To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Jennifer Brizel, Human Resources Director
Prepared By: Jennifer Brizel, Human Resources Director
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Voluntary Separation Program
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to Implement a Voluntary Separation Program.
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DISCUSSION:
In order to meet budgetary demands as a result of revenue loss due to COVID-19, staff requests approval to implement a program as an incentive for eligible employees to voluntarily separate from employment by the end of this fiscal year. The Voluntary Separation Program is meant to achieve the following objectives:
* Reduce salary and benefit costs in anticipation of fiscal challenges.
* Redirect positions to focus on priorities, changing needs or strategic objectives.
* Achieve cost savings and/or greater organizational efficiencies
* Minimize potential involuntary separations.
The Voluntary Separation Program allows the City to offer employees a one-time lump sum payment equivalent to 12 weeks of salary to a maximum of $40,000 as an incentive to voluntarily separate. The City may offer employees this incentive who volunteer to separate by resignation or retirement.
Vacated positions are intended to result in a net decrease in costs to the City for the vacated positions. Departments may request to fill positions through a) promotional recruitments or b) open recruitments, if skills-sets are not identifiable through promotional recruitment methods and determined to be in the best long-term fiscal interest of the City. Requests for open recruitments must be approved by the City Manager.
The Voluntary Separation Program is not an entitlement or benefit, but rather is intended to supplement the range of budget management options available to the City. Not every individual application will be approved as requests will be considered by their department on a case-by-case basis to determine the impact and the ab...
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