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City staff outlines plan to eliminate 614 positions; urges transfers to fill 240 vacancies
Summary
City personnel staff told a council committee that 614 positions are slated for elimination under the FY2025-26 budget, with staff urging internal transfers to fill about 240 current vacancies and minimize layoffs; police and fire classifications were cited as among the most affected.
A Personnel Department staff member told a City Council committee that the city plans to eliminate 614 positions beginning with the fiscal changes tied to the FY2025-26 budget and that departments should prioritize transferring affected employees into existing vacant posts.
The staff member said departments have identified roughly 240 vacant positions and that about 16 job offers have been made so far. Officials said the process to calculate service credit and other eligibility factors will begin in August and that some positions may have funding for only about four months, complicating placement and notification timelines.
Why it matters: the staffing reductions affect core public-safety functions. Committee members and staff said the police department faces the largest impact—described in the meeting as “about five times” the impact on other departments—and that certain…
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