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Temple City receives and files state-required vacancy report showing roughly 5% vacancy at peak
Summary
City Manager William Cook presented the fiscal year 2025–26 local public employee vacancy report (AB 2561), noting a peak vacancy rate of about 5%; after a public hearing with no callers, the council voted unanimously to receive and file the report.
City Manager William Cook presented the Assembly Bill 2561 local public employee vacancy report during a public hearing on May 19. Cook said the report meets state requirements and showed the city had about a 5% vacancy rate at one point during the fiscal year; staff said recruitment and retention activities are ongoing.
Cook explained the purpose of the statutory requirement is transparency and to provide a forum where public employee bargaining units can express concerns about vacancies and contracting-out of work. He said the report is "supplementary information" required by state law and not a meet-and-confer substitute.
Council members asked procedural questions about how the information is provided to bargaining units. The council opened and closed public comment (no callers or virtual participants registered) and then voted to receive and file the FY 2025–26 vacancy report. The motion passed by unanimous roll call vote.
The council's action was to receive and file the report; no additional local policy change or staffing decision was made at the meeting.
