Excessive Staff Turnover

Written By D M

Staff departures began in 2019 and is continuing today. We have had about a 25% vacancy rate for five years. This is a recording of residents speaking in December of 2019 about the departures: Begin at minute 43

As Council members we need to work collaboratively together and consider new ideas to get out of this cycle.

My solutions include:

  • polling employees to understand concerns

  • requesting an analysis of HR staff and their recommendations

  • requiring a market salary analysis before negotiating with each employee group to understand how current compensation compares to the market (this practice was discontinued 4 years ago)

  • reviewing the 2014 Hining and the 2017 McCary Studies of the police dept both of which acknowledged retention issues and consider these recommendations (top cause: management turnover)

  • clarifying the distinct roles and authority of staff vs. Council. Council establishes policy and the City Mgr implements the policy and manages staff, practices and procedures.

  • understanding police chief turnover has a bearing on stability and has been frequent, then seek a solution such as retention bonuses

POLICE CHIEFS

2011 - Dan Dreiling

2012-2013 - John Eberhard

2014 - Dave Hinig (interim)

2014-2016 - Jeff Kepley

2017 - Tony Best (acting)

2018-2020 - Mark Velez

2021-2022 - Tony Best

D M
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