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Truckee budget workshop proposes several new staff positions after organizational assessment
Summary
Town staff proposed multiple new positions — including an engineering manager, HR technician, business analyst and trail maintenance workers — after an organizational assessment found the town understaffed for current workloads.
Town of Truckee staff presented a draft budget focused on capital projects and recommended several new and reclassified positions intended to address staffing shortfalls identified in an organizational assessment by Baker Tilly.
Staff said the Baker Tilly assessment found the town “understaffed for the workload” and recommended increases in staffing and software capability. As a result, the draft budget proposes adding or converting positions across divisions: an engineering manager in Public Works, a GIS intern, two full‑time trail maintenance/landscape workers (with 75% funding from Measure U and the remainder from community facilities districts), a safety and training coordinator in Road Maintenance (general fund), an administrative technician for the Keep Truckee Green program (80% paid from the solid waste fund, 20% general fund), conversion of a vacant police administrative manager role to a police administrative sergeant, a deputy chief building official to support succession planning, an HR technician, a business analyst to lead enterprise software implementation and an accountant to support finance workload.
Staff emphasized some positions are funded from enterprise or special funds (for example, building and safety fund revenues offset the deputy chief building official), while others would require general fund allocation. The business/systems analyst position was proposed to be split initially between the Building and Safety Division and the general fund because its first task would be implementing a new community development ERP; staff said the first‑year placeholder for the ERP procurement is $500,000 but that final costs may be higher following solicitation.
Council members asked clarifying questions about funding sources and whether some positions would be temporary or phased. Staff said recruitment would begin for several positions with employment starting after July 1; advertisements could be opened and later closed without making hires if the council later revised direction. One council member said the town still appears understaffed even after the proposed additions and urged the council to consider longer‑term staffing and funding tradeoffs when reviewing capital project requests.
No formal hiring decisions were finalized at the workshop. Council members gave staff direction to begin advertising for a subset of the proposed positions (HR tech, Keep Truckee Green administrative technician, two trails positions) while the full budget and Baker Tilly report are reviewed in subsequent meetings prior to adoption.
