PDF) regulates the use of accessible parking spaces. Section 13-24-020 (PDF) dictates the size and quantity of accessible parking spaces required for various types of businesses.
Notice Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Town of Prescott Valley, Arizona will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in the Town's services, programs, or activities.
Employment
The Town does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Effective Communication
The Town will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the Town's programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.
Modifications to Policies and Procedures
The Town will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all Town programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in Town offices, even where pets are generally prohibited.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a Town program, service, or activity, should contact the ADA Coordinator at 928-759-3067 as soon as possible but no later than 72 hours before the scheduled event.
The ADA does not require the Town to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.
Complaints that a Town program, service, or activity is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at 928-759-3067.
The Town will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.
As a Town employee you are provided comprehensive benefits - many at no cost to you. Major benefits for a full-time regular, employee include:
- Dental: Ameritas; Employee coverage paid at 100% by Town. Family coverage optional at $28.02/month.
- Direct Deposit: Paychecks are deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s) on a bi-weekly schedule.
- Disability Insurance: Town provided personal illness or injury short and long term disability benefits with 50% and 60% lost wages replacement respectively.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Free counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families is provided for financial planning, legal services, depression, substance abuse, family/marital and other relationship issues.
- Fit for Life Wellness Program: The Town is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees. Participation is strictly voluntary and offers $200 participation incentive.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs.
- General Leave: 120 hours the first year, increasing annually up to 200 hours for hourly employees. That is increased by 40 hours for salaried employees.
- Holidays: Eleven (11) paid holidays; Eight (8) hours per day for FT employees.
- Life Insurance: Town provided supplemental life insurance at one times the employee's base pay up to $100,000.
- Medical: Blue Cross Blue Shield of AZ; Employee coverage paid at 100% by Town. Family coverage optional at $439.56/month.
- MediCare: While the Town provides the required contributions towards MediCare we do not participate in Social Security.
- Retirement Plans: ASRS Arizona State Retirement (Civilian), PSPRS (Sworn), Optional 457 plan
- State Unemployment: State mandated coverage is provided.
- Vision: VSP Network or Eyemed Vision Care, Employee coverage paid at 100%. Family coverage optional at $5.50/month.
- Voluntary Individual and Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
- Workers' Compensation: Provides 100% lost wages and related medical benefits as for on the job work related illness or injuries.
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7501 E Skoog Boulevard
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
Phone: 928-859-3009
Fax: 928-759-3111
Email Human Resources
Stephanie AndrewsHuman Resources Recruiter
Phone: 928-759-5519
Email Stephanie
Jamie BuckmanHuman Resources Manager
Phone: 928-759-3001
Email JamieCarolyn Griffin
Benefits Coordinator
Phone: 928-759-5520
Email CarolynAmy Ness
Risk Management Technician
Phone: 928-759-3139
Email AmyTeri J. Traaen, Ed.D., D.P.A
IPMA-HR SCP; SHRM SCP
Director - Human Resources
Phone: 928-759-3004
Email Teri
- Glossary of Terms (PDF)
- Table of Contents (PDF)
- 2-01 General Personnel Rule Provision (PDF)
- 2-02 Introductory Period (PDF)
- 2-03 Employee Performance Appraisal (PDF)
- 2-04 Compensation (PDF)
- 2-05 Pay Practices (PDF)
- 2-06 Compensatory Time and Overtime (PDF)
- 2-07 On-Call Duty (PDF)
- 2-08 General Leave (PDF)
- 2-09 Holiday Leave (PDF)
- 2-10 Other Short-Term Absences (PDF)
- 2-11 Return to Work (PDF)
- 2-12 Family Medical Leave Act (PDF)
- 2-13 Workers Comp Leave (PDF)
- 2-14 Work Hours (PDF)
- 2-15 Rest Breaks Meal Breaks (PDF)
- 2-16 Time Lost During Severe Weather and Other ER (PDF)
- 2-17 Disaster Response (PDF)
- 2-18 Position Classification Plan (PDF)
- 2-19 Staffing (PDF)
- 2-20 Code of Conduct (PDF)
- 2-21 Disciplinary Action (PDF)
- 2-22 Termination of Employment (PDF)
- 2-23 Grievance Procedures (PDF)
- 2-24 Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace (PDF)
- 2-25 Drug and Alcohol Control (PDF)
- 2-26 Equal Employment Opportunity (PDF)
- 2-27 Harassment (PDF)
- 2-28 Workplace Violence (PDF)
- 2-29 Americans With Disabilities Act (PDF)
- 2-30 Employee Recognition Policy (PDF)
- 2-31 Education, Training and Development (PDF)
- 2-32 Management, Inspection and Copying of Personnel Files (PDF)
- 2-33 Employment Reference Requests (PDF)
- 2-34 Employment Applications/Resumes (PDF)
- 2-35 Outside Employment (PDF)
- 2-36 Personnel Board (PDF)
- 2-37 Cellular Phone Policy (PDF)
High Performing Teams – ‘Real Time’ Coaching and Mentoring
The Town of Prescott Valley is committed to the efforts of our workforce being designed around the concept of High Performing Teams. Individual employee commitment to being a part of a high performing team is experienced in‘how’ we conduct our business and ourselves through our culture, diversity. Communication, delivery, outreach, processes and values. What we do, how we do it and who we do it for.
