STAR OVER BASELINE FINAL ASSESSORS.PPTX

Maricopa County — Special (2024-01-24)

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STAR Contact Center Over Baseline Requests
              FY 
2025

STAFFING​ & SUPPORT
COST​
3 Phone Representatives​
$185,000
2 Specialists & 1 Coordinator​
$​243,000
Workforce Management Solution
$55,000 (one-time)
$53,000 (ongoing)
Association Membership
$3,000
 
TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS
COST​
Salesforce Tech Support
$​6,000
Laptops & Docking Stations
$​6,000
ELECTIONS STAFFING & 
SUPPORT
COST​
70 Temporary Representatives
$​850,000
Technology & 
Equipment
$​63,000
Stay Bonus
​$25,000
RELOCATION NEEDS
COST​
Furniture
$​22,000
Infrastructure Upgrade
$​45,000
GENERAL FUND​
$618,000
ELE1
$938,000

Additional Staffing and Support
3 Phone Reps
Workforce Management 
Specialist & Solution
Help address year-over-year increase 
in:
•
Customer base
•
Call load/complexity
•
Turnover to other County depts. 
Ø 30% annually
New position and resource to support ongoing effort 
to improve callers’ experience by:
•
Managing incoming calls in real-time to maximize 
service levels & mitigate abandon rates
•
Forecasting call volume to leverage staff accordingly
•
Optimizing and automating scheduling and 
performance management
•
Providing time and attendance tracking
•
Producing reporting and analytics

Additional Staffing and Support 
Cont.
Quality Assurance Specialist
Asst. Training 
Coordinator
New position to support ongoing effort to 
improve customer service by:
•
Evaluating incoming calls to grade quality level
•
Providing feedback to leadership for coaching and 
development
Closes inconsistent gaps in training for 
existing team due to frequent onboarding & 
high Trainer-to-Rep ratio
Achieves Contact Center industry standard 
ratio
Call Center Network Group 
Membership
Industry-leading organization that provides support and insight for best practices in:
•
Call center leadership
•
Technology
•
Processes/systems

Technology and Tools
• Launched Salesforce in April 2023
• Future enhancements to application and 
programming needs
SalesForce Professional 
Services
• Two laptops and docking stations
• Enable work-from-home access for 
Quality Assurance and Workforce 
Management specialists
Equipment

• Facility upgrade needs include a sound 
masking system to aid in noise reduction 
Relocation Needs
• Moved to Santa Fe building in November
• Furniture needs include training tables and 
chairs

Elections Staffing and Associated Costs
• Captures and 
reports on call types
• Memorializes 
interaction details
SalesForc
e 
licensing
• 20 monitors, 
keyboards, mice,  
and UPS units
Computer 
equipment
• Rewarded at end 
of assignment
Stay 
bonus
70 Temporary Call Representatives
Support Primary and General Elections from July 15 – Nov. 15
ELE1 Budget Items

PURPOSE
ONE-TIME COST​
ONGOING 
COST
Staffing & Support
$55,000
$484,000
Technology & Tools
$6,000
$6,000
Relocation Needs
$67,000
TOTAL​
$128,000
$490,000
General Fund Request Recap
TOTAL NEEDED FOR FY 2025
$618,000​

PURPOSE
ONE-TIME COST​
Temporary Staffing
$850,000
Technology & Equipment
$63,000
Stay Bonus
$25,000
TOTAL​
$938,000
ELE1 Fund Request Recap
TOTAL NEEDED FOR FY 
2025 
$938,000​

Thank You