The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutEmployee Recruitment and Retention Efforts - Submitted by Co (2) 0NYiNg o 2000 Main Street, of Huntington Beach,CA yr 92648 �o=^ �--;Q City of Huntington Beach Denied 3-4 •` �,��F;••:. �`\�oQ/ (Van Der Mark, Strickland, °0U? McKeon, Burns - No) File #: 23-622 MEETING DATE: 7/18/2023 Subject: Submitted by Councilmember Bolton - Employee Recruitment and Retention Efforts Recommended Action: Request the City Manager and Human Resources Departments, with advice from the City Attorney's Office, to present the following information at the October 3, 2023 Study Session (or) Council Briefings/Memos: 1. An analysis of fiscal, legal, and operational impacts (both costs and benefits) of employee recruitment/retention benefits and other sign-on incentives; and 2. Recommended approach and options (if any) to achieving the goal, including the operational steps and timeline, staffing and fiscal resources, and community engagement required. Attachment(s): 1. Memo City of Huntington Beach Page 1 of 1 Printed on 7/13/2023 powers 43l/LegistarTM L,Ot u CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING — COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS REPORT TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: RHONDA M. BOLTON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DATE: JULY 18, 2023 SUBJECT: POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO ENHANCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ISSUE STATEMENT The public sector is currently going through a hiring crisis and unprecedented employee turnover. This is an issue affecting Huntington Beach and cities nationwide. According to NEOGOV's 2023 Report on the Top 5 Public Sector HR Trends, "recruiting over the last year has been challenging, with the public sector facing a record breaking hiring crisis. In 2022 compared to 2021, applications per job were down 56%." It is critical to our local public safety to ensure that we have a full complement of staff in our police'department. It is also ideal to have employees closer to the city rather than further away proximity means they are more readily available in cases of emergency, and facilitates their health/safety because they do not have long commutes to get to/from work. We should also be mindful of the cost of losing employees. According to the Society of Human Resources Management, each employee departure costs about one third of that person's annual pay. Recognizing the importance to the community of public safety, the City Council recently approved a compensation package for the Police Department designed make Huntington Beach competitive in attracting and retaining top-notch candidates. The City should also consider whether there are other means to attract and retain the most desirable candidates and make our city an employer of choice. This research should consider: • What benefits would be appealing to recruits and current employees, such as flexible schedules, wellness programs, or other fringe benefits; and • How to structure incentives/programs with no, or minimal, impact on City's general fund (such as grant funding); and • Determine the best way to incentivize without making the assistance taxable and/or PERS-able to the employee; and • Consider any implications of such a program on collective bargaining obligations; and • Identify metrics to judge success, such as measuring differences in employee turnover before and after program implementation. 342 RECOMMENDED ACTION Request the City Manager and Human Resources Departments, with advice from the City Attorney's Office, to present the following information at the October 3, 2023 Study Session (or) Council Briefings/Memos: 1. An analysis of fiscal, legal, and operational impacts(both costs and benefits) of employee recruitment/retention benefits and other sign-on incentives; and 2. Recommended approach and options (if any) to achieving the goal, including the operational steps and timeline,staffing and fiscal resources, and community engagement required. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL Fiscal Sustainability to. . 343 From: Fikes,Cathy To: Agenda Alerts Subject: AN: Recruitment/retention study Date: Friday,July 14,2023 1:58:23 PM From: pacj<pacj_03@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday,July 14, 2023 1:52 PM To: Estanislau, Robin <Robin.Estanislau@surfcity-hb.org>; CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) <city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Fw: Recruitment/retention study Forwarded Message From: pacj <pacj_03@yahoo.com> To: Rhonda Bolton <rhonda.bolton@surfcity-hb.or4> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 09:55:50 PM PDT Subject: Recruitment/retention study Council member Bolton: Your proposal talked about public safety. Are you limiting your proposed study to public safety employees? Police? Fire? Thank you. Pat Quintana SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: �"// 1,2 3 Agenda Item No.. "1/ (P23-0.2 21__ Moore, Tania From: Douglas Von Dollen <von.dollendouglas@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,July 18, 2023 11:09 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Support For Item No. 21 -- Employee Recruitment and Retention Thank you, Councilmember Bolton, for identifying a key issue that could affect the safety of Huntington Beach residents, and for proposing a common-sense solution designed to bring people together. I. Moore, Tania From: K Carroll <kcrissie7@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,July 18, 2023 11:20 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org Subject: City Council/Public Financing Authority Mtg.July 18, 2023 Dear Mayor Strictland, Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark, Pat Burns, Casey McKeon, First off,thank you so much for what you are doing! You are doing an amazing job listening to residents and improving the quality of life from what it has been previous to your election. My daughter and family moved away from HB because of the homeless issue and safety concerns for their kids. They just visited and commented on how it has improved and I have noticed it too. Drove down Main Street the other day and it was so refreshing, clean and I did not see one homeless person. Love that we can drive down also instead of blocking off the street. I also think it is safer not having a street open that creates crowds. The improvement of the homeless is out of bounds. The previous majority said it could not be done and one excuse after another. Thank you for giving the Police Department the tools to do their job instead of continuing to pour money into ineffective 'remedies'. Look at LA who are asking for billions of additional funding, i.e.,taxation. Thank you for allowing me to comment on a few agenda items for tonight: 23-585: No on appeal. Please keep our residential area's residential. This is an eye sore, health concerns and does lessen property value. e r 23-622: No. Let HR do their job. They should be spending their time recruiting and not tasked with ridiculous time consuming nonsense. From a previous HR Director,typically, I encourage people to make moves to enhance their careers and income. That is not a bad thing. If you can promote, if not let them move on to be a rock star instead of staying stagnant. It does cost to recruit and that cost should not be a factor in retention. 23-633: A huge YES on this. Thank you! Elan iwas and continues to be a disaster. Should have never been built, vacant stores on the bottom. Looks terrible. And the deal on taxes should have NOT been made by the council. That is a ballot item. Pipeline purchase for the homeless was another disaster by the previous council where they purchased in an industrial park where a homeless shelter accommodation necessary was never allowed by the regulations in the industrial park. Barbara Delglaize voted on this and her brother's real estate firm brokered the deal. That is criminal. Then the city had to turn around and sell for over 1 million dollar loss to the taxpayers. To add to this,Michael Gates never saw the contract. I don't believe that Barbara Delglaize did not know that it could not be used as a shelter with her being in Real Estate including PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. Michael Gates should review all contracts before purchase. I believe the council intentionally kept this from Michael Gates. No comments on all the other items. Know you will again hit home runs. Again,thank you to our fab four!! To the rest of you, we know you are undermining the City Council Majority and Huntington Beach Citizens who you never listened to. Keep it up. You will NEVER be re-elected. Your attempts on Michael Gates worked really well, didn't it? His fan base skyrocketed and will continue to do so as it will with the current majority. 1