FY 2018-19 and 2019-20 Adopted Operating and CIP Budget

land development engineering services to ensure we have the necessary resources to satisfy the expectations of the development community.

Beginning in FY 18-19, the following personnel items are being proposed to enhance services.

New Position: Traffic Officer (1 FTE) in the Police Department to address the issues of increased traffic in our community and the rising number of traffic collisions. Traffic has been identified as one of the top priorities from our community survey. Reclassify Existing Position: Reclassify Building Manager to Building Official; Economic Development Coordinator to Economic Development Manager; and Fire/Building Inspector to Supervising Building Inspector, as each of these positions’ responsibilities has evolved to a higher level to meet the needs of our community and customers. In June 2017, the City engaged in a limited classification and citywide compensation study with Koff & Associates. The limited classification study included ten classifications (11 incumbents) to determine if the duties and responsibilities of the incumbents fell within the framework of their current classification or if modifications needed to be made. As part of the compensation study, 12 comparator agencies were used to survey their benefits and compensation in comparison to the City. The study revealed that overall, the City’s total compensation was in alignment with our comparator agencies. The City will continue to evaluate those positions which were greater than 5% above the median of our comparator agencies, or less than 5% below the median of our comparator agencies. In the next few months, the City will continue to work with the consultant and the City’s bargaining groups to implement any changes. During the last recession, balancing the General Fund was accomplished by strategically reducing expenditures, establishing more efficient operating models, and working closely with employees to contain compensation costs. The City reduced approximately 34 positions or over 17% of its workforce during the recession. While the City has added positions back in recent years as the economy has improved, the City continues to operate with fewer staff than the pre-Great Recession level. The City’s current workforce continues to remain at a level of approximately 8 positions, or 4%, fewer than the pre-Great Recession level. During this same time, the number of residents has increased by approximately 19% from 37,107 in 2008 to 44,145 in 2017. The City organization has found methods to improve efficiencies and to do more with less staff, but this has continued to place pressure on the organization. As a result, the City will continue to focus on adding resources where they are most needed, and to the extent the budget will allow.

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