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WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.UM, PRESIDENT GORDON PETERSON.
READY? BEGIN REGULATIONS SERVE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD.
IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF ITY AND JUSTICE FOR THIS IS NOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD TO ADDRESS.
MA'AM, ARE YOU WISHING TO STAND TO ADDRESS PERMISSION? B? NO.
A, THERE'S, THERE'S SEATS RIGHT HERE.
UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANNA DISCUSS ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR HAVE ANYTHING MOVED? UM, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REMOVE ITEM FIVE FOR DISCUSSION.
WE'D LIKE TO PULL POLL ITEM FIVE FOR DISCUSSION.
YOU DO ITEM FIVE FOR DISCUSSION, SO, OKAY.
WAS THAT A SECOND LIST? SECOND WITH, OH, I SECOND.
WE'RE HAVING TO DO THE, UM, ORAL COMMUNICATION SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE SCREEN.
SO DO YOU WANT TO SET FIVE NOW OR TAKE IT IN ORDER AND THEN COME BACK TO FIVE? OR, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? SO, FIRST, FIRST, IF YOU CAN TAKE, COME BACK TO DO THE CONSENT FIRST.
SO MOTION OF THE ONE, THE REMAINING ITEM.
ARE WE GOOD? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT I FIVE.
UM, STAFF WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE, UM, EXTENSION OF THE ELIGIBLE IS THE COMBINATION BUILDING INSPECTOR HAD MORE DISCUSSION, UM, AND REVIEW OF THE ITEMS. AND SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT AND IT WILL NOW EXPIRE THE COMBINATION BUILDING INSPECTOR.
THE DEPARTMENT IS IN FAVOR OF THIS? YES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? MOTION.
I DON'T HAVE THE PROMPTER, SO I'M GONNA, YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM SEVEN, RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVE SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM REGINALD HARRIS, DIRECTOR OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE THE SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST.
UM, DUE TO THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FUNCTIONS A CANDIDATE WITH ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND OR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EXPERIENCE, UM, IS REQUESTED, UH, OR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR A RELATED FIELD.
UM, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION APPROVE, UH,
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COMMISSION APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 28 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE PROCEDURES 2.26, WHICH STATES THAT IF A VACANT POSITION REQUIRES, IN ADDITION TO THE CLASSIFICATIONS, MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, SPECIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, OR ABILITIES NOT REQUIRED OF OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE CLASSIFICATION, THE PERMISSION AT THIS DISCRETION SHALL AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CERTIFY ONLY THOSE NAMES.UM, ON ELIGIBLE LIST, UH, WHO POSSESS THE PARTICULAR SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, DURABILITY? UM, SO THE POSITION IS UNIQUE.
UM, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST POSITIONS WITHIN THE CLASSIFICATION.
UM, THIS POSITION DOES REQUIRE, UM, EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE THAT IS PREPARED THE CANDIDATE, UH, THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL SKILL SET, UH, REQUIRED TO PREPARE AND MAINTAIN CITY EMERGENCY PLANS, EDUCATE AND PREPARE THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CITY STAFF ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS.
UM, AND ALSO ADVISE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER GO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES ON DISASTER PLANNING AND RESPONSE.
UM, AND THEN SERVE AS THE BACKUP TO THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AREA COORDINATOR FOR LA COUNTY AREA F.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 210 CANDIDATES ON THE EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST ELIGIBLE LISTS, UM, WHICH ARE SET TO EXPIRE JANUARY 16TH AND FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025 RESPECTIVELY.
UM, PENDING COMMISSION APPROVAL, UM, THE SELECTIVE OF THE SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION REQUEST CIVIL SERVICE WILL FURTHER ASSESS THE CANDIDATES ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND OR EDUCATION, UH, DERIVED FROM THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS REQUEST.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS REQUEST IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN ATTENDANCE, UM, TODAY, UM, FOR THIS, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN.
MY QUESTIONS ARE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE OF MY IGNORANCE.
SO YOU TELL ME THAT, OR IS, IS, ARE THERE QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON THE LIST? HAVE YOU ALREADY CALLED THE LIST TO SEE IF THEY NEED THE SPECIFIC QUALIFICATION? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'LL DO THAT PENDING, YOU KNOW, AFTER, UM, APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST UHHUH, UM, IT WASN'T, AND FIND THIS ON THE LIST THAT MEETS THE SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS.
WELL, WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO DO A, A TARGETED RECRUITMENT.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS REQUEST PRIOR TO THE BULLETIN OPENING, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, UM, GET AHEAD OF IT AND PLACE QUESTIONS.
UM, IT MAY HELP US ARRIVE AS THOSE SKILL SETS OR EDUCATION PRIOR.
SO WE'RE DOING IT ON THE BACK END, WHICH IS COMMON.
SO INSTEAD OF GIVING US ALL THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE GO OUT AND RECRUIT ACCORDING TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, THEY COME BACK AFTER THE FACT AND THEY'RE NOW ASKING US TO DO SO MUCH REPRESENTATION.
IS THAT WHAT I I'M FULLY UNDERSTAND.
WELL, UM, IF THEY NEED WHAT THEY NEED, I, I RESPECT THAT, BUT IT IS HELPFUL TO CIVIL SERVICE IF WE GET THESE, UH, REQUESTS BEFOREHAND.
UM, INSTEAD OF AFTER IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL WORK FOR US.
I, I'D LIKE YOU TO SEND THAT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TELL THEM THAT THAT WAS MY, THAT IT HELPS US IF WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION BEFOREHAND.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S MY DISCUSSION.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ.
JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ, JO? THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK, UH, PRONOUNCING SOMEONE'S NAME IS UNDER RESPECT AND THAT'S WHY I'M, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER.
CAN I GET A MOTION IN SECOND AND ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? UM, CAPRICE MCDONALD WILL BE MAKING THAT STAFF.
FIRST, I, I WANNA MENTION TO YOU THAT THERE WAS SOME DATES THAT WERE NOT AS ACCURATE ON THE TIMELINE.
I ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT THERE WAS A DOCUMENT DOCUMENTED, PERTAIN, SO THE REQUEST, UM,
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FOR, AND IT WAS, CAN YOU PUT ON YOUR MIC TESTING? 1, 2, 3.SO THE PROVISIONAL REQUEST ACTUALLY, UM, COMES AS A RESULT OF CONCLUSION OF, UH, DESK AUDIT RESULTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THEY APPOINTED, UM, MR. RODRIGUEZ, UH, INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST POSITION AT THE TIME.
I BELIEVE THAT POSITION WASN'T REALLY CLEARLY DEFINED BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW POSITION AND NEW PROJECTS, UM, ASSIGNED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND DURING THE COURSE OF, UM, JOSEPH BEING IN THIS POSITION, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE POSITION MAY BE A MUCH MORE THAN A APP ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT POSITIONS.
SO THE DEPARTMENT DID THEIR WORK, THEIR, UH, COMPLETING FORMS, AND THEY SUBMITTED THEIR DOCUMENTATION TO SENIOR RESOURCES BEGINNING OF SENIOR JANUARY, THE BEST GUIDE.
SO THE BEST GUIDE WAS COMPLETED, UM, THIS YEAR, I THINK AROUND JUNE OR JULY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE GAS AUDIT, HUMAN RESOURCES GAVE THE DEPARTMENT TWO OPTIONS TO EITHER ONE TO RECLASSIFY THE EMPLOY OR, UM, REMOVE THOSE HIGHER CLASSIFICATION DUTIES FROM THE POSITION.
SO CIVIL SERVICE, WE TAKE, WE TAKE THESE REQUESTS AND WE LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.
OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT THE REQUEST IS GONNA BE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE TAKE IN ACCOUNT OF NOT JUST HOW THE EMPLOYEE IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED, BUT DOES THIS DIRECTLY AFFECT OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT COULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY.
SO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT, UM, JOSEPH WAS IN A POSITION FOR TWO YEARS AT THE TIME THAT HE APPLIED WAS APPOINTED.
HE DID NOT NEED THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AFTER, AND THERE WERE OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY, PROBABLY EVEN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT COULD HAVE APPLIED HAD THEY KNOWN THAT POSITION WAS GONNA BE DEFINED AS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER.
SO MEETING THE DEPARTMENT HALFWAY AND TAKING IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS EMPLOYEE IS WORKING OUT A CLASSIFICATION AND NOT BEING PROPERLY COMPENSATED.
SO THE PROVISIONAL REQUEST, UM, WITHOUT A RECRUITMENT WOULD BASICALLY WOULD BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
ONE, WE ARE NOW GONNA BE ABLE TO COMPENSATE THE EMPLOYEE, UM, FOR PERFORMING THOSE DUTIES.
TWO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A, A, THEIR RECRUITMENT AND THREE, THE DEPARTMENT, THERE WOULD BE NO INTERRUPTION IN THE WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED.
AND ONE OF THE, UM, ALSO BRING ME THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN BEST SERVE THE, THE ORGANIZATION IS I'M GONNA PROPOSE THAT WE RUN THIS RECRUITMENT AS A PROMOTIONAL BECAUSE INTERNAL, AS AN INTERNAL PROCESS, WHICH BE IN LINE OUR SERVICE RULES.
AND WE ALSO COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WOULD HIGHEST PRIORITY SO WE COULD CLOSE AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE.
BASICALLY KEEP THAT POSITION FILLED.
AND FOR SOME REASON THAT MR. UM, UH, IS NOT, UM, SELECTED FOR POSITION, THE DEPARTMENT WILL WORK WITH HR TO ENSURE THAT IT'S, UH, PLACED IN A ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL POSITION CLASSIFICATION AND WORKCATION AND STAFF APPROVAL OF THE ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENT, UM, ACCORDANCE TO ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 43 RULES.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY RIGHT, THAT WHEN WAS
'CAUSE UM, BUT NOW THAT HE'S SINCE BEEN IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST POSITION FOR TWO YEARS, HE NOW NEEDS THE QUALIFICATIONS.
I'M JUST, SO WE'RE GONNA APPOINT THIS PROVISIONALLY.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO A TARGETED, OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE QUALIFIED WILL BE ALLOWED TO REPLY? YES.
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HOW LONG YOU WORKED IN POSITION? NO, I'VE REQUESTED FROM THE PARTNER.I WANTED TO KNOW, LIKE, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU ALL START, UM, INQUIRING? SO PRETTY MUCH, UM, AT THE, THE YEAR, PROBABLY JULY, YOU DON'T NEED TO BACK INTO THE DATA.
THE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T TELL YOU.
I, I THINK THAT'S AN, AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK.
UH, SO HAD TO TRAINING ON THE JOB TO MAKE HIM QUALIFY FOR THE JOB, AND AT ONE POINT THE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED THAT HE WAS FULLY TRAINED FOR THE POSITION IT SHOULD NOW BE WORKING IN THAT TYPE OF
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT HE CAME INTO THE POSITION, HE WASN'T QUALIFIED FOR THAT PARTICULAR POSITION THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HIM TO BE APPROVED FOR.
HE GOT THE TRAINING ON THE JOB AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT HE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION THAT HE'S IN.
HE SHOULD BE IN THIS HIGHER CLASSIFICATION.
IS THAT EXACTLY? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SO THE QUESTION FOR ME IS, IS THAT THEN THAT MEANS THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUT OF CLASS AT A HIGHER COMPENSATORY LEVEL, WAS NOT RECEIVING THAT MONEY.
I WANNA KNOW HOW LONG HE WAS WORKING OUTTA CLASS BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT HE WAS NOT BEING FAIRLY COMPENSATED AND THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT HE WAS DOING THESE ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
NOT, AND, AND THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION AND I HAVE CRAB, UM, BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT IF HE'S ABLE TO, BECAUSE THE, THAT WOULD, THIS WAS ALSO MY QUESTION.
AT, DURING THE COURSE OF WELL PROBATION OR SIX MONTHS AFTER PROBATION, AT WHAT POINT DID THE DEPARTMENT REALIZE, HEY, THIS IS POSITION ACTUALLY PROJECT MANAGER POSITION? SO THE EARLIEST DATE I HAD WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS PRETTY MUCH A YEAR INTO THE PERSON'S POSITION.
AND, UM, THE RESPONSE THAT I HAD RECEIVED FROM BAKER, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A NEW POSITION AND I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK, SO I'M GONNA LET ARLAND HAVE IT.
SHOULD I JUST SPEAK FROM HERE? WHATEVER'S COMFORT.
AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION AND CIVIL SERVICE, UH, OUR PARTNERS IN CIVIL SERVICE, UM, UH, FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON THIS ITEM.
IN TERMS OF, UM, YOUR QUESTION, IF I CAN TAKE IT DIRECTLY, UH, WE, UH, INITIALLY PREPARED, UM, OR RATHER THE EMPLOYEE PREPARED AS PER THE TERMS OF THE I A AM MOU, UH, DESK AUDIT A REQUEST.
IT WAS REQUESTED BY THE EMPLOYEE, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE POSITION, SO ABOUT 18 MONTHS AS AN ANALYST POSITION.
AND I THINK CONTEXT IS KEY HERE, RIGHT? UM, THAT THIS WAS A, UH, A NEW POSITION AND A NEW BUREAU THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE CITY TO TAKE OVER OPERATIONS OF THE QUEEN MARY, REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 50 YEARS.
AND SO AT THE TIME THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO ESTABLISH, UM, A BUREAU WAS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD, UM, WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK WOULD BE, UH, FOR THE BUREAU AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ANALYST POSITION.
IT WAS, UM, DESIGNED AS AN ANALYST POSITION BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT IT WOULD BE PRIMARILY, UM, OVERSEEING, UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, UM, WHICH IS THE HOTEL OPERATOR OF THE SHIP.
UM, THAT HOTEL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT IN IT HAD SOME PROVISIONS FOR THE HOTEL OPERATOR TO TAKE ON A NUMBER OF, UH, PROJECT COORDINATION FOR FIRE LIFE SAFETY, UM, SHIP IMPROVEMENTS, RESTORATION IN ORDER TO GET THE SHIP OPERATIONAL.
HOWEVER, ONCE WE ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE SHIP, UH, AND UNDERSTOOD THE FULL SCOPE OF WORK, UM, THEY PUSHED BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING INTO, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CITY.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MANAGE THIS, THIS LEVEL OF PROJECTS REALLY, THE, THE SHIP NEEDED MUCH MORE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UH, CARE, UH, THAT THE, UH, IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED BY THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
SO STAFF, WHICH WERE, IT WAS A MIGHTY TEAM OF TWO, THE BUREAU MANAGER AND THE ANALYST STEPPED INTO THAT VOID AND JUST DID THE WORK.
RIGHT? AND OVER THE COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT, UH, THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IS, WHICH IS IN, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF IN RIGHT ONCE, ONCE THE SHIP IS STARTING TO REOPEN, GETTING THOSE PROJECTS TOGETHER TO REOPEN THE SHIP, UH, YOU REALIZE THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE AND THAT HE'S LIKELY WORKING OUT OF CLASS.
