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City manager recommends two of four requested police hires, plus utility crew leaders and select reclassifications
Summary
Staff recommended funding two of the four police officers requested for FY27 (a $280,000 general‑fund impact) and backing reclassifications that make two lieutenants captains; staff also recommended two utility crew leaders and a reclassified assistant director of public works for the utility fund (impact $194,000).
Staff provided an overview of the FY27 personnel requests submitted by departments and offered the manager's recommendations to council. The police department requested four new officers and an Assistant Police Chief; staff recommended funding two of the four requested officers (entry level), which staff estimated would cost about $280,000 for salaries and trigger one additional vehicle in the VERF. Staff also recommended reclassifying two police lieutenants to captains, which staff said would align duties and reduce overtime exposure because captains are exempt from overtime eligibility in the staff's analysis.
On the utility side, staff recommended approving two requested crew leaders and reclassifying the public works superintendent to an assistant director of public works to build supervisory depth; the utility fund impact for those recommendations was estimated at $194,000. Staff said the total recommended general‑fund impact of its package is about $279,000 and stressed that the recommendations aim to balance strategic plan alignment, operational necessity and the city's fiscal constraints. Council discussed shift impacts, recruitment details (entry vs. lateral hires), and how new hires would be phased into the five‑year strategic plan.
