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Sacramento Area Sewer District presents AB 2561 vacancy report; professional engineers unit crosses 20% vacancy threshold
Summary
HR manager Candace Mabra presented the district's AB 2561-required vacancy disclosures, describing transition-related vacancies, recruitment improvements and that the Professional Engineers Association bargaining unit reached the 20% vacancy threshold specified in the law. The item was received and filed.
Candace Mabra, HR manager for the Sacramento Area Sewer District, presented the district's report required under AB 2561 during a May 28 public hearing. The presentation summarized vacancy data, recruitment efforts and labor-relations implications following the district's transition to independent employer status.
Mabra said AB 2561 requires employers to publicly present vacancies and related challenges and noted the law "took effect as of January first of this year." She told the board that the district had 97 vacancies at the time of transition in December 2024, a result in part of a hiring delay during the payroll and employer transition, and that the district has since filled 31 full-time positions (nine during the review period).
Mabra identified the Professional employee group (now represented by the Professional Engineers Association) as the bargaining unit that met the 20% vacancy threshold triggering additional reporting obligations. She said the district is using continuous exams, attending targeted career fairs and convening a formal work group that will include communications, recruitment staff and subject-matter experts to address hiring for classifications such as associate civil engineer.
Mabra described several process improvements intended to speed hiring, including elimination of lengthy application essays, new vendors for background checks and fingerprinting (LifeScan), and coordinated monthly orientation schedules to accommodate collective-bargaining notice requirements; she said two of four employee groups have agreed to waive a 10-day notice requirement to allow more timely orientation of new hires.
The item was opened as a public hearing; no members of the public spoke. The board recorded the report as received and filed.