SO THE, THE WAY TO ADDRESS THAT RIGHT, IS TO INITIATE THIS DESK AUDIT PROCESS.
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AND I THINK IN THE TIMELINE WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SOME, ARE SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES IN TERMS OF INTERNAL PROCESSING.WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT IN JULY, I'LL, WE USED AN OUTDATED FORM BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN TERMS OF STAFF.
THAT PROCESS WAS NOT WELL DEFINED AND WE WERE, UH, SUBMITTED IT AND WERE ASKED TO RESUBMIT ON ANOTHER FORM.
UM, YOU KNOW, JOSEPH FILLED OUT THAT OTHER FORM AND, YOU KNOW, SENT IT IN.
AND JUST IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THAT WAS A MISSED EMAIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME DELAY.
SO IT'S NOT AN INTENTIONAL GAP IN TIME TO ALLOW SOMEONE, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE REPRESENTED LIKE THAT TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR SOMETHING.
IT WAS REALLY SOMEBODY STEPPING IN TO FILL A GAP AND THEN US, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THAT PERSON USING THE P 30 PROCESS IN ORDER TO ASSESS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.
IT'S AN ASSESSMENT PROCESS THAT HR CONVENES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS A CLASS CHANGE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF US BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF WORK, AGAIN, A MIGHTY TEAM OF TWO DOING ALL OF THIS WORK, RIGHT? AND SO, AND SO WE COULDN'T JUST TAKE HIM OUT OF THAT POSITION.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO FILL THAT GAP RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? AND SO, UH, AND SO HENCE OUR REQUEST, UM, FOR THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, UH, WHILE WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN CIVIL SERVICE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A FORMAL RECRUITMENT AND JOSEPH, UH, IS AWARE OF AND HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A PROVISIONAL THERE'S A RISK THAT IF HE DOESN'T QUALIFY, YOU KNOW, THAT HE'LL, YOU KNOW, BE REVERTED BACK TO HIS FORMER CLASSIFICATION.
SO DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY HERE TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT CERTAINLY HELPS ME TO FOCUS IN ON WHERE I'M HEADED.
SO MY CONCERN WASN'T THAT HE WAS TRAINING ON THE JOB, THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN.
THEREFORE, TO MAKE HIM QUALIFY FOR A POSITION THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT ANATOMY, THAT WASN'T IT.
MY POSITION IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE AND COMPENSATION.
I WANT ANYONE THAT'S DOING A JOB TO BE COMPENSATED HERE.
SO IF HE WAS WORKING IN THIS POSITION FOR 24 MONTHS AND SIX OF THOSE MONTHS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT A, A WORKING OUT CLASSIFICATION PAY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TO RECTIFY.
I'M LOOKING FOR THIS MAN TO BE PAID APPROPRIATELY AND WHETHER HE FILED A P 30 OF THE EMAIL WASN'T RECEIVED TRULY ON MY PART.
I KNOW THIS DOESN'T SOUND VERY NICE, I DON'T CARE.
I WANT THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO THAT'S AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL, I'M CERTAIN BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO, TO HANDLE THIS, THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PROPER THING IS DONE.
I HAVE NO POWER TO FORCE YOU TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO SAY THE ETHICAL THING IS THAT IF THIS MAN WAS DOING A JOB FOR 24 MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS AT THE END, THE 18 MONTHS WAS HIM NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT HE HAD TO DO ALL THIS ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT NOT KNOWING.
AND I KNOW THAT QUEEN MARY HAS BEEN A HUGE, HUGE JOB.
I'VE BEEN ON IT, I'VE SEEN THE WORK THE CITY HAS DONE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL TAKING OVER THE PRELIMINARY, THANK GOD.
HOWEVER, LET'S, IF HE DO SOMETHING, LET'S MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I'M, I'M FINE ON MY SIDE WITH THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
DON'T SLIDE HIM IN JUST BECAUSE HE'S RECEIVED ALL THE TRAINING AND NOW HE'S THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB.
LET EVERYBODY HAVE A FAIR SHAPE.
I LOVE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S FAIR TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, IF HE'S NOT A SELECTED CANDIDATE, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE HAS TO REVERT.
AND SO IF EVERYBODY'S, UH, FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING IT ALL TRANSPARENT.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE.
I DON'T, I I DIDN'T FEEL THAT AT ALL.
MY THING IS ALWAYS, AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOU, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE COMPENSATION FOR THE EMPLOYEE.
THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT, UM, THAT TIME THAT HE HAD THIS SEAT AS IRRELEVANT TO ME.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD, LIKE YOU SAID, A MIGHTY TEAM OF TWO WHEN YOU PROBABLY NEED TENDER.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, REQUEST TO REVISE PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER.
UM, I HAVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR YOU.
IS THIS THE SAME THING? UH, NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THE TRAINING.
UM, CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED FROM JOAN BINI, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES REQUESTING THE REVISION OF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER ONE THROUGH FOUR CLASSIFICATION FROM 1,044 SCHEDULED WORK HOURS TO 2088, SCHEDULING FOUR HOURS.
STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 1 15 3 EXCEPTION TO THE RULES.
AND ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION FOUR THREE, WHICH IDENTIFIES CLASSIFICATIONS THAT REQUIRE 2088
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SCHEDULED WORK HOURS AS THE DEFINED PROBATIONARY PERIOD.SO SOME FACTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER CLASSIFICATION IS A CRITICAL POSITION TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AS EMPLOYEES IN THIS CLASSIFICATION PERFORM DUTIES IN THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY AND OR OVERSEE THE WORK AND CONDUCT OF PERSONS HELD IN POLICE DETENTION FACILITIES.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE IAM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MET AND CONFERRED WITH IAM TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING THE TRAINING OF EMPLOYEES IN THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER ONE THROUGH FOUR CLASSIFICATION.
AS A RESULT OF THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS, ADDITIONAL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED TO SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICERS AND THE PROBATION PERIOD WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 2088 SCHEDULED WORK HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
IN JUNE OF 2021, THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVED MODIFICATION TO THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER CLASSIFICATION WITH THE CREATION OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION OF HARBOR PATROL OFFICER AND THE DIVISION OF THE SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICER CLASSIFICATION BY PULLING OUT ALL SSOS WORKING AT THE HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND MOVING THEM INTO THE NEW CLASSIFICATION OF HARBOR PATROL OFFICER.
THE RATIONALE FOR CREATING THE HARBOR PATROL OFFICER WAS SIMILAR TO TODAY'S REQUEST IN THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING WAS REQUESTED FOR ALL HPO IS ALSO NECESSITATING A PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF 2088 HOURS TO BILL REQUIRED TRAINING.
AS THE COMMISSION HAS SEEN, EXTENSION OF PROBATION FOR SSOS HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO FULFILL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
THE RECENT MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT CALLS FOR THE EXPANSION OF TRAINING FOR SSOS AND THE REVISION OF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD FROM 1088 TO 2088 SCHEDULED WORK HOURS SHOULD THE COMMISSION APPROVE THIS REVISION.
THE REVISED PROBATIONARY PERIOD WILL BE IN EFFECT WITH ALL SSOS HIRED FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISION BY THE COMMISSION.
AND STAFF HAS ADVISED HR AND IM THAT THIS ITEM IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WE, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH IM YES.
HOW, HOW DID THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS? YES, I SPOKE WITH THEM YESTERDAY.
I DON'T SEE THEM TODAY, BUT THEY WERE OKAY.
AND THEY WERE THERE YESTERDAY WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM IN THERE.
THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THEIR MEET AND CONFIRM.
SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR RULES THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THIS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S HEARD TO SAY THE WORD EXCEPTION, SO YES.
SO WHAT WHAT WE HAVE IS A RULE THAT IDENTIFIES WHICH CLASSIFICATIONS HAVE MORE THAN THE NORMAL 1,044.
SO THAT'S THE EXCEPTION OF THE RULE THAT YOU'RE ADDING THIS CLASSIFICATION TO THE ONES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE RULE, WHICH ARE POLICE RECRUIT FIREFIGHTERS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO YOU.
WE DO NEED TO UPDATE THE RULE.
UM, HR HAS PROVIDED US THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT HAVE HAD A MEET AND CONFER TO EXTEND THOSE, UM, TO 2088.
AND SO THERE'S A SMALL NUMBER THAT WE CAN DO AN UPDATE TO A RULE, BUT THAT'S THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE TODAY, IS TO ALLOW FOR THESE TO BE, UM, SEEN AS 2088.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS, BY THE WAY.
THAT'S NOT WHERE MY COMMENT IS, BUT I DON'T LIKE EXCEPTIONS TO RULES.
UM, WHAT I PREFER IS THAT IF WE NEED TO MAKE A RULE CHANGE THAT HUMAN RESOURCES GIVES US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT US TO USE, THAT WE SIT DOWN AND, UH, MODIFY THAT RULE.
I, I PREFER NOT TO HAVE EXCEPTIONS.
ALONG THE WAYS AND THEN WE LOOK BACK FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS FROM NOW AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND NOT TO SAY THAT YOU WOULDN'T KEEP THAT EXTRA TRAILS OF PAPER, BUT UM, JUST FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSE, YES, THERE IS A DESIRE TO, UM, REVISE THAT.
WE CAN BRING THAT TO DO, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT, UM, A GUESSTIMATE, YOU KNOW, STAFF, UM, HAS WORKED WITH A FORMER COMMISSIONER ON SOME LANGUAGE.
SO I THINK WE CAN GET TO THAT VERY QUICKLY.
EXPLORE THE INCLUSION OF SSO IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PRESENTATION OF TRAINING CURRICULUM IN BEACH PD.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I'M SORRY, WHERE SAY THAT AGAIN? IT WAS ON THE MEMO THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME IN ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS.
OH, IT'S FROM, IS IT FROM, UH, JOANNE BINI? YEAH.
EXPLORE THE INCLUSION OF SPECIAL SERVICE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PRESENTATION OF TRAINING CURRICULUM IN THE LONG BEACH PD.
SO THAT IS JUST, UM, THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT CONTINUE, BUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING, UM, ELSE'S HERE IF SHE'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO WHATEVER THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
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UH, SO WE, WHEN WE MET WITH IM, WE ESTABLISHED A SERIES OF NEW TRAINING CURRICULUM THAT IS FORMED TO INCORPORATED TOWARDS THESO A PORTION THAT THE, A PORTION OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE IN CUSTODY TRAINING THAT THE STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, UH, SO ANYONE THAT IS WORKING IN THE JAIL HAS TO CONDUCT A 16 WEEK TRAINING, UM, FOR THEIR ABILITY TO GET CERTIFIED TO WORK IN A CORRECTION CENTER.
THAT IS GOVERNED BY THE BOARD STATE CORRECTIONS NOT POST.
SO I WANT CLARIFY THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES POST GOVERNS, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH POLICE OFFICER WORK, BOARD OF CORRECTIONS HAS TO DO WITH BEING CUSTODY TRAINING AND OUR PRISON.
SO WE, WE, UH, ARE DOING THAT PIECE OF THE TRAINING AND WE, UM, HAD A DISCUSSION WITH IM OF THE IMPORTANCE TO CROSS TRAIN ALL OF OUR SSO OFFICERS IN JAIL OPERATIONS AND THEN WHATEVER OTHER ASSIGNMENT THAT THEY ARE APPROVED TO WORK ON AIRPORT ARENA PATROL.
AND THOSE DIVISIONS HAVE OTHER LAYERS OF TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE DEPARTMENT WAS, WAS PROPOSED A LONGER FORMAL TRAINING TO GO ALL OVER OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, OUR, UM, TRAINING FOR FIREARM USAGE.
ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER EQU TO A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAINING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
A LOT OF THESE TRAININGS, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS NOT APPROVED OR ABLE TO CERTIFY TO DO THE TRAININGS FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS FOR THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS.
ONLY CERTAIN ENTITIES ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE PROPOSED IN THE PAST TO DO THAT TRAINING INTERNALLY AS A DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE BEEN DENIED.
WE HAVE NOT COME FORWARD AGAIN TO REQUEST A PERMIT TO PURSUE BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING CHALLENGES CURRENTLY, BUT WE'VE BEEN DENIED IN THE PAST.
WE ARE ALSO NOT ABLE TO DO THE FIREARM TRAINING LOCALLY.
THIS POST ONLY AUTHORIZES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AGENCIES TO DO THAT.
SO WE HAVE TO LEAN ON OUR PARTNERS TO BE ABLE, THEY ONLY WANT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AGENCIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
SO WE HAVE TO LEAN ON SOME OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THE PCA 13 TRAINING.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND THEN AIRPORT HAS SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT THOSE SSOS HAVE TO TRAIN 'CAUSE OF F-F-A-F-F-F-A REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN SAME THING WITH, UM, MARINE PATROL AND THEN SOME OF OUR ANCILLARY, UM, SUPPORTS THAT WE DO AT LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND THEN OUR PORT AND UM, CIVIC CENTER OPERATIONS.
SO IT IS A QUITE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TRAINING.
AND THEN ONCE THAT TRAINING IS CONDUCTED, WE NEED A PERIOD TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE ARE THEY ABLE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE ONE YEAR, UM, TRAINING, UM, PROPOSAL.
UM, DIANE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
WE DIDN'T DISAGREE THAT MORE TRAINING WAS NEEDED.
AND SO IT HAS GROWN TO A VERY ROBUST TRAINING CURRICULUM.
I DO WANNA ADD THAT THIS IS FOR ALL, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, ARE BEING HIRED WITH THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY THAT AN EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE ALREADY PASSED THEIR PROBATION WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO, UH, OPT INTO THAT EX EXTENDED NEW TRAINING THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND THAT IF THEY DON'T PASS THE IN CUSTODY TRAINING OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRAINING CURRICULUM, IT WILL NOT AFFECT THEIR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT.
IT'S JUST GOING TO LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO BE REASSIGNED OR MOVED AROUND THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER TO PARTICULAR TRAININGS.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR YOU THAT THOSE, THOSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALSO BEING AFFORDED TO.
POTENTIAL AS WILL BE GIVEN THE SAME TRAINING.
AND, AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, UH, FOR, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME STAFFING ISSUES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE JAIL AND WE HAVE TO HAVE MINIMUM STAFFING.
AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE MINIMUM STAFFING, WE HAVE TO WALK DOWN THE JAIL.
AND WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT ON COURSE LAST YEARS.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT POSES A LOT OF SAFETY, UH, ISSUES FOR THE STAFF THAT WORK THERE AND ALSO IMPACTS TO THE SAFETY OF OFFICERS WHO CANNOT CHECK IN.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL INCOMING SSOS ARE TRAINED AT LEAST ON ALL THE BASIC CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT IF WE HAVE A STAFFING ISSUE, CAN EASILY, UH, PULL SOMEONE TO WORK VOLUNTARY OVERTIME OR HELP THAT COVERS TO, UM, MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO OUR OPERATIONS.
YOU GUYS WERE REALLY, EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE HAD DISCUSSION LIKE, COME ON, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED MORE TIME.
