For City Council Meeting [July 27, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Bob Chandler, Interim Finance Director
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Request City Council to Authorize a Purchase Order Change Notice to Purchase Order No. 2022-0537 with MuniTemps Municipal Staffing Solutions (MuniTemps) in the Amount of $35,000 to Provide Temporary Staff Support Services in the Finance Department for a Total Purchase Order Amount of $50,000 for the Remainder of Fiscal Year 2021-22.
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BACKGROUND
Due to the resignation of the City's Finance Manager on May 6, 2021, the Finance Department procured temporary staffing support services from MuniTemps through Purchase Order Number 2022-0537 in the amount of $15,000. The contract employee provided by MuniTemps assists the Department with day-to-day finance, accounting and administration support, as well as special projects, at the Finance Manager level.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
As noted, the City's Former Finance Manager resigned on May 6, 2021. MuniTemps, a division of Government Staffing Services, Inc., has worked with many Cities in the Inland Empire and throughout California, providing temporary staffing for all non-safety job classifications, and is a vendor that the City has previously used to fill temporary vacancies since 2014, including for the last 2 months of FY 2020-2021 for the former Finance Manager position. Using MuniTemps to backfill the Finance Manager position will allow the Finance Department the time it will need to properly recruit for a permanent replacement, and the contract employee provided by MuniTemps is an experienced municipal finance officer who will serve a critical need for continuity in the already understaffed Department.
The temporary employee provided through MuniTemps will remain an employee of MuniTemps throughout the assignment, and MuniTemps will be responsible for all payroll processing, taxes, workers compensation, sick leave, and related payroll insuranc...
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