To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Robert Plummer, Police Chief & Steve Brassfield, Fire Chief
Prepared By: Joy Riesenberg, Administrative Services Manager
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Budget Staffing Plan for the Police and Fire Departments
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the Budget Staffing Plan to: add one Secretary position to the Police Department, add one Office Assistant I/II position to the Fire Department, add one Administrative Secretary position to the Fire Department, delete one Secretary position from the Fire Department, and approve a budget adjustment for the FY2018-19 Police and Fire Department budgets.
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DISCUSSION:
The Fire & Police Departments have coordinated with the Human Resources Department to review administrative support needs as they relate to current growth and development of public safety. Administrative support needs have been maintained utilizing a variety of part-time employees over the years. However, in order to maintain the quality of work within both departments and the health of operations, additional full-time staff is needed.
Within the Police Department (PD), the Administrative support positions are responsible for all business functions of the Department. An Administrative Services Manager (ASM) is shared between both the PD and the Fire Department (FD). The PD has a total of 129 full-time employees and a $30 million dollar annual budget. Current allocation of administrative support in PD is 0.50 FTE ASM, 1.0 FTE Management Analyst and 1.0 FTE Administrative Secretary. The Administrative Secretary within PD is solely dedicated to the Police Chief. PD has utilized part-time employees to assist but are unable to keep up with the workload required to ensure the department needs are met. A Secretary is requested to balance the workload needs within PD. The Secretary would be responsible for various levels of administrative support for de...
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