Human Resources to place multiple job reclassifications on Aug. 9 consent agenda; no new FTEs

Human Resources Director Jose Luis Rodriguez and staff told the commission on July 19 that HR, with affected departments, is proposing several position reallocations to align job titles and pay grades with current duties; the changes are slated for the Aug. 9 consent agenda. Rodriguez said the proposed changes are reclassifications, not additions to headcount. For public works he described two public-works technician 4 positions being reallocated to lead public-works technician to enable a career-progression ladder and to provide a supervisory lead. In finance, several clerical and accountant-level reclassifications were proposed (for example, senior accountant to treasury supervisor, two cashier positions to accounting clerks, an accountant to senior accountant and a collections specialist to accountant) to reflect expanded reporting and database tasks. In IT staff proposed reclassifying a senior accounting clerk to fiscal analyst; HR would reclassify a training-and-development specialist to senior administrative assistant; housing and community development would convert a community development programs administrator to housing and community development programs manager to restore supervisory alignment; and police would reclassify a civilian Police Administrative Services Coordinator to a Public Information Officer position to fill an expanded civilian PIO role after a sworn officer retired. Rodriguez also noted the chief-of-staff pay grade would be adjusted from the lower pay grade 64 to pay grade 73 to reflect combined responsibilities of chief of staff and economic-development manager; he said the chief-of-staff job remained in the city’s salary plan but had been underfilled and combined with the economic-development manager duties in FY21. Rodriguez emphasized the changes are title and pay-grade updates to reflect actual duties and that they do not increase the city's authorized FTE count.