AND SO I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'VE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS BETTER FOR THE INCUMBENTS IN THE POSITION TO HELP THEM
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GET THROUGH AND THEN TO ALLOW OTHERS TO COME BACK THROUGH THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MORE OR LESS TO SEE.I THINK THAT'S TO THE CITY'S CREDIT BECAUSE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE FOR YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE.
UM, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES I'VE HAD PROBATION INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
SO IS THIS GONNA ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AT LARGE SO THAT UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO BRING UP INDIVIDUALS TO EXTEND THAT, UM, THAT PROBATIONARY PERIOD? CORRECT.
THIS WAS TO, SO WHEN WE REQUEST A PROBATIONARY EXTENSION, WE'RE LIMITED TO ONLY REQUESTING THAT PROBATION EXTENSION THREE MONTHS AT A TIME.
AND SO WHEN THE TRAINING IS ROUGHLY 16 WEEKS JUST FOR THE PORTION THAT, UM, THE SEC TRAINING THAT IS ALREADY EATING UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME PLUS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCHEDULING OF IT AND ALL THE OTHER TRAININGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO, IT DOESN'T ALLOW US, FOR US TO HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE ACTUAL OBSERVANCE OF ARE THEY ABLE TO APPLY WHAT THEY LEARNED IN THE ACADEMY SUCCESSFUL IN IT.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BY EXTENDING IT TO THE 2088, WHICH IS REALLY IN LINE WITH A LOT OF, A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES AND THEIR, THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIODS THAT THAT WILL DO AWAY WITH US HAVING TO COME BACK AND REQUEST FOR EXTENSIONS.
IF WE EVER CAME BACK, IT WOULD BE SOME WEIRD EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THAT WOULD BE UNUSUAL.
LIKE THE COVID IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF, OF, OF THAT HAPPENING.
I'M NOT TRYING THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT, THAT THIS SHOULD RESOLVE, UM, OUR ISSUES OF REQUESTING ALL THESE EXTENSIONS.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THE QUESTION OF, UM, WELL CLARIFYING THAT THIS IS FOR ANY SSOS HIRED SUBSEQUENT TO THIS APPROVAL, RIGHT? SO THERE MAY BE SSOS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU MAY, THAT, THAT AREN'T QUALIFYING, THAT AREN'T GONNA HAVE THE 2088 PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
I DON'T FORESEE US BRINGING BACK, BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE BULK OF OUR PROBATIONARY FOLKS ARE ALREADY, I JUST WANTED COMMISSION TO BE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO HAND OUT THERE.
BUT, BUT ONCE THIS IS, THIS IS APPROVED BY COMMISSION, THEN ANY, ANY HIRES SUBSEQUENT TO THIS WILL HAVE THAT.
I ANTICIPATE THAT THERE MAY, MAY BE A CHRISTINA THAT ONE OR TWO MAY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THE EXTENSION SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE FALLING.
AND, UM, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING AND TRANSPARENT WHENEVER SHE COMES TO SPEAK.
I BELIEVE EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S TELLING ME.
I DON'T HAVE TO RE VALUE, I'M SORRY, I, I
UH, WHENEVER, DON'T REFER TO THIS.
SHE, WHEN, WHENEVER ALSO COMES AND TALKS TO US, I ALWAYS FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
BUT ALSO, ALSO, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, THE CIVIL SERVICE ADJUST THEIR, CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR RULES AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO OUR, UM, WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE WORK THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION, WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO MEET AND CONFER.
SO THERE'S, THERE IS PROCESS THAT GOES WITH THAT, BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE ON TRACK TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
AND THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE, BUT I, I THINK THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE A RULE, UH, RATHER THAN AN EXCEPTION.
UM, SO, UH, THIS I THINK WOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT ABSOLUTELY WHATEVER PROCESS IS NECESSARY.
I'M SURE OUR CITY COUNCIL WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
ARE WE, ARE WE GOOD? I'M GOOD.
WE, ITEM 10, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE REQUEST TO UTILIZE CLASSIFIED VACANCIES FOR A LIMITED TERM FOR LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT EMPLOYEES TALENT RETENTION MOTION.
UM, SO STAFF HAS RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM MEREDITH REYNOLDS, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND JOE EMINI, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES REQUESTING TO UTILIZE CLASSIFIED VACANCIES FOR A LIMITED TERM TO PLACE UNCLASSIFIED AND NON-CAREER EMPLOYEES FUNDED THROUGH THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT IN POSITION FUNDING.
THESE FUNDING FOR THE, THESE POSITIONS IS SET TO, FOR THE LBRA POSITIONS IS SET TO EXPIRE
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ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11, SECTION 1 1 0 2, A SIX OF THE LONG BEACH CITY CHARTER FACTS FOR CONSIDERATION.
A TEMPORARY CITYWIDE STAFF TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT LBRA IN MARCH OF 2021 TO PROVIDE OVERALL MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF $235.5 MILLION IN PROGRAMS RELATED TO RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND WORKERS IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
AS THE PROGRAMS ARE COMING TO AN END, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 33 EMPLOYEES REMAINING OF THE ORIGINAL 160 EMPLOYEES HIRED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
CIVIL SERVICE STAFF, HUMAN RESOURCE STAFF, AND LBRA STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY AND COORDINATE THE BEST PATHWAY FOR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT FOR THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES.
WITH THAT STAFF IS RE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF UTILIZING THE CLASSIFIED THE VACANCIES IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE TO SERVE AS A LIMITED TERM LANDING SPOT FOR THE REMAINING UNCLASSIFIED AND NON-CAREER CLASSIFICATIONS, WHILE FILLING COMPARABLE VACANT POSITIONS IN CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
THIS WILL PROVIDE TIME FOR THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES TO GET ON AN ELIGIBLE LIST.
PER CLASSIFIED EMPLOYMENT, THE LIMITED TERM IS RECOMMENDED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
EMPLOYEES IN THE NON-CAREER POSITIONS, HOWEVER, WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR 1600 HOUR LIMITATIONS.
STAFF HAS REVISED THE PROVISIONAL PROCESS FORMS TO BE UTILIZED TO SCREEN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE MATCHED WITH CURRENT VACANCIES TO MAKE SURE THEY, UH, UM, QUALIFY FOR THE POSITIONS.
ADDITIONALLY TRACKING WILL BE MADE JOINTLY BY CIVIL SERVICE, HR AND LBRA.
THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO LIMITED TERM, LIMITED TERM HIRING OF THE LBRA EMPLOYEES DOES FALL UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE CHARTER.
CITING THE NEED REQUIRING UNIQUE AND SPECIAL FLEXIBILITY FOR EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION.
CIVIL SERVICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH LBRA IMPACTED EMPLOYEES IN ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF RETAINING A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED, 100% OF THOSE INTERESTED IN REMAINING WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
STAFF FROM BOTH HUMAN RESOURCES AND LBRA HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THIS IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
HE SAID WHAT HAPPENS IF, WHAT HAPPENS IF, OH, OKAY.
YOU HAVE, WE DON'T CREATE A PATHWAY AND THAT MAKES FOR OUR UNHAPPY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SERVED THE BEST 2 33 PEOPLE ACCOUNT.
THIS IS A PATHWAY FOR A PERMANENT POSITION FOR, SO THIS IS REALLY WHY WE'RE MEETING HERE AT 1:00 PM ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
UM, THIS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TAKES THIS BUSINESS, THE RECORD.
THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT THIS COMMISSION DOESN'T DO EFFECTIVE WORK WE DON'T MAKE ON CONSISTENT BASIS.
