Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Discussion
SUBJECT:
Title
DISCUSSION OF THE CURRENT CITY OF CARSON HIRING FREEZE (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The purpose of this agenda report is to provide further detailed information about the hiring freeze that was adopted with the FY2016-2017 and FY2017-18 budget. A total of 38 positions are currently frozen. The Council will discuss extending the hiring freeze to current and future positions that are not subject to the hiring freeze.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
DISCUSS the current hiring freeze, and PROVIDE additional direction to staff as deemed necessary by the City Council.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action deemed necessary by the City Council.
IV. BACKGROUND
The current employee hiring freeze began in November 2015. At the time the FY15-16 budget was adopted, management recommended the City Council impose a hiring freeze on all vacant full-time positions to help reduce the budget deficit. Various full-time positions were in the recruiting process at that time, and the exact list of positions subject to the hiring freeze was difficult to develop.
As part of the FY16-17 budget process, management recommended continuing the hiring freeze. At the time the FY16-17 budget was adopted, it was well documented that 18 full-time positions were subject to the hiring freeze, as shown below:
During the FY17-18 budget process, management recommended an extension of the hiring freeze. The extension was to include the budget for additional vacant full-time positions; which was not currently being used to fund interim staff, consulting contracts, or special projects. The proposed hiring freeze did not include vacant full-time positions that were fully funded by restricted money, as that would not generate General Fund savings. The list of 20 employee positions added to the hiring freeze with the FY17-18 budget follows.
Part-time vacancies were not impacted by the hir...
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