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City staff tally vacancies: about 35 openings; freezing nonuniform vacancies could save roughly $275,000 to general fund
Summary
City staff reported 35 vacant full‑time positions citywide and said freezing the non‑uniform vacancies would annuitize to about $275,000 in general‑fund savings.
City staff reported a snapshot of vacant positions as of the day before the study session: 35 total full‑time vacancies citywide, of which 24 are non‑uniform positions and 11 are uniform vacancies (5 in fire, 6 in police). A staff presenter said the non‑uniform vacancies annualized to about $275,000 in general‑fund salary savings (citywide annuitized savings for all vacancies would be larger, roughly $2,000,000 across all funds and allocations).
The staff presenter said the vacancy list included jobs vacant for varying durations: two non‑uniform positions had been vacant for more than a year; others ranged from a few days to several months. The presenter noted that many vacancies are allocated across several funds (utilities, general fund, other enterprise funds), so the general fund share of each vacancy is often a portion of the total salary cost.
Directors asked for a follow-up that would show which vacancies were vacant for a year or more, which positions were 100% general-fund positions, and the savings that would result from permanently eliminating specific vacant positions versus temporarily holding them.
Administration said the May staffing changes that froze many positions are not fully reflected in the snapshot and that the earlier May cuts removed additional positions; staff said a forthcoming utility-focused budget session will include deeper staffing allocation detail.
