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Supervisors back contracting shift for Project Emerge; analysts recommend limited‑term hires
Summary
The committee approved amendments to reduce the Cyber implementation contract and to add limited‑tenure positions to pull PeopleSoft implementation in‑house, with the budget analyst estimating a roughly $742,763 net savings and recommending December hires tied to staffing availability.
Board representatives and department officials described Project Emerge as a citywide PeopleSoft integration of HR, payroll and benefits systems. Mickey Callahan of the Department of Human Resources said the Cyber implementation partner informed the city it could not meet schedule expectations and requested additional funds; the city negotiated an earlier termination and plans to transition technical implementation in‑house using some subcontractors and new temporary staff. “We negotiated to for an earlier termination with our cyber contract ... and now we're ready to move forward with the help of a few subcontractors, but primarily with additional staff,” Callahan said.
Budget Analyst Rose told the committee the original estimated project cost was $37,257,444 and that approving 10 temporary positions and certain consultants would reduce the new estimated cost to approximately $36,544,681—about $742,763 in savings. The analyst recommended making the legislation retroactive, limiting the tenure of the new positions to the projected completion (with a suggested expiration in February 2011), and moving the effective start date to Dec. 1 to take advantage of available candidates.
Labor representatives from IFPTE Local 21 (Dean Coate and Chris Romero) supported bringing work back into the city to build capacity and achieve cost savings. One public commenter cautioned about liability and hiring standards when transitioning work from contractors to temporary city employees.
Supervisor (speaker 15) moved to accept the budget analyst’s recommendations, amend the hiring effective date to Dec. 1, and forward the items to the full Board with recommendation; the motion was seconded and taken without objection.
The committee directed departments to return with any further implementation details as hires proceed.
