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HR director outlines phased pay adjustments, recruitment focus and vacancy improvements
Summary
Human Resources Director Libby Craven told council the city is using a phased compensation approach, proposing $500,000 for market adjustments for hard‑to‑fill jobs, and reported a drop in full‑time vacancies to 69 with a roughly 5% vacancy rate.
Libby Craven, director of Human Resources, briefed the City Council on July 7 on HR operations, recruitment efforts, compensation work and targeted budget requests intended to reduce hard‑to‑fill vacancies.
Craven said the HR department has 15 positions and is proposing one reclassification as part of the budget. She described accomplishments including an online onboarding program, a return‑to‑duty CDL program, implementation support for the employee engagement platform You Matter Mesquite, administering multiple public‑safety exams and implementing compensation…
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