* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING ORDER AT NINE 10. THIS IS THE SO SERVICE COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING. JANUARY 17TH, 2020. IS THIS SPECIAL MEETING? YES. YES. NOW? YES. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. YES. PRESIDENT FROST HOLLINS. HERE, VICE PRESIDENT GORDON PETERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER GARA IS ASKED TODAY. COMMISSIONER LOVE. HERE. COMMISSIONER OONA HERE. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HAVE CIVIL SERVICES. UM, JULIUS MAY LEAD US IN THE FLAG ALL. PLEASE STAND YOU, UH, READY TO BEGIN. I'D LIKE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR NATION UNDER INVIS, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PROBLEM. COMMENT. UH, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AND AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS? SEEING NONE, THAT WILL MOVE US INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COMMISSIONERS, ANY REQUESTS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, CAN WE GET A MOTION? SECOND, DO COMMISSIONER, UNA AND THE COMMISSIONER LOVE ALL FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION? SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD, 2024, AND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SPECIAL PLANNING MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH, 2024. SECOND. SECOND. BY ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? A. ANY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? THIS MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US INTO ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE BULLETIN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ONE THROUGH THREE. YES, I ISHA MOSES WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION JOINT MORNING. THE EXAMINATION FOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GRADE ONE THROUGH THREE WAS LAST ADMINISTERED AS AN OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY IN OCTOBER, 2020. AT THAT TIME, 115 CANDIDATES APPLIED AND 30 QUALIFIED FIVE SELECTIONS WERE MADE FROM THE ELIGIBLE LIST, WHICH IS SET TO, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE NEXT MONTH ON FEBRUARY 24TH. THIS CLASSIFICATION EXISTS IN THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS, AIRPORT, HARBOR, LONG BEACH, UTILITIES, PARKS, AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NINE VACANCIES ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BULLETIN ARE THE SALARIES AND FILING DATE WERE UPDATED. VACANCY INFORMATION WAS UPDATED. EQUITY AND INCLUSION LANGUAGE WAS ADDED. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE EXAMINATION WEIGHTS REMAIN THE SAME WITH THE PERFORMANCE EXAM WEIGHTED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT. STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS AN APPLICATION FILING PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS FROM JANUARY 19TH, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 2ND, 2024. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. FORTUNATELY THE CLERK'S OFFICE ISN'T HERE TO YELL AT ME. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MOVE SOON. NEXT. SECOND. SECOND BY COURT. SECOND. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ASHA? YES. WHEN ARE THOSE NINE? VACANCIES ARE NINE. VACANCIES ARE SEVEN. WE HAVE WITH PUBLIC WORKS, TWO WITH PARKS AND REC. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALSO AN AYE THIS QUESTION CARRIES THAT, THOSE THAT TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT RESIGNED EMPLOYEE. UH, ABRAM OSA, UH, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. MAY HAVE A MOTION BY GORDON PETERSON. A SECOND. SECOND VICE. OKAY. DARNELL RUSSELL HAS STEPPED IN TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM CHRISTINA JASON, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES HARBOR DEPARTMENT, REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL TO REAPPOINT RESIGNED EMPLOYEE ABRA ZA [00:05:01] TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 45 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. FACTS FOR CONSIDERATION. MR. ZA WAS FIRST HIRED BY THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON AUGUST 15TH, 2022, AND ATTAINED PERMANENT STATUS IN THE CLASSIFICATION ON MARCH 2ND, 2023. ON JULY 5TH, 2023, HE RESIGNED FROM HIS CLASSIFIED POSITION IN GOOD STANDING ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2023. MR. LAGOA EMAILS, MIGUEL HERNANDEZ, DEPUTY CHIEF HARBOR ENGINEER, REQUESTING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REINSTATEMENT AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WITH THE HARVARD DEPARTMENT'S ENGINEERING DESIGN DIVISION. THE HARVARD DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO USE REQUISITION HD 23 DASH 0 5 8 FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. ZA APPROVED RECORDS. REQUISITION HD 23 DASH 0 5 8 IS ON FILE WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS RECEIVED ON AUGUST 21ST, 2023. THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT HAS INFORMED, HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS REQUEST IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. A DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE, IS PRESENT TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION THAT REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT HIRE DATE AND THE RESIGNATION DATE AGAIN PLEASE? THE HIRE DATE WAS AUGUST 15TH, 2022 AND THE RE RESIGNATION DATE WAS JULY 5TH, 2023. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? SAME. NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY? THIS MOTION CARRIES. ITEM A RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND NON-CAREER HOURS FOR MARIA GALLO. UH, CLERK T THIS THREE NON-CAREER. MAY I GET A MOTION? PETERSON AND AS, AS A SECOND. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT DON, I WAS GONNA SAY DON WILL BE HERE FOR THE REST OF THE STAFF. REMEMBER, IT'S A MARATHON. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE. OKAY. CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM SANDRA KENNEDY, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE NON-CAREER HOURS FOR MARIA GAO, WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A CLERK, NON-CAREER WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND RE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 49 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE POLICY SECTION 2.32 FACTS FOR CONSIDERATION. MARIA GALLO WAS HIRED AS A NON A CLERK TYPIST, NON-CAREER IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON APRIL 11TH, 2023 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE FRONT DESK AND CALL CENTER OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO THE CITYWIDE PROCLAMATION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR STAFF EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING INQUIRIES, ASSISTING VISITORS MANAGING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, DISSEMINATING PROGRAM RELATED INFORMATION, AND OFFERING GUIDANCE ON NAVIGATING INTERNAL SYSTEMS. THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING A 40 HOUR WEEK. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTED HOURS. THE EXTENSION IS CRUCIAL TO MAINTAINING THE ONGOING OPERATIONS AND ENSURES THE SUCCESS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BUREAU'S PROGRAMS. IT WILL ALSO ENABLE THE BUREAU TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITYWIDE PROCLAMATION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS REQUEST IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENT TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. QUESTIONS? I, YES. COMMISSIONER. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS FOR ME, BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE FROM THE SAME DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM. NOT CAREERS. WHY ARE THOSE BEING YOUR CAREERS TOGETHER? IF IT'S SUCH A VITAL, UH, POSITION, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS? ARE THEY HIRING SOMEBODY PERMANENTLY? ARE THEY GONNA KEEP THAT NON CAREER OR WHAT? I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING FROM THE DEPARTMENT. YEAH. YEAH. SO THE PLAN IS TO, THESE POSITIONS ARE LATERAL TO OUR HOUSING AID CLASSIFICATION. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITING FROM THAT BULLETIN. BUT WE NEED THE EXTENSIONS TO EXTEND THE DURATION OF THESE SPECIFIC [00:10:01] EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY. THEY WERE ALL HIRED ON DURING THE PROCLAMATION TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE EMERGENCY AT THE TIME. YOU SAID WHAT KIND OF AID? HOUSING AIDE. HOUSING AID. AND WHEN ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THE TEST OR EXAMINATION? WE HAVE A BULLETIN. SO WE ARE, UH, PENDING APPROVALS FOR VACANCIES SO THAT WE CAN RECRUIT FROM THE BULLETIN. AND ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES IS WITH THIS ON THE LIST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? NOT APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THIS MOTION CARRIES. MOVES US INTO ITEM NINE, RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND NON-CAREER HOURS WITH NICOLE FLORES, UH, CLERK . THREE NON-CAREER. ANY MOTION? SO MOVE BY COURT PETERSON. A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LOVE. GO AHEAD. YES, THANK YOU. CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM SANDRA KENNEDY, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE NON-CORE HOURS FOR NICOLE FLORES, WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. TYPIST NON-CAREER WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 49 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE POLICY SECTION 2.32. NICOLE FLORES WAS HIRED AS A CLERK TYPIST NON-CORE IN THE HUMAN IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON MARCH 27TH, 2023. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE FRONT DESK AND CALL CENTER FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO THE CITYWIDE PROCLAMATION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR STAFF EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING INQUIRIES, ASSISTING VISITORS, MANAGING ADMIN TASK, DISSEMINATING PROGRAM RELATED INFORMATION, AND OFFERING GUIDANCE ON NAVIGATING INTERNAL SYSTEMS. THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING A 40 HOUR PER WEEK SCHEDULE. