Committee debates staff morale after exit-interview themes; acknowledges report with one opposed

Jul 21, 2026

The Finance and HR Committee discussed a single completed exit interview whose themes included staff concerns about public negativity, debated separating a positive 7.5% turnover statistic from critical comments, and voted to acknowledge the report (one member opposed).

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Jamie, the committee’s human-resources staff member, presented the annual exit-interview memo and said, “we did only have the one exit interview that was completed just for the reasons of confidentiality,” and that themes from that and other informal feedback included a 7.5% turnover rate and concerns about increasing negative public commentary affecting staff.

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