Title
Staffing Reorganization and Enhancements
Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Authorize appropriations and budget adjustments for staffing reorganization and enhancements to ensure adequate levels of service delivery to the community.
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends City Council approve a Resolution authorizing the appropriation and budget adjustments in the amounts of
1. One-Time - General Fund Unassigned Reserves (GF): $2,070,062
2. One-Time - Non-GF: $1,610,127
3. On-going GF: $ 933,597
4. On-going Non-GF: $ 871,903
Total: $5,485,689
BACKGROUND
Analysis
The City Council recently established or renewed priorities that include complex projects in the areas of solving homelessness and housing shortages, increased accountability and safety within our community, investments in infrastructure, including significant improvements in City streets and facilities, implementation of a recently adopted climate action plan, COVID recovery, increased fiscal transparency and comprehensive community engagement and outreach.
The community's needs have arguably increased during the pandemic and over the course of a very long and slow fiscal recovery from the recession over a decade ago. Fortunately, due to the Council's prior and current economic development strategies, the cities diversification of industry, retail and small business allowed the City to fiscally weather the pandemic better than most communities such that the City is on its way to a positive recovery.
The attached staff presentation outlines the current organizational gaps and the first phase of solutions to fill those gaps. This first phase is the result of a comprehensive organizational review, acknowledging that phasing in additional enhancements in the near future should be further supported by on-going and future classification studies, recent department director departures and long-term fiscal forecas...
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