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS REQUESTING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTED HOURS. THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS REQUEST IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON. RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE FAVOR, PLEASE SAY A AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY MOTION? CARRIEDS ITEM 10, RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND NON CAREER HOURS. FORLAND GARCIA THREE NON MAY I HAVE A MOTION? VOTE BY GO PETERSON. SECOND. SO SECOND THAT YOU'RE READY. OKAY. CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM SANDRA KENNEDY, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE NON-CAREER HOURS FOR YOLANDA GARCIA, WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. TYPIST THREE NON-CAREER WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. STAFF. STAFF HAS RECEIVED THE REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 49 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE POLICY SECTION 2.32. YOLANDA GARCIA WAS HIRED AS A CLERK TYPIST NON-CAREER IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON APRIL 3RD, 2023 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSING CHO CHOICE VOUCHER SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM. IN RESPONSE TO THE CITYWIDE PROCLAMATION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. DUE TO THE ESCALATING NEED OF THE HOUSING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR STAFF EXPERIENCE IN VERIFYING APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY, PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS HOUSING NEEDS. THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING A 40 HOUR PER WEEK SCHEDULE. THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS REQUESTING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTED HOURS. THE EXTENSION IS CRUCIAL TO MAINTAINING THE ONGOING OPERATIONS THAT ENSURES THE SUCCESS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BUREAUS PROGRAMS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS REQUEST IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? SAME. NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? THIS MOTION CARRIES. MOVES TO ITEM 11 RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND NON-CAREER HOURS FOR DIANA ROMERO ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN. A CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM SANDRA KENNEDY, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE [00:15:01] COMMISSION APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE NON-CAREER HOURS FOR DIANA ROMERO, WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, NON-CAREER IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 49 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE POLICY SECTION 2.2, SECTION 2.32. DIANA ROMERO WAS HIRED AS AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, NON KOREA IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ADMIN BUREAU FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION ON APRIL 24TH, 2023 TO ASSIST WITH THE INVOICING FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU DURING THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY. BECAUSE THE ACCOUNTING TEAM HAS BEEN SHORT STAFFED, MS. ROMERO HAS BEEN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING ALL INVOICES FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY HEALTH BUREAU. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTED HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED AND THEY'RE HERE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION SAY SOMETHING FOR YOU? WHAT IS THAT? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IS SHE, SHE, YEAH. THE ONLY TECHNICIAN YOU HAVE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? UH, NO. THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE ACCOUNTING STAFF IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO SHE IS NOT VITAL. SHE'S NOT WHAT? VITAL TO THE OPERATION SOMEONE ELSE COULD DO WHAT SHE'S DOING? OH. UM, WELL SHE'S DEFINITELY VITAL BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN DOING, UM, ESSENTIALLY BEEN THE ONLY PERSON PROCESSING INVOICES FOR THE BUREAU. SO, I MEAN, WE WE'RE A BIG DEPARTMENT, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD THEORETICALLY MOVE AROUND STAFF, BUT, UH, THIS PERSON HAS BEEN KIND OF VITAL FOR PROCESSING INVOICES FOR HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU. AND MY NEXT QUESTION, WHEN, WHEN IS THE TEST FOR THE TECHNICIANS? UH, UM, WELL, OR IS THERE A CURRENT LIST? I BELIEVE THERE IS. THERE'S A CURRENT LIST IS GONNA EXPIRE SOON. SO NOBODY ON THAT LIST QUALIFIED OR WAS DESIRABLE TO YOUR DEPARTMENT? UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE KIND OF HOPING THAT THESE NON-CAREER WILL GET ON THIS NEW LIST WHEN THE NEXT EXAM, UH, COMES AROUND. WHAT ABOUT THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE? THE LIST RIGHT NOW? YES. UM, WE HAVE NOT HIRED RECENTLY FROM THE, UH, NEW ACCOUNTING LIST ACCOUNT. SORRY, COMMISSIONER. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THAT LIST? I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 27 ACTIVE PEOPLE ON THE LIST. CANDIDATES ON THE LIST. ABOUT 27. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR ME, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S NOT IT FOR ME. SO YOU SAID THERE ARE 27 PEOPLE ON ELIGIBILITY LIST YET WE KEEP EXTENDING CAREER HOURS INSTEAD OF HIRING ON THE ELIGIBILITY LIST. AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GONNA A NEW LIST. WHY HAVEN'T WE EXHAUSTED THE 27 CANDIDATES THAT ARE ON CAMPUS? THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED THE DEPARTMENT UTILIZE THE LIST. THERE ARE 27 ACTIVE CANDIDATES ON THAT LIST THAT THEY CAN, UM, REQUEST, UM, BRING IN FOR INTERVIEWS. THAT, MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS, YOU HAVE 27 PEOPLE ON THE LIST. YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO'S OUT, YOU'RE EXTENDING. OKAY. WHY HAVEN'T WE HIRED ON THE LIST? THAT'S MY QUESTION. OKAY. I 27. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER. I RECOGNIZE THAT I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO TAKE YOU OFF THE HOT SEAT. . THANK YOU. I KNOW EXACTLY. OKAY, THANKS. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'LL, I'LL DO MY BEST TO RESPOND. I'M FROM, I APPRECIATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT WE, WE CURRENT NON-CAREER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW HAS KIND OF BEEN TRAINED SINCE, I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL WHEN SHE WAS HIRED. SO WE DO KIND OF HAVE A SKILLED EMPLOYEE IN THIS POSITION NOW. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THIS PERSON ON SO THAT THEY CAN KIND OF KEEP OPERATIONS RUNNING. AND WE ARE, UM, NOT TYPICALLY REQUESTING THESE KINDS OF EXTENSIONS. UM, THIS EMPLOYEE IS KIND OF, UH, WE ARE NOT HOLDING BACK THIS PERSON'S HOURS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US RESPOND TO THE, UH, EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ON HEALTH THIS LIST. THAT WOULD, SO KIND OF YOU BUT THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. MM-HMM. , YOU HAVE 27 PEOPLE ON THIS LIST. WHY HAVEN'T WE GONE THROUGH THAT LIST AND EXHAUSTED AND WE RELEASE THAT LIST. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THERE AND YOU NEED TO INTERVIEW EVERYONE AND THAT ONE IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS JOB, THEN WE GO BACK TO THE, THE DRAWING BOARD. BUT YOU HAVE 27 PEOPLE ON THE LIST. OKAY. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I MEAN, THIS IS, WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO IRA AND TALK ABOUT THE PERSON THAT IS WORKING FOR YOU. NOW, IF THAT PERSON IS ON THE LIST AND YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, [00:20:01] I'M SURE THAT YOU COULD EVENTUALLY GET TO THE PERSON, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THAT THE PERSON IS NOT ON THE LIST. AND THEREFORE WE'RE INVALIDATE THE ELIGIBILITY LIST, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BE HIRED FROM THIS LIST. SO MY QUESTION, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE CAN COME BACK AND ANSWER AND EXPLAIN TO US WHY YOU ARE EXTENDING HOURS FOR A NON-CAREER WHEN YOU HAVE 27 ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES ON THE LIST. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I'M ASKING. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THAT I WANT ANSWER TO. AND I DON'T NEED TO GO AROUND THEM ALL VERY EVERYWHERE ELSE. YOU HAVE 27 ACTIVE CANDIDATES. IF YOU GUYS DON'T WANT THEM, THEN WORK WITH THIS DEPARTMENT AND LET'S YOU MOVE ALONG. BUT COMING BACK TO US EXTENDING HOURS ON A NON-CAREER AND YOU HAVE 27 VIABLE CANDIDATES, THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR US AND WE'RE NOT GONNA KEEP DOING IT. OKAY. SO LET'S GO TO THE ELIGIBILITY LIST. LET'S WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND LET'S PUT THIS THING TO BED. EITHER WE'RE GONNA HIRE FROM THIS LIST OR WE'RE NOT. WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IS WE'RE NOT GONNA KEEP DRAGGING THIS LIST AROUND WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST THINKING WE'RE GONNA GET HIRED AND YOU HAVE A NON-CAREER SITTING THERE THAT YOU REALLY WANT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SIR. AND I'M LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. YEAH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. YEAH, COMMISSIONER, UH, THIS, THIS COMMISSION IS, IS, IS IS PRETTY EASY TO WORK WITH. UM, WE KIND OF JUST MOVE THINGS ALONG FOR DEPARTMENTS AS Y'ALL REQUESTED. UM, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. IF WE AS COMMISSIONERS FEEL THAT, UM, THE BEST THING IS NOT TO EXTEND CAREER HOURS FOR ALL THESE NON-CAREER, UM, FOLKS, INSTEAD OF GOING TO OUR ELIGIBLE LIST EVERY TIME. IF WE'RE MAKING IT EASY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO DO THAT, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO START MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND USE OUR, OUR NO VOTE A LITTLE MORE, UM, IN THIS SPACE. SO THAT'S NOT PERSONALLY FOR YOU, THAT'S FOR ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT ARE UM, CONTINUING TO NOT LOOK AT FOLKS ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. 