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City HR outlines FY26 personnel paper: up to 873 actions, hundreds of abolishments and a fast timeline
Summary
The Department of Human Resources presented a citywide personnel paper proposing hundreds of personnel changes for FY26, including hundreds of abolishments, reclassifications and funding transfers across multiple departments.
Interim Department of Human Resources Commissioner Calvin Blackburn told the Atlanta City Council that the FY26 personnel paper submitted for review includes hundreds of staffing actions across city departments and is intended to realign the workforce to match operational needs.
"This ordinance outlines proposed personnel actions across various departments," Blackburn said as he introduced a slide pack that plans 873 total personnel actions, including 125 abolishments, and 325 total abolishments when midyear adjustments and additional department submissions are combined.
Blackburn and his team summarized that the personnel paper includes a mix of abolishments, position creations, reclassifications with and without incumbents, salary-grade amendments and funding-allocation adjustments. The presentation listed 125 abolishments in the printed paper, 93 additional abolishments submitted by departments the previous day, and 107…
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