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Council directs city manager to clear hiring barriers for SkillBridge interns after annual veterans program update
Summary
Staff reported expansion of SkillBridge and veteran-support programming; council directed the city manager and HR to identify and remove civil-service/hiring barriers preventing conversion of SkillBridge interns to full-time roles and to coordinate with the Civil Service Commission, with a 90‑day return timeline.
Councilmember Lee presented an annual update on the city’s SkillBridge and veterans program, describing partnerships (University of Arizona, Military Spouse Employment Partnership, U.S. Army Pays), program metrics and pipeline growth.
Matthew (program lead) reported increases in departmental participation, a 95% satisfaction metric for the employee resource group, nearly 14,000 fellowship hours contributed at no cost to the city, and growing outreach (roughly 21,500 annual link clicks). He also summarized a fiscal assessment of the program and claimed an above‑100% ROI figure in staff materials.
Councilmember Lee moved that the city manager and HR director identify barriers within civil‑service and HR processes that make it difficult to convert SkillBridge interns to permanent city positions, coordinate with the Civil Service Commission to determine required rule changes, and return within 90 days with recommendations; council approved the motion 6–0.
