Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER PROPOSED FINANCE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION, INCLUDING RESOLUTION NO. 18-004, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN, RESOLUTION NO 77-111, BY ADOPTING THE REVISED AND/OR NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS FOR CENTRAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN AND SENIOR CENTRAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
Recent retirements and a resignation within the Finance Department have provided an opportunity to update outdated job classifications, and re-balance a portion of the workload in the Finance Department.
Staff requests the City Council approve 2 new job classifications; as well as staffing changes that will not change the total full-time employee headcount. The proposed changes are expected to result in an additional net annual cost of $19,143. Future improvement to efficiency, leading to a rebalanced workload, is expected to mitigate the additional cost over the next two years.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 18-004, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN, RESOLUTION NO 77-111, BY ADOPTING THE REVISED AND/OR NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS FOR CENTRAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN AND SENIOR CENTRAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (Exhibit A)
2. APPROVE the addition of one full-time Payroll Specialist position to the list of funded positions in the budget.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
PROVIDE alternative direction to staff for next steps to fill vacancies in the Finance Department.
IV. BACKGROUND
Over the last several years, most every City department has made recommendations for staff reorganization. Initially, recommendations were vetted by the Budget Ad-Hoc Subcommittee of the City Council before presentation to the entire City Council. Recently, the Budget Ad-Hoc Subcommittee of the City Council was terminated.
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