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Staff reports HR hire, police vacancies and hiring progress
Summary
City staff announced an HR manager accepted an offer (start date reported) and outlined open positions including five police vacancies and several paramedic/firefighter roles; council pressed for clarity on vacancy trends and hiring progress.
Douglas, a city staff member, told the council the city has an HR manager who has accepted the position and is expected to start around the 21st. "We have had 2 others accept to ultimately not show up... So we're keeping our fingers crossed," Douglas said while updating hiring status for police, paramedic and public works positions.
Council members questioned whether recent vacancy spikes were unusual and whether some vacancies represented newly budgeted positions; staff confirmed two of the five police openings are newly budgeted positions effective July 1 and that offers are pending for other roles. The exchange focused on how vacancies affect inspection workloads and service levels and asked staff to continue reporting hiring progress in the dashboard.