Focus areas within the Town’s Strategic Plan related to High Performing Team commitment includes:
• Achieving an ‘employee engagement’ score that improves by at least 10% for the next three years.
• Within 5 years, the Town of Prescott Valley will rank within the upper quartile of the most desirable places to live in Arizona.
• Annually maintain or exceed current bond ratings including reviewing all fiscal reserve policies ensuring best practices and opportunities for advanced benchmarking.
• Achieve 75% citizen satisfaction ranking or highly satisfied with overall Town services.
• Expand Town internship programs within the Town organization by 1500 hours within 5 years.
Employe performance is comprised of two parts: outcomes and behaviors. Outcomes are the result of daily efforts. Behaviors are an employee’s attitude and interpersonal relations. Both matter! Prescott Valley’s employee performance is assessed every day. We do not believe in annual reviews. Thus, supervisors are tasked with continuous management of performance outcomes and behaviors. Annually, we believe in setting goals for our organization, departments, teams and individuals. The goals that we set are designed to improve what we do to better serve our residents, businesses and visitors. Every employee is critical to the sustained achievement and services within our community. Every employee is critical to the Town’s overall success.
Our mission is to protect life and property through innovative policing, community partnerships and professional law enforcement.
Specialty Opportunities:
Bicycle Officer
- Computer Forensics
- General Investigations Detectives
- K-9 Unit
- Motorcycle Unit
- Narcotics Detectives
- Narcotics Task Force
- School Resource Officer
- Sex Crime Detectives
- SWAT
- Traffic Unit
- Varied Instructor Positions
The Town of Prescott Valley is dedicated to creating a safe & secure work environment for all. Safety is an integral part of everyone’s job and with the proper Risk Management information & training, we can prevent most accidents. In the event of an accident, timely reporting of any workplace injury is critical to ensure that employees receive the care that they need. No matter how big or small an injury is, it is always better to report it than not. Together we got this – safety first!
What Is Risk Management?
Risk Management is a three-fold process of mitigating accidents.
- Identify the risk. Ex: There’s a puddle on the floor.
- Assess the risk Ex: Someone could not see the puddle and slip.
- Control the risk Ex: Notify facilities for clean-up or if it’s feasible to handle yourself, use paper towels to dry the area.
Think Safe – Work Safe
Be Safe
Training and professional development are the two critical elements that support sustaining a highly talented workforce to serve our community. The Town of Prescott Valley is committed to offering ongoing training and professional development opportunities for all employees. During the 2023-2024 FY, we are working in partnership with a University of Arizona Capstone Graduate team to determine the training and employment development needs of our Town workforce. This project will provide the Town with a Strategic Guide for establishing the short and long term priorities for the professional skills development for every Town employee. A sample listing of our professional workshops for the spring of 2023 is listed below:
Workshop #1 - Refresher Course – ‘Performance Pro’ & Navigating the Software
Workshop #2 – New Leaders and The Performance Evaluation Process: Building A High Performing Team That Meets Everyone’s Needs
Workshop #3 – Critical Conversations – Solving Performance Issues for the Long Term
Workshop #4 – Goal Setting – Creating Performance Benchmarks
Workshop #5 – Advanced Goal Setting – Designing Unique Metrics & Achieving Outcomes
Workshop #6 – Constructive Conflict Resolution – Solving Workplace Issues
We also look forward to the development of long term partnerships with all of our Arizona higher education institutions in terms of the design and delivery of specific topics that are important to our employees. Our employees also enjoy tuition reimbursement support for the pursuit of career aligned academic degrees and credentials. This combination of internal and external education and training options is the optimum support for every employee being able to achieved their optimum career goals.
Looking for a chance to give back and make a difference in your community? Our volunteers make an impact, make new friends, and help to provide valuable community services. The Town of Prescott Valley volunteers enhances the services that we provide and strengthen community involvement. Join us today. We need YOU!