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City staff report rising retirements, recruitment push and safety updates; HR seeks compensation review
Summary
The city's human resources director briefed the commission on workforce trends including a higher proportion of employees nearing retirement, increased payroll and overtime demands, 17 recordable safety incidents this year, ordering of additional AEDs, and plans to begin compensation review and a potential employer health clinic.
Human resources director Randy Board presented a detailed workforce update to the commission on Oct. 27, outlining staffing levels, turnover, safety metrics and plans to address an anticipated wave of retirements.
Board reported the city currently has 169 full‑time positions filled out of 181 authorized, leaving about 12 vacancies actively recruited. He told commissioners the city has hired 11 new employees this year and experienced seven non‑retirement departures; the overall retention rate this year was described in the presentation as roughly 96 percent.
On safety, Board said the city recorded 17 recordable incidents in the current year; they were described as generally minor and returning employees to work within their normal duties. He said additional AED units ("I think, 13 or 14 new AEDs") have been ordered to place in parks and other public facilities for staff and public use.
Board emphasized succession planning: a "Tier 1" cohort (about 28 percent of employees in the retirement‑risk slice) represents the city's highest near‑term retirement risk, and staff is forecasting multiple retirements in utilities and public safety. He said staff is preparing an annual compensation review with an outside consultant (Hanna Resource Group) and will hold town halls with employees to inform recruitment and retention strategies. Board said the city is reengaging community discussions about an employer health clinic and is conducting an internal leadership program with local partners.
The HR briefing is informational; the commission approved related benefit and plan amendments later in the meeting after the HR presentation.
