REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Adjust Compensation Ranges for Human Resources Management Positions
Report
BACKGROUND
In addition to the Human Resources Director, there are three managerial positions currently within the department: Assistant Director of Human Resources, Division Manager of Recruiting, Classification and Compensation and the Division Manager of Benefits and HRIS. All three positions are currently vacant.
City Council approves the City's compensation plan pursuant to the City's Personnel & Salary Resolution, Section 9.
DISCUSSION
The position of Division Manager of Recruiting, Classification and Compensation has been vacant since July of 2018, when the incumbent accepted a position with a neighboring agency. The Assistant Director and remaining Division Manager resigned in January/February of 2019, also to accept positions with other public agencies. A Division Manager recruitment was conducted in January 2019 with significant outreach and yielded no viable candidates.
As Council heard during the recent Priority Setting Session, the findings of the recent Human Resources Organizational Assessment and the large number of recommendations translate into significant transformational projects. It is imperative that Human Resources is staffed with visionary leadership that can assist in taking the department to the next level in terms of level of service provided to the operating departments and being a strategic partner supporting the entire organization. As discussed during the Priority Setting Session, The City's workforce is ours to lose. Our workforce is relatively young with significant careers years ahead of most. We are at risk of losing our most valuable resource, our employees, without commitment to investment in building the capacity of the department at the foundation of the organization.
In order to attract and retain the best and brightest leaders, the recommended action is to adjust the salary ranges for the ...
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