'CAUSE IT DOES SEEM, UM, PRETTY ODD AND INEFFICIENT AND UNFAIR TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEM COME AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, GET ON A LIST AND WE'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THEM. THAT'S THE TRUTH. SO THAT'S THE TRUTH THAT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T SAY. UM, HOPEFULLY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD CAN COME AND TELL US THAT AT SOME POINT THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THESE ELIGIBLE LISTS. IT'S NOT ON THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS MUCH AS SOME PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPINION MIGHT THINK THAT THERE ARE ELIGIBLE LISTS. THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT 'EM OUT AND DEPARTMENTS ARE REFUSING TO LOOK AT THEM. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER OSU. UM, ANYTHING FURTHER? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHAT WAS OUR MOST RECENT EXAM WITHIN THIS, UH, ELIGIBLE LIST? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD IT PEOPLE TO THIS ELIGIBLE LIST FOR COUNTING TECHNICIAN? I'M NOT SURE, UM, WHOSE EXAM THAT WAS, BUT I THINK I SEE SOMEONE MIGHT OH YEAH. OH YEAH. WELL, ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY LIST, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH OF 2022. OKAY. SO THAT IS AN H TO LIST. THAT'S PROBABLY A CONVERSATION TO HAVE A, I MEAN WITH THOSE THOUGHT EXEMPT DEPARTMENTS FROM LOOKING AT THAT LIST, BUT IT'S AN H LIST. SO IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING TO GO BACK AND DISCUSS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. WHETHER OR NOT DO YOU SEE THE EXPLANATION? THE ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, UH, 11, 15, 23 EXPIRED? PROBABLY IT WAS EXTENDED. IT'S IT WAS EXTENDED. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE, THERE ARE VIABLE CANDIDATES ON THERE. THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WILL AGE OUT. MM-HMM. OF AN ELIG ELIGIBILITY LIST. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AN IT LIST. MM-HMM. THAT'S AGED LIKE THAT WILL AGE OUT. 'CAUSE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES. MM-HMM. A ACCOUNTING DOESN'T CHANGE. RIGHT. OKAY. SO I'M PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. YEAH. THE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. THE ONLY THING WE'RE CHANGING, ACCOUNTING DOESN'T CHANGE. RIGHT. SO ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS THAT'S SITTING ON HERE MM-HMM. THAT WAS QUALIFIED TWO YEARS AGO IS STILL QUALIFIED. RIGHT? OKAY. SO I WANT TO JUST GET THAT ON THE RECORD. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER HAS SAID AND I [00:25:01] SUPPORT IT AND I HEAR WHAT OUR PRESIDENT'S SAYING. HE'S THROWING IT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE THIS LIST NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. AND, AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT FOR THE RIGHT TO THE POINT, THIS IS NOT A 19 POSITION, AN ACCOUNTING POSITION. AND I UNDERSTAND POSITION, WHAT IS REQUIRED. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE HERE. OKAY? AND WHAT COMMISSIONER ASUNA IS SAYING IS, IS, IS EXACTLY HOW WE FEEL. WE HAVE THESE ELIGIBILITY LISTS THAT SIT HERE AND THEY DANGLE IN THE WIND AND EVERYBODY IS RUNNING THEIR OWN FIGHT AND WE'RE DONE. SO WE WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE. SO GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE DONE. 'CAUSE WE'RE HELD TO COUNT THESE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE, AT THIS GUY IS THIS PRESIDENT HERE, HE'S HELD TO COUNT FOR THIS. AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB AND CIVIL SERVICES DOING THEIR JOB AND WE'RE DOING OUR JOB AND WE EXPECT THE DEPARTMENTS TO DO THEIRS. YOU DON'T WANT THESE LISTS. YOU GET A HOLD OF OUR DIRECTOR AND TELL HER THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LIST AND LET'S GET THIS FIXED. BUT LET'S STOP PLAYING THESE GAMES. I'M DONE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER . YES, SIR. YES. UM, ALRIGHT. UM, ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND I'M ALSO AN AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. UH, SO THAT IS FOUR AYES. ANY NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THIS TOUGH CONVERSATION. UM, ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM 12, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET, YEAR END CLOSING PRESENTATION. MAY I HAVE A MOTION IF I TO COMMISSIONER LOVE AND THEN SECOND . ALRIGHT, WELCOME. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE. I'M GONNA TRY TO SPEAK REAL LOUD SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ALL MY WONDERFUL NOTES HERE. UM, THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA START BY THANKING, UM, ROBERT WILLIAMS FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. HE ALSO HELPED WITH ALL THE RESEARCH. AS YOU KNOW, HE'S FAIRLY NEW TO OUR UNIT, SO I WAS SO IMPRESSED ON HOW HE QUICKLY, UH, PUT THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND THEN ANY KIND OF RESEARCH, UH, QUESTION THAT I SENT HIS WAY, HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE ANSWER FOR US. UM, SO I'M GONNA START WITH THE PRESENTATION, GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE CLOSE FISCAL YEAR 2023. I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU HOLD ALL YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK TO ANY OF THESE SLIDES AND THEN I WILL TRY MY BEST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. AND EVEN IF I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, I CAN, I HAVE ROBERT HERE, HE'S GONNA MAKE A NOTE OF THE QUESTION, AND THEN I'M GONNA BRING THE ANSWER BACK TO YOU AT, AT ONE OF MY UPDATES. SO, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT HEY, THERE IS TIMES THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. OKAY? UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA START BY TELLING YOU WE ARE GONNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WERE BUDGETED AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT. AND THEN WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR COMPARISON. WHY A FIVE YEAR COMPARISON? BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UH, FOR CIVIL SERVICE, IT REALLY DID CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE SPENT IN 2019, WHICH WAS THE YEAR PRIOR TO COVID. AND THEN I WANT YOU TO SEE, UH, FOR COVID 2020, WE WERE FULLY ACTIVE HALF OF THE YEAR. AND THEN THE LATER PART OF THE YEAR IS WHEN CITY HALL SHUT DOWN. AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN 2021, HOW WE'RE COMING BACK INTO BUSINESS. BUT THE IMPACTS YOU, YOU'RE REALLY GONNA SEE THEM IN 2022 AND 2023. SO AGAIN, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END. UM, LET'S, SO THIS SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU A TOTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. UM, OUR BUDGET YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND IT ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. UM, THE CIVIL SERVICE, TOTAL BUDGET, AS YOU SEE IT IS THE FULL, UM, THE FIR FULL CIRCLE. IT WAS 3,949,683. THE LIGHTER PART, OR I SHOULD SAY THE DARKER PART, 93 7, UH, 93%, [00:30:01] UH, CAME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND 7% CAME, UH, OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUNDS. UH, THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND IS ANY, UH, EXPENSES FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENTS. I CLEARLY WANNA, UH, STATE THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR DISCIPLINE HEARINGS. UH, THESE ARE DISABILITY RETIREMENTS. UH, WE DO, UH, HAVE A VENDOR WITH THE STATE, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE, UH, HEARING OFFICER TO HEAR THESE, UH, HEARINGS. SO THAT IS 7% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. NEXT X. OKAY, SO HERE I GAVE YOU THE TOTAL BUDGET, BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS. COMP COMPRISED OF PERSONNEL COST. SO THE DARKER BLUE, YOU SEE, 77% OF THAT, THAT IS OUR PERSONNEL COST. THAT INCLUDES OUR SALARIES OR WAGES AND OUR BENEFITS. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE OTHER LIGHTER BLUE 15% IS, IS OUR MATERIAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE USE BUDGET IN THAT AREA IS FOR ADVERTISING, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUSINESS MEALS, OTHER CONTRACTUAL SER UH, CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES. UM, SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES ARE FOR, UH, FOR LIKE THE EXAMINATIONS, THE, THE PLATFORMS, THE VENDORS THAT WE USE. AND THEN WE ALSO, THAT IS ALSO COMPROMISE OF THE STAFFING TRAINING AND ANY MEMBERSHIPS. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER SMALL LINE ITEMS THAT WE CAN COVER ON A DIFFERENT SLIDE. AND THEN THE BALANCE IS THE INTERFUND, UM, SERVICES. SO THOSE ARE QUARTERLY EXPENSES THAT WE ARE CHARGED. UM, THEY ARE INTERDEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES, UM, SUCH AS FOR STAFF PARKING, ANY TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT COMES OUT OF THE INTER FUND. AND THEN ANY WEB SERVICES OR DATA NETWORK OR ANY TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT, UH, COMES FROM THAT AREA. AND THEN ALSO OUR BIGGEST SYSTEMS THAT ARE CITYWIDE, UM, IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. SO WE ARE CHARGED THIS, A PORTION OF THAT. AND SO IS EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT. AND THEN ALSO ANY CITY LIABILITY INSURANCE COMES OUT OF THAT. AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE, UM, THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT GETS CHARGED. OKAY, NEXT. SO ON THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A COMPARISON OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED AND WHAT WE SPENT, UM, FOR EACH ONE. SO FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE TOTAL BUDGET, RIGHT? SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS MENTIONED WAS 3,949,683. AND WE SPENT OUT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, UH, 3,704,428. SO WE CLOSED THE FISCAL YEAR AT 94%. NEXT. SO IN THIS SLIDE, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE WHAT WE WERE BUDGETED FOR PERSONNEL COST. