To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Heather Ruiz, Human Resources Director
Prepared By: MJ Tueros, Human Resources Manager
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Human Resources Department Reorganization
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution (1) amending the City Staffing Plan by adding two Management Analyst I/II positions and one Human Resources Coordinator position and deleting one Safety Analyst position in the Human Resources Department; (2) approving the use of the General Fund Contingency Reserve to partially fund these positions; and (3) approving expenditure budget increases in the General Fund of $197,560 and in the Risk Fund of $44,980, as documented in Budget Adjustment BE2209505.
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DISCUSSION:
The Human Resources Department in the City of Napa has historically not been a full-service Human Resource Department. In most other municipalities the Human Resources Department oversees Labor Relations and Employee Benefits, as well as the functions City of Napa Human Resources is already performing. In Napa, the Labor Relations function has been managed out of the City Manager's office, and Employee Benefits is in the Finance Department. The City's new Human Resources Director has experience managing both areas in other jurisdictions, so the Department now has the technical expertise needed to take on these functions. Additionally, other staffing changes in both the City Manager's Office and Finance have created a gap in those Departments.
The employee overseeing the City's Employee Benefits for over 20 years is retiring, and this expertise is not typically found in Finance. Therefore, with the departure of the incumbent doing this work, and the addition of the new Human Resources Director, now is an opportune time to realign this service area into Human Resources, where it more appropriately belongs.
The incumbent doing Labor Relations duties in the City Manager's office is being moved into the Assistant City Manager...
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