I THINK THAT THIS SHOWS THAT THIS COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT WORK IS AND WE TRULY DO, UM, REPRESENT THE PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF HOW WE'RE FRAMED.
UM, IS 33 PEOPLE, UM, WHEN THESE PEOPLE WERE HIRED, THEY WERE HIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
ARE THEY CONSIDERED UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND NON CAREERS? YES.
THEY WERE HIRED AS UNCLASSIFIED AND NON-CAREER BECAUSE THEY WERE ON LIMITED, UM, TERM FUNDING.
THERE WAS NOT GENERAL FUND FUNDING.
SO LIKE WHAT THEY USE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? CORRECT.
THEN MY NEXT QUESTION BECOMES, AND I READ THE MATERIAL.
WHY SHOULD I GIVE THEM A LEG UP ON SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY ON THE LIST? SAY FOR I UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND I HAVE, I'M ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANT AN ANSWER.
SO WE'RE NOT, ALL WE ARE DOING IS PROVIDING A LANDING SPOT UNTIL THEY HAVE TIME TO GET ON AN ELIGIBLE LIST AND, AND, UM, COMPETE FOR A CLASSIFIED VACANCY.
WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING.
THIS IS ONLY A LIMITED TERM FOR ONE YEAR.
THE, UM, ONCE THEY, AND WE'RE ASKING DEPARTMENTS TO JUST USE THEIR VACANCY TO ALLOW ONE OF THEM TO SIT IN IT, ONCE THEY HAVE ANOTHER PLACEMENT, A PERMANENT PLACEMENT, OR THEY DECIDE TO LEAVE THE CITY,
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THAT VACANCY BECOME, GOES BACK TO AN OPEN CLASSIFIED VACANCY.ANYBODY THAT WAS ON THE LIST STILL HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO THEY DON'T GET, THEY DON'T GET THAT POSITION, THEY'RE JUST, THAT POSITION IS JUST HELD VACANT FOR A LITTLE BIT BY USING THAT SPOT FOR THE UNCLASSIFIED OR NON-CAREER EMPLOYEE.
BUT ALL THE OTHER CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ON THE LIST, THEY'RE GONNA STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND COMPETE FOR THAT OR BE INTERVIEWED FOR THAT VACANCY.
SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING A LEG UP OF ANY SORT.
UM, IT'S JUST A LANDING SPOT FOR A HOLDING PATTERN FOR THEM.
MY NEXT QUESTION COMES, WHY IS THERE A RUSH? WHY WEREN'T YOU TOLD ABOUT THIS MONTHS AGO? OR I THINK, AND, AND I'LL LET, UM, LBRA RESPOND TO THIS, BUT THESE ARE KIND OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE HOLDING THE PROGRAM DOWN TO THE VERY END, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
MEREDITH CAN RESPOND TO THAT SUBMISSION.
SO, UM, THE TALENT DETENTION PLANNING, UM, BEGAN IN OCTOBER OF 2022.
UH, AND WE HAVE 85 PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY CLOSE TO 300 MILLION AND EVERY PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT, EVERY PROGRAM AT DIFFERENT TIME.
AND SO IF STAFF WERE TO HAVE JUMPED INTO THE BETTER POSITION EARLY, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH UP THIS PROGRAM.
SO, UM, CHRISTINA IS CORRECT, BUT SOME OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UM, AND PLACES TO GO.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE DOING A WHOLE HOST OF, UM, TALENT RETENTION, UM, TRAINING AND RESUME REVIEW WITH CIVIL SERVICE WITH HR TO PREPARE EMPLOYEES TO, UM, WORK THROUGH THE EXISTING CIVIL SERVICE OR HR PROCESSES, UH, TO FIND A JOB IF THEY WERE ONE OF THE ONES WHO EARLY.
UM, AND HERE ON THE TEAM, UH, IF YOU, SO WE CAN RUN DOWN ALL OF THE EFFORT WE WORKING ON, UH, SINCE OCTOBER OF 2022
SO WE'RE DOWN TO THE VERY LAST NUMBER OF FOLKS, UH, WHO, UM, COULD REALLY USE A PLACE.
AND OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL WAS THIS 100%, UH, RETENTION OF TALENT, UH, BECAUSE THEY DID STEP UP AT A TIME, UH, WHEN THE CITY NEEDED THEM AND THEIR COMMUNITY NEEDED THEM.
AND THEY A, A GREAT NUMBER OF SKILLS YET, UM, 16 MODULE TRAININGS FOR THEM ON EVERYTHING FROM COMMUNICATIONS TO PURCHASING TO ANALYSIS TO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND CLOSEOUT.
UM, AND THEY'RE WELL POSITIONED TO, UH, TEST IN THROUGH THE CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS FOR FUTURE.
SO THE 33 THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, NONE OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY ON ANY BENEFITS? S JUST A FEW.
THERE'S ONE PERSON ON THE LIST I WANTED TO BE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, I SEE THIS AS A WIN-WIN SITUATION ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE BASICALLY HAVE ON OUR PLATE OF LARGE TEMPORARY POOL OF FOLKS.
BUT I HOPE THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES TO THE ORGANIZATION, THAT WHEN YOU ARE WANTING TO FILL POSITION, UNCLASSIFIED POSITION, YOU DON'T CLASSIFIED, IT'S TEMPORARY.
YOU BE ABLE TO LAY THEM, WE'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WERE THEM INTO THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE IN THE WAY THAT THE REASON WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE LIKE OUR CLASSIFIED.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO THERE ARE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATES THAT ARE ACCOUNTING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE REP.
THOSE POSITIONS COULD HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
BUT UM, I REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN, UM, OUR PARTNER CAME TO CIVIL SERVICE SAY, HEY, WE WANT UN CLASSIFICATION.
SO THAT CLASS UNCLASSIFIED CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN USED WIDELY, BUT YOUR POSITIONS HAVE TO BE REAL WITH THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
SO IF YOU'RE USING A CLASSIFIED TEMPORARY AND THAT ASSIGN IT IN, UM, THERE WOULD HAVE NOT HAVE TO BE A A REQUEST COMMISSION, IT WOULD BE A LAYOFF AND BE REPLACED AND FIND THEM NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
UM, UH, VACANCIES WOULD BE FILLED.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE INTERVIEW.
IF THEY WOULD BE A CLASSIFIED EMPLOY, THEY WOULD POSITION.
NOW HERE WE YOU CAN LAY THEM OFF, BUT THAT'S
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NOT THE WANTS TO DO APPRECIATE.BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY SITUATION.
WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS HERE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED SKILL AND WORK FOR THE CITY, UM, CLERICAL, THEY CAN MOVE IT TO SOME OF THE CLERICAL POSITIONS.
SO, UM, I I DO HAVE A, I I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, WAS I REMEMBER ATTENDING A COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WAS IT THESE EMPLOYEES THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
SO I THOUGHT THE NUMBER WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN IT WAS.
IT WAS, WHERE DID THEY GO? WELL, THEY, AS MEREDITH SAID, THERE WERE, THERE WERE, UM, ORIGINALLY A LARGER NUMBER.
SO THOSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PLACED, THEY'RE WE'RE FINDING PLACEMENT FOR THEM.
AND SO THIS IS JUST, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BECAUSE IT'S ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO LVRA AND HR HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR PART IN TRYING TO PLACE PEOPLE GOOD, GOOD.
SO THE NUMBER, SO LEMME TELL YOU WHAT MY, MY CONCERN IS, AND THIS WAS MY ONLY CONCERN I HAD MET MARY IS BACK TO THAT COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I REMEMBER BEING ANGRY AS I SAT OUT, WAS THERE ANGRY ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I WAS ANGRY BECAUSE I FELT THAT YOU HAD NOT BEEN PROACTIVE, THAT WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE GRAND FUNDED EMPLOYMENT, YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS IS COMING.
AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY OVERPERFORMING STAYING WITH YOU TO THE END, HE SAID, PEOPLE YOU WANNA KEEP, WE WANT THEM IN THE CITY FOR BECAUSE THEY'RE SHOWING YOU THEIR DEDICATION.
SO WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE.
I GET THAT WE HAD TO KEEP THEM IN THOSE POSITIONS, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD AS I SAT IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
DEAR GOD, YOU'RE GONNA LET ALL THESE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS WHEN YOU COULD HAVE PROACTIVELY MANAGED THIS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY HAD SOMEWHERE TO LAND.
WELL, GUESS WHAT? I THINK THAT THIS IS THE, IF THIS IS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO AND 33 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET PLACED IN POSITIONS, THAT'S WHAT, IN MY OPINION, FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED ALL OF THEM.
BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE HAD A HUNDRED, AND I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME I HEARD 90, BUT I I, I MISSED UP.
AND THOSE WERE JUST HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, EMPLOYEES, I THINK THAT WERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO EVERYONE, YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS EVERYBODY IN THE PROGRAM, EVERYBODY YES.
HAS HAD A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY YES.
AND THIS, THAT THERE'S NO MORE THAN THESE 33.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.
NO, AND THAT, AND WE RAISED THAT TO, UM, THE LBRA TEAM BECAUSE WE INITIALLY HAD AS A SPECIFIC MEETING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THOSE EMPLOYEES.
AND WE SAID, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE REMAINING? AND SO LBRA CAME BACK AND GAVE US THE NUMBERS OF EVERYBODY.
I SAID, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS TO COMMISSION, WE WANT TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
AND I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT CIVIL SERVICE, MEREDITH REACHED OUT TO CIVIL SERVICE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO, UM, ANYBODY THAT WAS IN LBRA.
SO YOU DO HAVE THAT ONE SHEET THAT SHOWS A WORKSHOP SERIES.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
WE ALSO, UM, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS, I I WANNA SAY IT'S PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY EMPLOYEE TOO, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND GET ON LISTS.
AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD THAT THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, BUT WE ARE COMING TO AN END AND, AND THERE WILL BE AN END TO IT.
SO THEY DO HAVE TO, IF THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE CLASSIFIED OR IF THEY DO WANT TO GO OVER INTO THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE, THEY NEED TO GET ON A LIST.
SO WE, THAT WAS, THIS WAS OUR COMPROMISE TO FIND A WAY, BUT TO GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THAT, THEY ALREADY HAVE HAD OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL.
UM, BUT THEY WILL HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ON THESE ELIGIBLE LISTS.
UM, AND SO IS SOMEONE GOING TO TRACK THE 33 C? YES.
WE CREATED A SPREADSHEET YESTERDAY AND WE, UM, ARE WE DEFINITELY, WE CREATED A SPREADSHEET.
WE CREATED FORMS. WE'RE GONNA BE USUALLY USING THE PROVISIONAL PROCESS, UM, FORM OF SCREENING THAT WE DO.
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH HR AND LBRA TO HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT THERE'S AN APPLICATION.
THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE SITTING IN.
AND THE EMPLOYEE WILL ALSO SIGN THAT A TERM OF AGREEMENT LIKE WE SEE IN THE PROVISIONAL FORM, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THEIR STATUS IS.
THEY'RE NOT COLLECTING ANY SENIORITY PROCESS OR SENIORITY POINTS.
SO IT'S CLEAR TO THE EMPLOYEE THAT'S STEPPING INTO THIS.
THEY KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE.
AND WHERE WE IN CIVIL SERVICE ARE GOING TO BE,
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UH, TRACKING THAT.WE'LL GET THE HR ONE THAT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW THE PERSON SITTING IN THE ACTUAL VACANT CLASSIFIED VACANCY RAY'S TEAM WILL CLOSE THAT REQUISITION DOWN SO THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN BE HIRED INTO THAT.
ONCE THAT PERSON LEAVES THAT VACANCY BECAUSE THEY GET A PERMANENT JOB SOMEPLACE ELSE, OR THEY LEAVE THAT THERE WILL BE A NEW REQUISITION FOR THAT VACANCY SO THAT IT'S ALL VERY CLEAN.
UM, AND DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE DONE THEIR DEED, THEIR GOOD DEED AND GET BACK AN OPEN REQUISITION TO FILL WITH ANYBODY FROM THE CLASSIFIED ELIGIBLE LIST.
AND THEN MY FINAL, UH, COMMENT IS THAT I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ALSO THE OF 16 HOURS I, AND I THINK THAT THESE EMPLOYEES ARE USED TO 2080 HOURS.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE CURRENTLY THAT ARE NON-CAREER AND THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE 1600 HOURS.
SO THIS, THIS, UM, ACTION SERVES THOSE MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
AND SO WHAT THE ACTION OF ALLOWING THE NON CURVE MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT SIT IN A VACANT FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT IS WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING.
BUT THEY'RE STILL NON CAREERS.
EVERYBODY GOES OVER AS THEIR UNCLASSIFIED OR NON-CAREER STATUS.
SO THEIR STATUS ISN'T CHANGED.
SO THEY WILL STILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE $1,600.
I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING, WOULD THEY BE HIRED INTO NO, THEY'RE STILL OPERATING AS NON CAREERS.
NO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING THROUGH THIS IN OUR, ON OUR TEAM AND WITH HR AND LBRA, SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY HELP US TO ALSO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING WE MAY BE, OH, IT HELPS US ASLEEP BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE BEING OUT OF WORK.
AND I, I SAY THE SAME THING CONSTANTLY.
DO THEY KNOW THE POSITION'S GONNA END AT THE END OF THE GRANT? AND EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS YES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE END OF THE GRANT, IT'S LIKE, COME ON, WE NEED TO FIND THIS PERSON'S JOB.
ITEM 11, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY.
I'LL TELL MARIANO LICENSE INSPECTOR.
AND STEVEN ROBOS IS GONNA PRESENT TO YOU.
ON APRIL 30TH, 2024, THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM ANNA REYES, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS FM, REQUESTING CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A PROVISIONAL APPOINTEE TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF LICENSED INSPECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 43 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CIVIL SERVERS POLICY 1.02.
ON APRIL 30TH, 2024, CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTINA WINING APPROVED A REQUI A REQUEST FROM THE FM DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT RECRUITMENT FOR LICENSED INSPECTOR ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2024, FM STAFF CONTACTED CIVIL SERVICE TO CONFIRM THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD SELECTED A CANDIDATE, ANTHONY FELIPE ALTA MARIA MURANO FOR THE LICENSED INSPECTOR PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.
APPROVAL OF THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY FILL ONE OF ITS CRITICAL TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU.
AS THIS POSITION IS DIRECTLY TIED TO REVENUE FROM BUSINESS LICENSES, THE LICENSE INSPECTOR POSITION VERIFIES BUSINESS LICENSES ARE LI UH, BUSINESSES ARE LICENSED AND INSURES PERMIT FEES ARE PAID.
THE INSPECTOR ADVISES BUSINESSES BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICANTS BY REVIEWING FIELD APPLICATIONS, ISSUING NOTICES OF LICENSE VIOLATIONS AND COLLECTS LICENSE FEES.
MR. ANO IS HIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN SCREENED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF WHO HAVE DETERMINED THAT HE MEETS THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS CLASSIFICATION.
