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Staff report: Newport Beach reports low-to-moderate vacancy rates, 26 recruitments in progress
Summary
Deputy Director Sarah Rodriguez told the council the city’s overall vacancy rates are below 20% across bargaining units, with a 12% vacancy rate in the key management unrepresented group and 26 full-time recruitments underway; the council approved the report unanimously.
Deputy Director Sarah Rodriguez presented the statutorily required report on the City of Newport Beach’s vacancies and retention efforts for FY 2025–26.
Rodriguez described vacancy rates by bargaining unit and said the largest vacancy percentage (about 12%) was in the key management, unrepresented group. She reported 26 full-time recruitments are active and highlighted the city’s internal promotion rate (58 new hires and 48 promotions the prior year). City retention steps described included deferred-compensation offerings and negotiated longevity benefits to improve retention across bargaining units.
Council asked no substantive follow-up questions and moved to approve the status report; the motion carried unanimously.