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR YOUR SALARY, WAGES, AND BENEFITS. UH, WE WERE BUDGETED AT 3,000,050 7,000 104, AND WE SPENT 3 MILLION 108, UM, THOUSAND 312. WE DID CLOSE THE YEAR AT 102%. UM, WHEN RESEARCHING, WHY DID WE CLOSE AT 102%? UM, WE STARTED LOOKING AT, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE SEEN COMMISSIONERS, YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE HAD A HIGH TURNOVER OF STAFF. BUT WHAT WE SAW IS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY HIRING REALLY QUICK. SO THEREFORE IT'S LEAVING A, A SMALLER WINDOW OF ANY VACANCY FACTOR IN THIS AREA. AND THEN ALSO EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT GETS, UH, CHARGED A VA VACANCY FACTOR. IT'S, IT MEANS THAT IF ANY DEPARTMENT HAD ANY VACANCIES, SALARIES, THEY WILL CHARGE 'EM A SMALL PERCENTAGE. OURS IS VERY SMALL, BUT IF YOU ARE FULLY STAFFED, THEN THE AMOUNT IS STILL TAKEN. SO THAT'S WHY IT PUTS IT A HUNDRED, 102%. NEXT, SO THE MAINTENANCE AND MATERIALS OPERATIONS, UH, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE WE SPEND, UH, FOR ANY ADVERTISING, ANY OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AREA, WE WERE BUDGETED AT 101, UH, 101, UH, 601,505. [00:35:01] AND WE SPENT CLOSE TO 300,000. BUT I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT CIVIL SERVICE WAS GRANTED AT ONE TIME, UH, FUNDS. AND THEY WERE GRANTED THAT ONE TIME FUNDS TO LOOK AT EFFICIENCY FOR, FOR HIRING AND THE TIME TO HIRE. AND THAT WAS AT 200,000 THAT WE WERE GIVEN TO USE FOR THAT. SO THEREFORE, IF YOU SUBTRACT THE 200,000 FROM THIS AREA, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T USE IT, UH, WE WOULD'VE CLOSED IN THIS AREA AT 74%. NEXT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE INTER FUND SERVICES EXPENSES. UH, THIS IS, UM, ANY, UH, COSTS THAT ARE CHARGED FOR US ON A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, AS I MENTIONED, FOR STAFF PARKING TECHNOLOGY, THE WEB SERVICES WE CLOSED AT 103%. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AREA AS TO WHY DID WE CLOSE, UM, HIGHER THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY DO. SO ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED IS VALIDATIONS HIT THIS AREA. ALSO, IF WE UPGRADE A COMPUTER OR A LAPTOP, WE ARE CHARGED THE FIRST TIME THAT WE PURCHASED A LAPTOP. SO, FOR INSTANCE, UM, WE DID SEE THAT OUR, OUR TI OR COMPUTERS WERE A LITTLE OUTDATED. SO IF WE PURCHASED, WE ALSO HAD TWO NEW POSITIONS THAT WE DID HAVE TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT. SO THEREFORE YOU SEE THAT, UM, EXTRA COST HERE. NEXT. SO ON THIS SLIDE, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE COMPARISON FROM 2019, 2020, 21, 22, AND 23. SO LET'S TAKE IT FROM THE TOP. UH, LET'S LOOK AT THE PERSONNEL COST. THAT'S GONNA BE VERY CONSISTENT. AND IF YOU DID SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE, IT'S BECAUSE MAYBE POSSIBLY FOR THAT YEAR, WE WERE NOT FULLY STAFFED. OKAY? UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023, UH, IT'S THE HIGHEST YEAR. AND THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR, FOR SAVINGS IN THAT AREA. SO NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAINTENANCE MATERIALS AND OPERATIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, 2019 BE WAS BEFORE COVID. UH, COVID-19, WE SPENT CLOSE TO, UH, 370 THOU 76,000. AND THEN YOU MOVE ON TO FISCAL YEAR 2020. AND THAT IS THE YEAR THAT WE CLOSE. WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET, WE CLOSE HALF OF THE YEAR. 'CAUSE WHEN WE CLOSED CITY HALL, IT WAS IN MARCH, 2020, AND THAT IS THE, THE 50% OF THE BUDGET. UM, SO YOU SAW AN IMPACT ON THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE WHEN WE CLOSE FOR BUSINESS, THERE'S NO MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS. UM, THERE IS NO MORE IN-PERSON EXAMS. UH, SO THEREFORE THERE'S NOT DIFFERENT CHARGES FOR THAT. IT REALLY STALLED WHAT WE DID. UM, BUT YOU DID SEE SOME OF THE, THE EXPENSES THAT YOU NORMALLY SAW BECAUSE WE STILL HAD TO FIND A WAY TO, UM, DO THE EXAMINATIONS ONLINE. SO IT'S THE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE ALREADY HAD IN PLACE AND THAT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO 2021, YOU SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT BACK INTO BUSINESS. UH, SO IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UH, CRYSTAL SLATON WAS REASSIGNED AND MAYBE THE RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH WAS IN FULL EFFECT. UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS WERE, UM, MORE ONLINE AND NOT NECESSARILY IN-PERSON, UH, EVENTS. AND YOU SEE THAT IN THE NUMBERS. AND THEN YOU GO TO 2022 AND YOU SEE THAT WE'RE BACK TO BUSINESS WHERE HAVE NEW VENDORS THAT WE HAVE NEW PLATFORMS DOING ONLINE EXAMS, AND THEN IT IT GOES INTO 2023. SO YOU SEE HOW WE'RE CLOSER TO, UH, WHERE WE WERE IN 2019. THERE'S STILL A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MATERIALS AND THE MAIN AND MATERIALS OPERATIONS, THERE WERE A COUPLE, UM, VENDORS THAT WE DIDN'T USE IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UM, WE DID USE A VENDOR IN 2022 FOR POLICE LIEUTENANT, WHICH IS A SAFETY EXAM THAT WE DIDN'T USE IN 2023. BUT IF WE DO HAVE THAT EXAM FOR MAYBE IN 20, 24 OR 25, THEN THAT WILL PUT US BACK TO CLOSER TO WE WERE IN 2019. AND THEN THERA FUND IS [00:40:01] JUST THE, THE, THE REGULAR COSTS THAT WE'RE CHARGED. UM, AND THESE ARE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COSTS AND THEY'RE BASICALLY CHARGES BASED ON OR POSITION OR NUMBER POSITIONS. UH, NEXT AND IN THIS SLIDE IS THE SIMILAR SLIDE AS YOU SAW BEFORE. I JUST WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU ON A BAR SO THAT YOU CAN GRADUALLY SEE, UM, HOW IT'S GOING UP. BUT IT'S THE SAME SLIDE PRIOR TO WHAT YOU SAW NEXT. SO I WANTED TO CONCENTRATE IN ONE AREA. SO THE MATERIALS, UH, THE MAINTENANCE MATERIALS AND OPERATIONS. UH, WE MENTIONED, I HIGHLIGHTED A FEW. I SAID ADVERTISEMENT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I SAID, UM, UM, OTHER ONES THAT I MENTIONED, BUT THIS IS YOUR WHOLE LIST, OKAY? SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY SMALL ITEMS, LIKE, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. UM, THE SECURITY SERVICES, UM, IF WE ARE HIRING SOMEONE, THEY CHARGE US A LIFESCAN, THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD FALL. IF WE DID HIRE MAYBE A PLAQUE BECAUSE OUR COMMISSIONER LEFT AND WE WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD FALL. OR MAYBE A STAFF RETIRED AND WE WANNA GET THEM A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, PLAQUE FOR THEM AFTER THEIR RETIREMENT. THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL GO ON THE SERVICE. UH, AWARDS. WE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THEM. SOME OF THEM DO HAVE, UM, THEY, THEY'RE SMALL, SMALL AMOUNTS. BUT I HAVE A FULL LIST HERE. IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE NEXT. BUT I WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON THOSE AREAS, THE DRIVE OR NUMBERS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO CONCENTRATE, NOT NECESSARILY JUST WHAT DRIVE OR NUMBERS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR COMPARISON OF WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE. SO LET'S START, LET'S START FROM THE TOP. SO ADVERTISE ADVERTISING. AGAIN, THESE ARE RECRUIT FOR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE'RE RECRUITING FOR A POLICE RECRUIT, WE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE EXTRA EXPENSES IN ONE YEAR, DEPENDING IF WE ARE HAVING THAT EXAM OR IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE RECRUITING FOR A FIRE RECRUIT, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE EXTRA EXPENSES IN ONE YEAR THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE IN OTHER YEARS. AND THEN THESE, UH, FUNDS ARE ALSO USED TO ADVERTISE IN PLATFORMS. SOME OF THE PLATFORMS THAT WE USE CURRENTLY USE IS CAREER AND GOVERNMENTS, UM, LA CENTENNIAL POLICE CAREER FINDERS, AND WE HAVE OTHER ADVERTISING PLATFORMS DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE RECRUITING THAT PARTICULAR YEAR IS WHAT DRIVES OUR ADVERTISING, UH, SERVICES. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ONE. AND THAT IS OUR BIGGEST ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE NUMBERS. UM, THESE ARE EXPENSES FOR MAINLY TO ADMINISTER EXAMS SUCH AS TESTING PLATFORMS. UM, WE ALSO USE, UH, THIS AREA FOR ANY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. UM, AND THIS IS A CITYWIDE SYSTEM THAT IS BEING USED. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, YOUR NEO GOV. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE PAY THE VENDOR AND ITS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO USE THIS. AND THEN THE OTHER SECOND EXAMPLE THAT I CAN USE IS MODERN HIRE. UM, MODERN HIRE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS USED CITYWIDE. UM, WE DID MAKE A CHANGE ON MODERN HIRE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE HAD, UM, A DIFFERENT VENDOR. UH, WE'RE NO LONGER USING THAT SECONDARY VENDOR. WE WERE USING MODERN HIRE AND SPARK HIRE. I BELIEVE SPARK HIRE WE'RE YES, MODERN HIRE NOW. AND SO NOW IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE'RE ONLY USING MODERN HIRE. OKAY? UM, AND, AND ALSO I WANNA POINT OUT IN OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS ALSO WHEN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE BUDGETED COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN THERE'S A SMALLER PORTION FOR THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND. SO FOR INSTANCE, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, OUT OF THE 104, 134,000 A HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT, A HUNDRED AND THIRTY 2,512 WAS SPENT UNDER THE GENERAL FUND. AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES BENEFITS FUND, WE ONLY SPENT THIS YEAR, UM, 1,686. OKAY? AND THEN MOVING ON, I'M PUT TOGETHER YOUR TRAVEL, YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND YOUR TRAINING. UM, THESE ARE EXPENSES ARE USED FOR YOUR, MAINLY USED FOR YOUR CIVIL SERVICE STAFF. [00:45:01] THESE ARE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF, UH, BEST HR PRACTICES. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THAT WE USE FOR TRAVEL MEMBERSHIP AND TRAINING IS ATTENDING CONFERENCES. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE NEO GOV CONFERENCE, OUR, OR THE S-A-P-M-A HR CONFERENCE. THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE, THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE TRAINING. THE TRAVEL IS THE ONLY, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE TRAVEL TO IS NEOGA. UM, CHRISTINA DOES TRAVEL TO, UH, ONE OF HER CONFERENCES, BUT IT'S ONCE A YEAR. UM, AND THEN GOING TO BUSINESS MEALS. UM, SO WHAT DRIVES OUR BUSINESS MEALS IS, OR HEARINGS, UH, THOSE HEARINGS, THE DISCIPLINES THAT YOU HEARINGS THAT YOU SIT ON, UM, THAT'S WHAT DRIVES BUSINESS MEALS. ALSO ANY RATERS FOR IN-PERSON EXAMINATIONS. