For City Council Meeting [September 13, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Shama Curian, Deputy Director of Human Resources/Risk Management
Title
Request City Council to adopt Resolution No. 7972 Updating the Citywide Classification and Compensation Plan for Full-Time and Part-Time Employees, Revising the Authorized Budgeted Positions for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Body
BACKGROUND
Over the past several months the City Manager has been evaluating service delivery along with the budgeted allocated positions to determine if current service delivery methods to the community are efficient and effective, and that the City Council's projects, programs, and initiatives continue to be accomplished. As retirements and employee departures have occurred, rather than simply looking to replace key positions, a critical review of the areas across the organization has taken place. Through this effort, several structural changes have become apparent that will improve service delivery and functions throughout the organization.
Each of the proposed modifications are described in further detail below.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
City Manager's Office
A reorganization is proposed within the City Manager's office to better distribute workloads, improve customer service, and provide opportunities for continued professional growth and development within the City Administration functions.
The City Council appointed an ad-hoc subcommittee (Mayor Pro Tem Scott / Council Member Perez) to assist the City Manager in the recruitment to replace the City Manager's Assistant position in the City Manager's Office. During that recruitment, it was the recommendation of the ad-hoc subcommittee to reclassify the position and recruit the higher-level administrative position (City Manager's Executive Assistant). This would reinstate having these two higher-level positions in the City Manager's Office as was the case in the past.
The proposed modification...
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