To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Fran Robustelli, Assistant City Manager
Prepared By: Liz Habkirk, Deputy City Manager
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City Manager's Office Budget Staffing Plan Update
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the FY 2019/20 Budget Staffing Plan to Add two Limited Term Management Fellow positions and Delete one Limited Term Deputy City Manager position in the City Manager's Office.
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DISCUSSION:
The City Manager's Office requests to delete the Limited Term Deputy City Manager position and add two Limited Term Management Fellows.
Over the last year, Council has approved a series of staffing changes in the City Manager's Office and the Finance Department to further key initiatives directly in support of the City Council's priorities and to create more efficient communication, succession planning, and a centralized risk management function to better serve the City's needs. Those changes included the approval of one new full time Deputy City Manager (DCM) position, in addition to the existing full time DCM position, as well as the approval of one Limited Term DCM position.
With a recently announced retirement of one DCM, the City Manager has reassessed the allocation of responsibilities that were initially planned to be assigned to the two full-time DCM positions and the one Limited Term DCM position. The City Manager has determined that Council's priorities will be most efficiently served by the elimination of the vacant Limited Term DCM position (effective 4/25/2020), and the creation of two Limited Term Management Fellow positions.
The responsibilities of the two full-time DCM positions will include managing and addressing special project management, risk management, and labor negotiations. The two Limited Term Management Fellow positions would support the department on key initiatives in a variety of ways including:
* Providing research assistance;...
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