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUSINESS MEALS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE STARTED WITH 21,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 19, AND THEN IT WENT DOWN ALL THE WAY TO 4,954. AND THAT'S VERY CONSISTENT OF, UH, NO LONGER HAVING AN IN-PERSON EXAMS BECAUSE WE SHUT DOWN. UM, REMEMBER WE HAD NO HEARINGS UNTIL WE WERE ESTABLISHING THE VIRTUAL HEAR, UH, HEARINGS. AND THEN YOU ALSO SAW THE NUMBERS, UH, THAT AFFECTED FISCAL YEAR 20. AND THEN IT ALSO AFFECT AFFECTED FISCAL YEAR 21. AND THEN AS 20, UH, 22 IS WE FOUND WAYS OF HAVING, UM, HEARINGS VIRTUALLY. AND STILL THE IN-PERSON EXAMS, MAYBE WE FOUND A LOT OF WAYS OF DOING IT ONLINE, BUT THERE ARE SOME EXAMS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO IN PERSON. AND THEN YOU SEE FISCAL YEAR 2023, UM, THAT IT'S GOING BACK UP CLOSE TO, UH, WHERE WE WERE IN 2019. UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUSINESS MEALS CLOSELY HERE, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, WE DID HAVE IN-PERSON EXAMS FOR FIRE CAPTAIN, FIRE ENGINEER, GARAGE SERVICE ATTENDANT, SENIOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, AND TREE TRIMMER. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMS THAT DO HAVE A PERFORMANCE, UH, PART OF IT. AND THEREFORE IT HAD TO BE IN, IN PERSON. AND THEN ALSO TO CONSIDER THAT YOU GUYS ARE ARE BACK ON DOING DISCIPLINE HEARINGS. SO THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OR NUMBERS IN BUSINESS MEALS. AND THEN ALSO WE HAD TWO EVENTS, UH, THIS YEAR AT THE, IT WAS A JOB FAIR AT THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. AND THEN WE HAD A ONE DAY, UH, HIRE FOR REFUSE OPERATOR. WE WERE VERY SUPPORTED IN THIS AREA FOR THOSE TWO BIG EVENTS. UM, LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO THEN, NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGAIN. UH, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 42,000 AND FISCAL YEAR 2019, AND THEN GRADUALLY IT WENT TO 16,000. THAT THAT IS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WERE ONLY CLOSED WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET YEAR, HALF A YEAR. AND THEN YOU SAW THAT IT WENT DOWN ALL THE WAY TO 6,000. AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR, UM, 22 IT WENT UP TO 31. AND THEN YOU SEE HOW IN FISCAL YEAR 23, IT WENT UP EVEN FURTHER TO 84. SO WE TOOK A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN FISCAL YEAR 22. WHY DID IT DROVE THE NUMBERS CLOSE TO 50,000? UH, AGAIN, WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THIS AREA THAT WE TYPICALLY DIDN'T HAVE. LIKE, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. UH, LA PRIDE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEW EVENTS THAT WE SAW IN FISCAL YEAR 2223 THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T SEE IN THE OTHER YEARS. UM, WE ALSO JOINED A NEW VENDOR THAT IS CALLED LINCOLN LINKED IN. AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE SHARING THE COSTS WITH HUMAN RESOURCES NTI. SO YOU SEE THE NUMBERS GO UP IN THAT AREA TOO. UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND YOU OTHER, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE DIFFERENT EVENTS LIKE YOUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, UM, JOB FAIR, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO THE ONE DAY REFUSE OPERATOR HIRE. THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF NEW EVENTS THAT MAYBE WERE ADDED, UM, ADDED THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST. AGAIN, THIS IS' INCONSISTENT THAT NOW YOU HAVE A RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH. SO THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE PROMOTING JOBS, SO THEY'RE, YOU HAVE A FULL STAFF GOING AND ATTENDING THESE EVENTS AND YOU CLEARLY SEE IT ON, ON THE NUMBERS. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE 50,000, UM, JUMP NEXT. AND SO I ALSO WANTED [00:50:01] TO GIVE YOU, UH, WHAT WAS BUDGETED AND WHAT DID WE SPEND. AND, UH, FOR EACH ONE I WANTED A, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SLIDES THAT YOU SAW EXCEPT THAT YOU SAW THEM INDIVIDUALLY. UH, SO FOR PERSONNEL COSTS, WE DID, UH, CLOSE THE YEAR AT 102% FOR MATERIALS AND MAINTENANCE MATERIALS AND OPERATIONS. WE CLOSED AT 49 AND BE MINDFUL THAT IF WE SUBTRACT THAT 200,001 TIME, WE WOULD'VE CLOSED THIS AREA AT 74%. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INTER FUND EXPENSES, THOSE ARE 103. UM, AND THEN WE CLOSED, UH, THE FISCAL, THE FISCAL YEAR AND 94%. WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT, UM, IF WE WOULD'VE REMOVED THAT 201 TIME, WHERE WERE, WE WOULD'VE CLOSED THE YEAR AT 99%. SO WHAT THAT TOLD ROBERT AND I IS THAT WE HAD TO BE MONITORED THE BUDGET AND WE, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON VACANCY FACTOR BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU ARE ACTUALLY FILLING IN YOUR POSITIONS REALLY QUICK. UH, SO THAT MEANS MONITORING, UH, THE BUDGET ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO THAT WAY IN CASE WE ARE GOING UP THAT, UM, WE LET CHRISTINA KNOW. AND THEN AGAIN, REMEMBER IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. SO MAYBE SOME OF THESE AREAS WE WENT OVER, BUT IT'S HOW WE ARE DOING OVERALL. OKAY. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND ROBERT AND I ARE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN ANY OF THE ITEMS. WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK TO ANY OF THE SLIDES AND I CAN ANSWER ANY, ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO, SO I CAN SEE, OH, OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, I, I LISTENED, UH, TO SOMETHING YOU SAID, WHICH IT MADE PERFECT SENSE THAT THE CITY APPORTIONED CERTAIN EXPENSES TO DEPARTMENTS. CORRECT. THAT'S PORTION SEPTEMBER. SO WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, WHICH MAKES PERFECT SENSE, I WAS WONDERING, UM, HOW MUCH OF THE 134,000, HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS ? OH, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. UH, 46,000. 20 $20. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT REALLY, UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT COUNT AND OVERALL EXPENSES TO YOUR BUDGET, CORRECT? THAT REALLY IS NOT CONSIDERED A MATERIAL AMOUNT. HOWEVER, UM, I I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CORRECT. THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AND LEASE IT. DO YOU APPORTION ANY OF THOSE EXPENSES BACK TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS? N NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. NO, IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT NOW. I KNOW, CORRECT. IF, IF IT HAD BEEN TO OF THE HUNDRED 34,000, I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR YOU TO CHARGE BACK TO THEM. CORRECT. JUST LIKE THEY CHARGE BACK TO US. MM-HMM. . BUT 50,000 IS ACTUALLY, AND SINCE, AND SINCE THAT'S IN THE LINE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR MODERN HIRE IT'S 43,502. AND THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT IS USED CITYWIDE. SO THE CITYWIDE IT WOULD 45 AND THEN ADDING IN THE OTHER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 90,000, CORRECT. 89,000 MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CORRECT. OF COURSE. I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THE, THE OUTREACH THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY SPENT. UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS I TAKING A PARADE OUT AND I SAW TWO OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS VERY ENGAGED, UH, VERY, UH, GOD, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? OUT, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE TO, TO DRAW PEOPLE IN. CORRECT. UH, I THINK THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. CORRECT. AND I, I HOPE IT CONTINUES CORRECT. LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY WELL SPENT. CORRECT. UH, OTHER COMMUNITY, UH, EVENTS THAT WE ATTENDED IS THE GRAND PRIX, LB PRIDE, LA PRIDE, UH, THE CAMBODIAN FESTIVAL. WE WERE THERE FOR NATIONAL, UH, WE ALSO, THE NATIONAL COLLEGE RESOURCES, IT'S SOME JOB FAIRS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED. UM, WE'VE ALSO ATTENDED EXPOS, THE LONG CITY COLLEGE, CAL STATE LONG BEACH. UM, WE'VE ALSO ADVERTISED AND REACHED OUT THROUGH KJLH, UM, LET'S SEE, FIT EXPOS, UH, CERRITOS COLLEGE FAIRS, UH, TASTE OF SEOUL. UM, WE WERE THERE, PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL. UM, WE WERE IN MANY EVENTS THIS YEAR. UH, NEW EVENTS THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE. [00:55:01] UM, YOU SAW THEM IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. BUT WE DID ACTUALLY SEE ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN OTHER YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. I WOULD PLEASED. AND, AND LIKE I SAID, MONEY. WELL, THANK YOU. I AGREE. I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE YOU GUYS, AND I THINK TO START, BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IS THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU. BUT EVERY DAY, THIS IS SO TRUE. I, I LOOK UP AND I GO, I THINK THAT'S ALL SERVICE AND, AND HR TOO HAS BEEN OUT THERE AS WELL. CORRECT. WE WANNA GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR DOING THAT. THAT IS CRITICAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT REPORT, BY THE WAY. