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Council adopts recruitment and retention incentives for hard-to-fill positions
Summary
The council approved sign‑on bonuses for hard-to-fill positions: $30,000 for police hires, $22,500 plus a 10% base-pay increase for the chief building official, and $7,500 for shuttle van drivers. The human resources manager said meet-and-confer obligations have been satisfied and side letters are in the packet.
The City Council approved a recruitment-and-retention incentive program aimed at filling hard-to-recruit positions.
Human resources manager Torres Mondragon (speaker 19) presented the plan and said the city proposes a $30,000 sign-on bonus for each new police captain and police officer hire, $22,500 plus a 10% base-pay increase for a chief building official hire, and $7,500 for shuttle van driver hires. "We are asking for each of the new hires to receive a $30,000, bonus," the HR manager stated during the presentation. Staff told the council that meet-and-confer obligations had been met and side-letter agreements and exhibits were included in the meeting packet.
A council member moved to adopt the resolution, another seconded, and the council approved the plan by voice vote. One council member who described themselves as a recruiter offered to consult further on recruiting strategy outside of council hours and expressed support for funding measures that would attract qualified candidates.
The adopted plan directs staff to execute the side letters and to implement the structured payments (three installments) described in the packet; staff said they will return with any administrative steps necessary to process the bonuses.
