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Council hears staffing and fleet challenges: vacancy rates, recruitment steps and a $2 million vehicle funding offer discussed
Summary
City staff provided vacancy figures across bargaining units and described recruitment and automation steps to shorten hiring timelines. Council and staff discussed police vehicle replacement needs and an offer of $2 million to support fleet replenishment; no procurement decision recorded.
Staff reported vacancy data across bargaining units and described actions to streamline recruitment and improve candidate communication.
In the staffing report staff said the general bargaining unit had 278 authorized positions with 41 vacancies (presented as about 14.7% vacancy), the confidential unit had 43 positions with 27 vacancies (about 18.18% in presentation), and multiple public-safety bargaining units also showed vacancies. Staff outlined measures to address vacancies including revising administrative policies governing recruitment and…
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