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE DETAIL. UM, YOU KNOW, I COME FROM, I STARTED IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WORKING WITH LEGISLATURE. SO I HAVE SORT OF THIS STATUTORY BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS WHEN YOU'RE GIVING MONEY, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAY, DIRECTIVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY . BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU LESS. WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU LESS. UM, AND, AND SO I AM, I MEAN I, I WILL SAY LIKE MY PERSONAL DEPARTMENT, I TRY TO BUDGET AROUND 95%. SO YOUR TOTAL BUDGET DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY, UM, PRETTY DEAD OFF OF WHERE I, I TRY TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, BUT I AM A LITTLE, JUST THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, 200 K IN GRANT FUNDING, WHICH REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE BUDGET AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING NOT COUNTED AGAINST OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. UM, AND THEN IF WE HAVE 49% REMAINING IN MAINTENANCE MATERIALS AND OPERATIONS OUT OF THAT ORIGINAL FUND, THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVEN'T QUITE FULFILLED THE MANDATE TO SPEND. RIGHT. UM, I, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ADVERTISING COMES OUT OF AND ADVERTISING IS INHERENTLY SCALABLE. MM-HMM. , ESPECIALLY NOW IN OUR DIGITAL SOCIAL MEDIA AGE. UM, ALSO OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I SEE TRANSIT AT A LOT OF OUR SAME EVENTS, BUT THEY'RE THERE AS SPONSORS WHERE WE'RE THERE AS PARTICIPANTS. SO THAT'S PROBABLY A WAY WE CAN UPGRADE OUR VISIBILITY. SOME MAYBE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF OUR CLIENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, WITHOUT INCREASING THE, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE NEED TO HAVE. MM-HMM. HAVE THOSE, UM, EVENTS. UM, SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME SCALABILITY OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVERTISING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO SORT OF MEET THAT MANDATE TO SPEND. WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. 200,000. YOU DO PLAN TO SPEND THAT? YES. WE CURRENTLY, WE ARE CURRENTLY USING IT RIGHT NOW. YEAH. AND WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS WONDERING WHY UM, YOU IN, NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO BECAUSE WE'RE ALL UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, BUT YOU COULD HAVE FOOTNOTED THAT, THAT THE 200,000 WAS GOING TO BE SPENT IN ANOTHER, UM, UH, THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN THAT GETS A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT BECAUSE IT'S HERE AND THEY UNDERSTAND, WE KNOW THAT THAT STUDY'S COMING. CORRECT. BUT, BUT I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT HOLLAND, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY, UM, HAVE TO TAKE THE HIT THE WAY THAT IT VISUALLY WORKS. RIGHT. BUT, BUT WE GET IT CORRECT. WE FULLY GET IT. OTHERS MAY NOT GET IT, BUT WE GET IT. CORRECT. UM, THEY EVENTUALLY GONNA, UH, TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO FISCAL YEAR 24 SO THAT WE CAN USE IT. WE DO ALREADY HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER IN PLACE. OKAY. AND WE ARE STARTING TO USE IT. SO, UH, DEFINITELY IT'S GONNA SHOW ON OUR NEXT YEAR. SO, SO NEXT YEAR IT WILL NOT SHOW THAT YOU'RE OVER BUDGET. CORRECT. 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO TRANSFER IT IN AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS. CORRECT. IT'S BEING TRANSFERRED TO NEXT YEAR, TO THIS YEAR. PERFECT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU AND WONDERFUL REPORT. AND I THINK I'M GONNA STAY HERE 'CAUSE I'M ONE OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT. I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST. I'LL FOLLOW UP ON DO THE LEFT. CONSIDER RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL, UM, I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP. UM, NOW ON THE BUDGET PIECE. SO ON THE 200,000, SO THAT WAS GIVEN TO US FOR INNOVATION, UM, UM, LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD DO THINGS. AND SO THE FIRST WE SPENT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO TRY NEW PROGRAMS AND THROUGH LINKEDIN SO THAT WE ARE IN A TRIAL, UM, PROCESS WITH THAT. AND THE RECRUITMENT OUTREACH TEAM HAS BEEN USING THAT. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE, UM, IS THE CONSULTANT THAT STARTS TODAY. SO WE WILL EXHAUST ALL THE FUNDS. UM, AND SO WE WERE JUST FORTUNATE THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED US TO UM, YES, CONTINUE TO ROLL THAT THOSE OVER BECAUSE THOSE WERE FUNDS. WE [01:00:01] DIDN'T HAVE TO TO DO THOSE, THOSE TRY THOSE TWO THINGS. ALRIGHT. THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. UH, THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE VOTE. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? EXCUSE ME. PRESIDENT CROSS HOLLAND. DID ANYBODY TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND PLEASE? YES. YES. UH, SO WE HAVE, COMMISSIONER LOVE'S MOTION HAS THIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO WONDER WHAT WE WOULD DO IF WE VOTED AGAINST TO RECEIVE A FILE , YOU KNOW, SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE FOUR EYES. SO THE EYES HAVE IT, THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS RECEIVED AND FILED. UH, SO RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM CIVIL SERVICE MANAGERS. MAY HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. LOVE A SECOND. I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OZUNA. ALL RIGHT. I WANT MORE TO GO. HI MARIA . SO YOU A BUDGET UPDATE FOR US. I KNOW. SO A A QUICK UPDATE ON STAFFING. UM, AS YOU KNOW, ISELA TRANSFERRED TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DIVISION AND I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT WE HIRE SOMEONE. UM, WE HAVE A TRANSFER EMPLOYEE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. UH, SHE'S CURRENTLY A CLASS CLERK, TYPIST UNCLASSIFIED. SHE IS ON OUR PPA ELIGIBLE LIST. SO WE WERE ABLE THANK YOU. WOW. WHAT A CONCEPT. WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT ELIGIBLE LIST AND SHE'S GONNA BE TRANSFERRING ON JANUARY 27TH. UH, SO IF YOU LOOK ON PAPER, ISELA LEFT US ON THE 16TH AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE CLOSE TO A LITTLE BIT OVER A MONTH ON BRINGING A NEW EMPLOYEE. AND THEN YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT, UH, LIZ, UH, RODRIGUEZ, UH, PROMOTION GOING TO THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. UH, WE DID PUT A REQUISITION IN PLACE FOR THAT, ALTHOUGH SHE'S OFFICIALLY HASN'T TRANSFERRED YET. THE MOMENT WE HEAR OF THE MOVE WE PUT IN THE, UH, THE REQUISITION, WE SEND OUT NOTICES TO ALL THE PERSONNEL ASSISTANT ELIGIBLE LIST. UH, IT IS DUE TO CLOSE THIS FRIDAY, SO HOPEFULLY CROSS OUR FINGERS. WE GET A LOT OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED AND THEN WE WILL, UM, WE DID A MODERN HIRE, WE INVITED THEM TO DO A MODERN HIRE. THEY WE'RE GOING TO SCREEN THEM. IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, WE'LL BRING THEM IN FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW IN PERSON. UH, SO OUR HOPES IS TO HAVE FILL THIS POSITION REAL QUICK AND THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THERE'S NO VACANCY, UH, FACTOR SAVINGS BECAUSE WE'RE QUICKLY TRYING TO FILL IN OUR POSITIONS, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED THE STAFF TO ASSIST. OKAY. UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UM, BECAUSE ROBERT, IT IS TRAINING, WE TEND TO, UM, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, WE TRY TO GIVE THEM THE WHOLE PICTURE. SO ROBERT, UM, IS KINDLY ENOUGH TRAINING AND THE FUNCTION OF INVOICES. SO WHILE WE LOSE LIZ, UH, SO THAT WAY HE CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS, HE'S GONNA TRAIN ON THAT COMPONENT AND HELP US TO PAY WITH THE INVOICES. UM, AND THEN I'M ALSO ASSISTING WITH THE CERTIFICATION SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE ANY, UH, LABS ON WE WE LOSING A BODY. 'CAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO TRAIN THAT NEW PERSONNEL. UH, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY IMPACTS IN OUR CERTIFICATION. I'VE TA TAKEN IT UPON TO CERTIFY AND THEN EVENTUALLY I WILL ALSO TEACH, UH, ROBERT TO DO THAT FUNCTION AGAIN. IT WILL NOT BE HIS, UH, HIS PART OF HIS DUTIES, IT'S JUST TO GIVE HIM AN IDEA TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURES OF WHAT WE DO IN ADMIN SUPPORT AND IT REALLY DOES HELP HIM WITH FUNCTIONS OF HIS ASSIGNED DUTIES. OKAY. I LOVE HEARING THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FIND THAT SOMETIMES AS EMPLOYERS WE DO NOT CULTIVATE OUR OWN GARDEN. AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE CROSS OUR ROADS AND STEALS IT, WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WHY DID THEY LEAVE? WELL BECAUSE YOU DID NOTHING FOR THEM. RIGHT. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT HIS POSITION IN OPENING IT UP AND LETTING HIM SEE, HE GETS A BROADER VIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES NEW EMPLOYEE AVAILABLE TO MOVE ON. CORRECT. YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRAINING YOUR PEOPLE TO LEAVE. I THINK I HEARD YOUR BOSS SAY THAT AND I I LOVE IT. IF YOU NOTICE. YES. I, I TOLD EVERYONE, UM, IF YOU WANNA PROMOTE, COME HERE, WE'LL TRAIN YOU TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP. SO THANK YOU. LEAVE, BUT PREFERABLY PROMOTE OF COURSE. YES. TRAINING FROM BOTH PROMOTION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH YOUR STAFF HAS. IF YOU KNOW JAMIE TRANSFERRED TO PD, GOT A PROMOTION, ELLA TRANSFERRED TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, [01:05:01] GOT A PROMOTION, LIZ IS NOW YOUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. SO DEFINITELY, UM, THIS, ALTHOUGH IT'S A STEPPING STONE, IT REALLY DOES TRAIN YOU TO THE NEXT STEP. