Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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STATUS REPORT ON THE EXISTING RECRUITMENT FROM THE CURRENT RECRUITMENT LIST FOR THE TWO VACANT SENIOR PLANNER POSITIONS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
Staff is recruiting for one Senior Planner. The Director of Community Development has made a budget request to add an Associate Planner to the Planning Department for FY19-20. With City Council approval, Staff will initiate the recruitment for an Associate Planner. This report updates the City Council on the progress of the Senior Planner recruitment.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Receive and File.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
Take any action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The Senior Planner position became vacant due to the promotion of a former employee to Planning Manager in 2018. The initial recruitment was opened July 2018 and closed August 2018. The recruitment yielded 28 applications, 2 internal candidates were moved forward and were not selected. The recruitment was closed without an appointment. The second recruitment was opened December 2018 and closed February 2019. This recruitment yielded 31 applications, 1 internal candidate that was not moved forward and 2 external candidates were moved forward to Selection Interviews. Thereafter the 2 external candidates were placed on the eligibility list. An offer was extended to the external candidate that ranked first on the eligibility list. The offer was declined by that candidate. The Director of Community Development elected not to extend an offer to the second candidate on the eligibility list. The Director of Community Development requested that a third recruitment for this role be conducted. The current recruitment for a Senior Planner was reopened on April 29, 2019 and is scheduled to close on May 19, 2019. As of 5/9/19, five candidate applications have been received.
Advertisements have been placed on several recruiting websites and with professional Planning associations.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
VI. EXHIBITS
Prepared by: Faye Moseley, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management