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. YOU, THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. NOTHING. THANK YOU. COME OVER HERE. SO, UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MARIA. THAT WAS, SHOWS US AN EXCELLENT JOB. I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS. SHE IS A VERY STRONG GATEKEEPER, SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT EVER COMES UP WITH THE BUDGET, SHE'S THE FIRST ONE TO BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION. UM, AND SHE, UM, I ALWAYS LAUGH WHEN SHE SAYS, BUT IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, CHRISTINA. SO , WE TRY NOT TO, TO GET TOO CRAZY. UM, IT HAS BEEN SPEAKING OF CRAZY, IT'S BEEN A CRAZY WEEK. IT'S A BUSY SHORT WEEK, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT WERE OUT REPRESENTING, UM, AT THE PARADE. AND THEN THANK YOU TO STAFF WHO WAS AGAIN, STAFFING OUR TABLE AND, UM, DOING A GREAT JOB. FRIDAY WAS CRYSTAL'S, UM, LAST DAY, BUT STAFF WAS STILL OUT THERE. UM, I AM CURRENTLY MANAGING THE DIVISION WHILE SHE IS, WHILE WE'RE GOING TO BE RECRUITING FOR THE NEXT POSITION. UM, BUT THEY REALLY RUN THEMSELVES THERE. THEY'RE VERY ORGANIZED AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I SAID JUST KEEP ME INFORMED. AND SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, KIND OF STEP BACK INTO THAT ROLE A LITTLE BIT AND LIVE VICARIOUSLY WITH THEM, UM, THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT SINCE I ALSO CAME UP THROUGH THAT DIVISION. UM, SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE CONSULTANTS, WE WILL, WE HAVE IN THIS ROOM TODAY, WE HAVE A PROCESS MAPPING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE ON THE WALL WITH, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE RECRUITING PROCESS IN THE DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT'S TODAY FROM ONE TO FIVE. THE CONSULTANTS ROLL IN ABOUT NOON, UM, TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND SO THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY, UM, DO THE PROCESS MAPPING AND WALK THROUGH THE, THE HIRING PROCESS FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE ACTUAL ONBOARDING. SO WE ARE STILL AS ONLY A, UM, I, AS I LIKE TO REFER TO AS STEP TWO OF THE PROCESS. STEP ONE IS A REQUISITION. STEP TWO IS, UH, CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFIED ASSESSMENT, STEP THREE IS A DEPARTMENT INTERVIEW. STEP FOUR IS THE ONBOARDING THAT HAPPENS THROUGH ANY, UM, HR, UM, FUNCTION. SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE PROCESS MAPPING TODAY. UM, AND WE HAVE A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF DEPARTMENTS TOMORROW, THE AOS COME IN AND THEY SPEND NINE TO TWO. UM, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS SEEN IN THE PROCESS MAPPING AND WHAT ARE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE GET TO HEAR FROM OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO, TO SAY, TELL US, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN THINKING OR MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US, BUT LET'S GET IT DOWN. LET'S GET, LET'S GET IT DOCUMENTED OF WHAT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT WILL BE ALL DAY TOMORROW. UM, THEN THIS FRIDAY CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH JOB FAIR. SO, UH, AS AN ALUM, I AM COORDINATING, HELPING TO COORDINATE WITH THE JOB FAIR. IT WILL BE HELD AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY. WE'RE EXCITED. WE'VE PARTICIPATED, I'VE PARTICIPATED THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. UM, AND SO WE HAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I THINK THEY'RE ABOUT 30 TO 40. IS FRANCISCO HERE, OR 30? WE HAVE 30, UM, UM, YOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH THAT COME THROUGH. IT'S THEIR GOVERNMENT DAY, CORRECT. FRANCISCO, I KEEP LOOKING AT FRANCISCO. HE'S, HE'S THE LEADER. , HE'S THE LEADER. I'M JUST A LITTLE JOB FAIR PERSON. UM, BUT, UM, SO THEY'RE LEARNING ALL ABOUT GOVERNMENT, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THE JOB FAIR PORTION OF IT. AND SO THEY GET A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT A PUBLIC SECTOR CAREER LOOKS LIKE BETWEEN, UM, WITH MYSELF AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HR, TALK ABOUT JOBS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, HOW YOU GET THEM, AND THEN THEY GET TO GO OVER TO THE NEXT ROOM, UM, UH, WHERE WE HAD OUR, ONE OF OUR PLANNING MEETINGS, AND THEY, UM, HAVE TABLES OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET TO GO TALK TO DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE JOBS. MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY CAN EMPLOY SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NON-CAREER POSITIONS. THEY HAVE SEASONAL POSITIONS. UM, AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT [01:10:01] AN ACTUAL JOB LOOKS LIKE IN THAT DEPARTMENT. 'CAUSE WHAT IS PUBLIC WORKS? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HAS FOUR BUREAUS THAT THEY WANT TO BRING TO TALK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT JOBS IN THEIR FOUR BUREAUS. SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. UM, WE WILL BE THERE. I, SO FAR WE HAVE 16 DEPARTMENTS, UM, REPRESENTED FOR THE JOB FAIR. AND SO, UM, THAT HAPPENS FRIDAYS. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK WITH EVENTS, UM, AND ALSO, UM, WITH TRANSITIONS. SO MARIA TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS. UM, YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LIZ. UM, LIZ, CAN YOU STAND UP FROM THE BACK? LIZ IS HERE IN THE BACK. SHE'S GOING TO BE TAKING OVER. SO, UM, VERY EXCITED. I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A SUPER SMOOTH TRANSITION BECAUSE A, WE LOOKED INTERNALLY, LIZ HAS BACKED UP BEFORE ON OCCASION. AND, UM, SO I THINK THE, THE TRANSITION'S GONNA BE VERY SMOOTH FOR YOU. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT SHE'S IN HERE. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED. YOU CAN SEE THEM SITE BY SITE TODAY. SO THAT, THAT TRANSITION. AND THANK YOU TO MARIA, WHO'S, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING PLAN. I THINK MARIA'S PROBABLY HER TRAINING. UH, WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MARIA IN TERMS OF THE OUTLINE OF TRAINING THAT NEEDS TO GO ON WITH TRANSITION. SO WE OUTLINE THE TRAINING BETWEEN THE TIME THAT JULIA HAS LEFT HERE AND PULLING LIZ AWAY FROM HER DUTIES WHILE STILL KEEPING AFLOAT BECAUSE IT'S, WE HAVE BUSY PAYROLL TIMES. UM, BUT ALSO GIVING HER TIME TO LEARN DIRECTLY FROM JULIA. THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, JULIA WILL STILL BE IN THE BUILDING , UM, JUST LIKE JULIA HAD, MARLA WHO IS STILL IN THE BUILDING. SO I, I WE'RE, WE'RE JUST HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS POSITION OFFERS THAT OPPORTUNITY, CAN'T BE MAD, UM, THAT THEY, THAT THEY GET TO PROMOTE. UM, SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO MS. JULIUS SSAY. SHE'S SO SHY, , SHE'S SO SHY. UM, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED FROM JULIA, WHAT I EXPERIENCED THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT I MET HER. AND I TELL THIS LITTLE STORY WHERE WE WERE DISPLACED FROM, UM, CITY HALL FOR A HEARING. NOT, NOT A, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAVE A HEARING. AND SO WE WERE LOOKING ALL OVER, UM, AND WE FOUND A ROOM AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OVER AT THE KILROY SPACE WHERE WORKFORCES. AND SO, UM, WE WENT OVER TO LOOK AT THAT SPACE AND, UM, WE WERE SHOWN WHERE TO GO. AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT. FAST FORWARD, WE DO THE HEARING. IT WENT INTO THE EVENING PRETTY LATE. AND LIZ WAS ACTUALLY DOING THAT, HEARING THAT DAY, BECAUSE LIZ SAYS, UM, I SAID, HOW ARE WE GONNA PRINT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PRINT THAT FINAL DOCUMENT? AND I GO, HOW ARE WE GONNA PRINT THIS DOCUMENT? IT WAS AFTER SIX O'CLOCK. AND LIZ SAYS, OH, JULIA'S STILL HERE. I'M LIKE, WHY? ? LIZ SAYS, I DON'T KNOW, JULIA JUST SAID, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'LL BE HERE TILL YOU LEAVE. AND SO IN COMES JULIA WITH THE PRINTED DOCUMENT. AND, UM, IT WAS A WORK ETHIC THAT I SO ADMIRED THAT THE JOB WAS NOT DONE UNTIL THE CUSTOMER WAS GONE. UM, IT MADE IT VERY EASY FOR US. UM, FAST FORWARD AGAIN, WE'RE THEN LOOKING FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND WE PUT IT OUT CITYWIDE TO ANYBODY THAT HAD BEEN, HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMMISSION AND JULIA'S NAME. JULIA HAD, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, BODY. AND SO, UM, IT WAS KIND OF A NO-BRAINER. YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF A NO-BRAINER. AND SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO JULIA FOR IT'S, DO WE MAKE THE TWO YEAR MARK? UH, WE, I'M ACTUALLY LEAVING LIKE FOUR DAYS BEFORE, BEFORE THE TWO YEAR MARK. BUT AS WITH ALL CIVIL SERVICE STAFF, THE DISCUSSION IS WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS? WHERE DO YOU WANNA BE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? AND SO WE HAD THIS ON THE RADAR FOR JULIA TO, UM, BE AN ANALYST AND SHE'S FULFILLING THAT DREAM AND IS GOING ON TO AN ANALYST POSITION IN PUBLIC WORK. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HER. UM, AND WE GOT TWO FANTASTIC YEARS OF SERVICE. AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, JULIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING MY RIGHT HAND WOMAN. UM, AND IN THE TRENCHES WITH ME, THERE WAS NOTHING TOO SMALL THAT SHE COULD NOT DO. [01:15:01] UM, THE BIG THINGS STRESSED US OUT, BUT WE DID 'EM. AND, UM, SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE AND I KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME WITH LIZ. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH LIZ. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK THAT IS, UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES THAT I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO END WITH JULIA. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OF ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON? WELL, I CAN START WITH, I THINK WE, I JUST PUT THE MATH TOGETHER. UM, WE WERE NEWBIES TOGETHER. I, YES, I WOULD'VE NEVER KNOWN THAT. I THOUGHT YOU HAD BEEN IN THE POSITION. YOU CAME IN TWO MONTHS AFTER I STARTED. I THOUGHT YOU HAD BEEN IN THAT ROLE FOREVER. YOU HAD IT DOWN FOR, SO JUST NATURAL IN SUPPORTING SAVE UNTIL YOU MAKE IT RIGHT. ? YEAH. UM, THE COMMISSION, JUST ENGAGING WITH THE COMMISSION AND ALL THE TRAINING YOU GAVE. YOU KNOW, YOUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, YOUR MOST HIGH, WHAT WAS THAT? YOUR NEEDIEST COMMISSIONER? HIGH MAINTENANCE COMMISSIONER. THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS WHAT WE FIGURED OUT. UM, SO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. UM, AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO GREAT TO HAVE BEEN HERE THESE LAST TWO YEARS OF THAT. YOU BEEN WORKING A LONG TIME. I'M GONNA MISS YOU. OH, I'M GONNA MISS YOU TOO. WOULD I HAVE DUMB WHERE I'LL TEXT YOU? , YOU'VE MADE IT REAL EASY FOR ME. I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. I'M, I'M SAD FOR THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S A LOSS. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE PERSON THAT THEY SELECTED TO FILL YOUR SHOES WILL DO WELL BECAUSE YOU GUYS DREAM WELL. BUT THAT'S BRAINER TOO. BUT YOU MADE IT SO EASY FOR ME AND SO PATIENT. UM, SO WHEN YOU GO FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT POSITION, I DO WANT YOU TO TAKE MORE TIME FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T OPERATE ON NORMAL HOURS, I LIKE SHOOT YOU UP AND TEXT AT LIKE 11 O'CLOCK. I WOULD LOOK BACK AND YOU'D RESPOND AND I GO, NO, I DON'T NEED FOR YOU TO RESPOND, . I CAN'T DO THAT TOMORROW. I JUST WANT TO, ON THE WEEKEND WHEN I HAVE FAILING CALL. I JUST WANT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR DEDICATION. AND I'M NOT A PATIENT PERSON. SO WHEN I SEE THAT CHARACTER AND QUALITY IN SOMEONE ELSE, UM, IT MEANS A LOT. YOU NEVER EVER TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONDESCENDING IN A SNARKY WAY. YOU DIDN'T DO ANY OF THAT. YOU NEVER EVER MEAN, AND YOU MADE ME WANNA BE ON THIS COMMISSION, BY THE WAY. ME AND I KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS GONNA BE WORKING WITH BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU ACTED, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A PRETTY DECENT GROUP. I ALSO KNEW THE PERSON THAT YOU WERE WORKING FOR REPORTING TO WAS A DECENT COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THE ATTITUDE. YOU WOULD NOT MANNER EMPLOYEES HAVE A WAY OF LETTING YOU KNOW, THE PERSON AT THE TOP, AN IDIOT'S. THERE ARE MANY THAT, THAT, THAT ARE IDIOTS, , AND, UM, UH, CHRISTINA IS IS NOT ONE. AND SO I KNEW BY THE WAY, THAT YOU TREATED ME EXACTLY WHO I WAS GONNA BE INTERACTING WITH. SO I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU, MY NUMBER, YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT ME, YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH OUT TO, I, I ALWAYS WELCOME. AND WE WILL KEEP A LIGHT UP. I'M GONNA SHORT AND SWEET. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE VERY LONG, BUT YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD HAVE MADE IT WITH WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, I A SHORT TEMPER AND NOT TECH SAVVY. BUT YOU'VE MADE IT A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT HERE. PUBLIC WORKS. OH, OKAY. WELL, YOU'LL, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA LOVE YOU SOON, I'M SURE. , GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. THANK, GOOD LUCK, JULIA. YES, SIR. UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING MY, UH, MORNING, UH, VERY EASY. UM, I'LL MISS YOU. SO I'M VERY GLAD YOU GET TO MOVE ON TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO. UM, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THAT TOO. I BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO PROMOTE THEM IS TO TRAIN SOMEBODY TO DO YOUR JOB. UM, SO I'M GLAD THAT, UM, YOU'RE OPEN TO DOING THAT. AND, UM, FOR LIZ, UM, GOOD LUCK, UH, FEELING, UH, SHE'S THE ONLY, UH, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [01:20:01] I'VE EXPERIENCED. SO THAT'S THE STANDARD IN THE BAR. , NO PRESSURE. . DON'T WORRY. I HAD TOLD HER THAT THAT'S THE SAME THING I HEARD WHEN I GOT HERE. SO IF, IF AND WHEN SHE LEAVES, SHE'S GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT HER TO THE NEXT PERSON. SO IT'S JUST PART OF THE RULE. WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. WELL, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE YOU, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT, UH, WE GOT TO, IT'S BEEN HONOR AN HONOR. SO BE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL WITH THAT, SINCE THERE IS A MOTION TO RECEIVE A FILE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I'M OPPOSED TO THAT . I KNOW. CAN WE STOP THAT? OKAY. SENTENCE SAVE TIME. UH, WITH THE COMMISSIONS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW. UM, I JUST, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, COMMISSIONER IN K DAY PARADE. UM, AND THERE WAS ALSO THE DAY OF SERVICE ON MONDAY. BUT I WANTED TO ACTUALLY SEE COMMISSIONER LOVE IF YOU WANTED, SHARE ANYTHING FROM YOUR FIRST PARADE WITH THE COMMISSION. IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF FUN FOR ME 'CAUSE I GOT TO RIDE ON THE FIRE TRUCK. WOOHOO. . OKAY. BUT, UM, IT WAS INTERESTING TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND I, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT THE LADIES WERE THERE AND THEY WERE VERY ENGAGING AND WELCOMING. 'CAUSE SOME OF THE TABLES THERE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE MEN WERE JUST SITTING THERE LOOKING LIKE ON THEIR PHONE. BUT THESE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE PARTICIPATING AND I LIKED THAT AND I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF IT. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THEM A GOOD, THEY DID GOOD. YES, THEY REALLY DID. GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING, AMAZING EVENT. THEY JUST WOULDN'T, LEMME DO THE, THE SILENCES BECAUSE THERE'S A NO VOICE ORDINANCE. . ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ACTUALLY. QUESTION CERTAIN. I ANNOUNCED OBJECT. SO I JUST HAVE QUESTION, QUESTION. IT'S ABOUT, UH, DO I HAVE TO WAIT? IF IT'S MAYBE A CLARIFYING QUESTION, THEN YOU CAN ASK JUST A QUESTION. GARY AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CHRISTINA ABOUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. YES, IT'S SOMETHING WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT. WE HAD EXTENDED NON-CAREER HOURS. YES. AND I WROTE DOWN A QUESTION, BUT I DIDN'T ASK THE QUESTION. AND I HAVE, WE CAN DO THAT AT THE MEETING AND YOU CAN ASK CHRISTINA AFTER THE MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. COMMISSIONER. UM, THIS IS NOT AN EASY THING FOR ME TO, TO GET OUT, BUT I GOTTA DO IT TODAY. UM, THIS MORNING, UH, WHEN I CAME IN TO FULFILL MY DUTIES AS A COMMISSIONER, UM, AS I ENTERED, UH, THE BUILDING, UM, I MADE MY WAY OVER TO CHAMBERS. NOT REALIZING THAT, NOT REMEMBERING THAT OUR MEETING WASN'T IN CHAMBERS. AND WHEN I PROCEEDED TO WALK BACK TOWARD THE ELEVATORS, UM, I WAS QUESTIONED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS, UH, OF THE SECURITY STAFF. AND, UM, I RESPONDED, UH, IN A VERY RUDE AND ARROGANT WAY. SO MY, UM, MY APOLOGY ON TODAY, UM, I BELIEVE IN, UH, HOLDING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO ASK ME TO DO THAT LATER. UH, MY BEHAVIOR WAS UNPROFESSIONAL. UM, AND I'VE ALREADY APOLOGIZED TO THIS STAFF MEMBER. THERE IS CITY STAFF MEMBER. SO I APOLOGIZE TO THIS COMMISSION AS WELL FOR MY BEHAVIOR. UM, THIS MORNING THAT STAFF MEMBER, UM, AND I APOLOGIZED TO THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. UH, I DID NOT REPRESENT YOU WELL THIS MORNING. UH, WHATEVER WAS GOING ON WITH ME, UM, DID NOT MERIT THE WAY THAT I TREATED THE STAFF MEMBER. I DID NOT CALL THEM OUT OF THEIR NAME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT I WAS VERY RUDE. I WAS VERY ARROGANT. UM, AND IT WAS UNCALLED FOR AND I WANT MY APOLOGY, UM, ON THE RECORD. UM, THANK YOU. I JUST KNOW WHY I THINK, UM, I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK TO THE APOLOGY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON. WE STAND ON AND WE STAND. WE STAND. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE, THANK YOU. THIS MORNING. I WASN'T SO YOU, [01:25:01] WE ALL HAVE A BAD DAY AND I JUST HOPE THAT I'M SHOWING SOME GRACE, UM, THE WAY THAT, THAT I'VE HAD TO SHOW GRACE AT TIMES. SO YEAH, THAT'S ALRIGHT. NOW IF IT'S THE SMALLER SPACE OR JUST THE CONTENT OF TODAY'S AGENDA, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE HAD A LITTLE MORE INTENSITY TODAY. BUT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER . UM, ALRIGHT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, UH, THEN OUR NEXT ITEM WILL TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. UM, FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B ONE OF SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE. WE ARE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 10 BEFORE YOU GO TO CLOSED SESSION AND YOU PUBLIC A COMMENT. OH, OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, JUST, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. I'M SO, SO EXCITED TO GO UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA BE REALLY CLOSE BY. UM, BUT I WANNA TAKE THIS TIME TO LET YOU KNOW THIS YOUNG LADY, IF YOU THINK I DID A GREAT JOB, THIS IS GONNA BE THE BENCHMARK OF WHAT THE NEXT EA IS GONNA BE LIKE. UM, SHE IS, I WANT TO SAY BY THE TIME THE SIX MONTHS HIT, SHE'S GONNA BE THE BEST OF ALL OF US COMBINED INTO ONE PERSON. UM, SO I, I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT IF YOU THINK I WAS GREAT, YOU HAVE SOMETHING EVEN BETTER COMING YOUR WAY. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JUST STOPPING BY AND SEEING HER JUST SHINE 'CAUSE SHE DESERVES IT. SO, UM, THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH. I DID MISS YOU, BUT I AM GONNA TEXT YOU THOUGH, . ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER REQUESTS? YES, JUST A COMMENT. I WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, IT'S MY FIRST TIME AT A COMMISSION MEETING, AT THE CIVIL COMMISSION MEETING AND SO THIS WAS A BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE, BUT I DID, YOU KNOW, AS, AS AN EMPLOYEE, AS A CITY EMPLOYEE WHO FIGHTS TO GET ON EVERY ELIGIBILITY LIST, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT, UM, STAYING TRUE TO THE ELIGIBILITY LIST. I APPRECIATE IT. AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STUDENT, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. GREAT. ANYTHING FURTHER? OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF MARIA OWL. THE BUDGET PRESENTATION IS GREAT. SHE REPRESENTED ALL THE DIVISION WHOLE DEPART WELL. SO, UH, THE RESPONSES YOU GAVE ON BEHALF OF THE TESTING AND THE EVEN THE PLUGS ABOUT OUR RECRUITMENT EVENTS, UM, YOU REPRESENTED AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER RUSSELL, YOU REPRESENT WELL. ALRIGHT, THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER. WE WILL NOW, UH, GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 10 38. WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 11:15 AM RECORDED CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL HAVE TWO FOLLOW UP, UH, CLOSED SESSIONS IN OUR NEXT TWO SUBSEQUENT REGULAR MEETING. UH, ONE WILL BE A MEETING FOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO ASSEMBLE AN EVALUATION FOR CHRISTINA AND THEN WILL BE A CLOSED SESSION WITH CHRISTINA TO REVIEW THE EVENT. YES SIR. THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF BUSINESS AND CLOSED SESSION. AND WITH THAT AND THERE BEING NO ADDITIONAL, UH, BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1150. THANK YOU PRESIDENT. BAM. BAM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.