MR. ALTA, UH, HAS SIGNED THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT OF CONDITIONS WHICH OUTLINES THE CONDITIONS OF A PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT, INCLUDING THAT THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT IS TEMPORARY AND THAT HE HAS NO GUARANTEE OF A PERMANENT POSITION.
HE'S ALSO AWARE THAT HE MUST APPLY AND COMPETE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION PROCESS AND BE PLACED IN A SELECTABLE POSITION ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT AS A LICENSED INSPECTOR.
THE NEW RECRUITMENT FOR THE LICENSED INSPECTOR ONE TO TWO IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER, 2024.
AND THE, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT WOULD ALLOW
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FOR ONE VACANCY TO BE IMMEDIATELY FILLED TEMPORARILY WHILE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF CARRY OUT THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.THAT WILL PRODUCE AN, UH, NEW ELIGIBLE LIST FOR PERMANENT APPOINT APPOINTMENTS.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 43 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
UH, MR. ALTA MARINO HAS, UH, BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS REQUEST IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE FROM FM IS PRESENT AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF, IF THERE ANY.
SO WHY DID THEY NEED THEIR PROVISION? UM, THERE IS, UH, NOT SUFFICIENT NAMES ON AN ELIGIBLE LIST FOR THIS CLASSIFICATION.
SO THERE IS AN ELIGIBLE LIST LIST NAMES ON IT.
BUT YOU SAY THEY'RE NOT SUFFICIENT.
THERE THERE IS NO ELIGIBLE LIST AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT WE DO TENTATIVELY, UH, HAVE ONE, UH, A NEW RECRUITMENT PLANNED AND IT IT'S ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES.
SO WHAT CAN'T, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, IT'S A CRITICAL TO FILL POSITION IN ORDER TO KEEP THE REVENUE STREAM FOR THE, THE BUREAU, UM, TO CONTINUE THE, THE, THE, THE WORK.
SO THE PERSON JUST CAN'T WORK OUTTA CLASS.
THERE, THERE ARE NO PEOPLE TO WORK OUT OF CLASS.
SO THERE THAT THE RECRUITMENT WOULD BE TO, UM, MAYBE FIND SOMEONE AND MAYBE TO DO IT THE CORRECT WAY, MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN FILL, UM, ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS THAT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT THEY REQUEST A CERTIFICATE TO PUT THEM IN A PROVISIONAL STATUS RATHER THAN WORK THEM OUT CLASS.
THEY'LL APPROPRIATELY WORK THEM OUT CLASS THROUGH THE PROVISIONAL PROCESS.
THIS, THIS ENDED UP, THIS IS A CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVING LIKE THREE NUMBER ONE HIRING.
SO WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRYING AND THAT IS AMENT THAT WE HAVE TO DO A PERFORMANCE EXAM AND HAS HAD THAT TEST CONSISTENTLY TESTING, TRYING TO UM, GET ONE, BRING CANDIDATES IN AND THEN ASSESS THEM.
MEANWHILE LICENSED INSPECTOR IS LIKE, OH WE REALLY NEED THIS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GO AND GET PROVISION, GET A PROVISIONAL IN THERE.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ACTUALLY HELPS US GO WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE SEEKING OUR, OR RECRUITING, RECRUITING FOR THEIR PROVISIONAL, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOW UH, WAKING UP TO THE CANDIDATE POLL FOR US.
SO WHEN WE GET READY TO RUN THE EXAM, IT'S LIKE, HERE'S A CANDIDATE POLL.
NOT JUST THE ONES THAT GOT PROVISIONAL, BUT NOW THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER CONVERSATION WITH OUR TEAM AS OF WHERE WE YOU FIND PEOPLE.
HOW'D YOU FIND THEM? SO, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT THAT DONE.
SO, UM, I HAVE 12 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.
STEVEN HAS THAT REPORT AS WELL.
SO THE REQUEST, UH, THE REQUEST CAME IN FROM, UH, ANNA REYES ON APRIL 30TH.
UH, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR TWO, UH, TWO POSITIONS.
UM, AND UH, CIVIL SERVICE UH, APPROVED THE REQUEST ON APRIL 30TH.
UM, WE WERE NOTIFIED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH THAT THE FM DEPARTMENT HAD SELECTED CANDIDATE DALIA BELL.
UM, MS. BELL'S APPLICATION HAS BEEN SCREENED BY CIVIL SERVICE STAFF.
WE'VE DETERMINED THAT SHE MEETS THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION AND UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE TO ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 43 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, UH, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS? AYE, ON ITEM 13, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE YOU ANY MOTION? I WILL, UM, QUICKLY WE WILL GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES AND I'LL LET MARIA START.
WE'RE CLOSING THE FISCAL YEAR THE LAST, UM, DAY SEPTEMBER THE 30TH.
SO STAFF HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY PROCESSING THOSE
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INVOICES REQUESTS THAT COME IN AT THE TELL END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, CERTAIN VENDORS THAT WE ESTABLISH SERVICES AND THEY TEND TO BE
SO THIS IS OUR RUSH RUSH TIME.
UM, WE ALSO ARE SUPER BUSY BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT STARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST.
SO THEREFORE WE GET A LOT OF REQUISITIONS THAT ARE FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING, UM, THOSE REQUISITIONS THAT WE START COME THROUGH.
UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT THAT WE'RE ARE PREPARING, UH, TO PRESENT THIS SOONER, 2025 TO YOU.
UM, WE HAVE IT POSSIBLY FOR OCTOBER THE NINTH IF EVERYTHING LOOKS OKAY.
UM, WHAT YOU ARE GONNA LOOK THERE IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL WHAT OUR BUDGET IS.
SO WE'RE GONNA BREAK IT DOWN ON THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE.
UM, SO I WANNA GIVE YOU THAT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO PRESENT HOW WE CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
AND THAT PRESENTATION IS GONNA LOOK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
AND THAT ONE COMES TO SEPTEMBER, I'M SORRY, DECEMBER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT ONE IT WILL BE MORE DETAILED.
WE'LL GIVE YOU COMPARISONS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO I KIND OF WANT TO PLANT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
BUT THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE HIGH LEVEL AND THEN YOU WILL GET A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED ON THIS VIDEO OF 2024, WHICH WILL CLOSE.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT.
WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO RE RECEIVING YOUR REPORT.
UM, LAST YEAR WAS I WAS MY FIRST TIME AND IT WAS EXCELLENT.
SO MUCH COLOR ON THE SCREEN FOR MY OWN.
SO ACTUALLY I'M A NUMBERS PERSON, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO THE PRESENTATION.
GRACE, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM OR SELF SERVICE TEAM AND PERFORM SERVICES DIVISION.
BRYSON, HE IS OUR NEWEST PERSONNEL ANALYST.
BRYSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE OVER HERE? THEY DIDN'T TELL ME I WAS DOING WELL, ACTUALLY.
I DID WARN HIM, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL, TELL YOU QUICKLY.
UM, HE'S COME FROM LONG CITY COLLEGE.
HE JUST GOOD SCHOOL LAST WEEK.
HE HAS, UM, EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, FIVE YEARS OF IT WORKING WITH DISABILITY SERVICES AND ALSO AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR LEVEL WITH THE LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
AND I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT HIMSELF A LITTLE MARK.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M BRYON THRIFT.
UM, I AM THE NEWEST PERSONNEL ANALYST, UH, HERE, UH, IN THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO, UH, BE HERE AND I'VE HAD SUCH A WARM WELCOME FROM EVERYONE, ALL THE STAFF, UM, JUST MADE ME FEEL SO COMFORTABLE.
UM, THIS IS MY SECOND WEEK ON THE JOB.
UH, SO VERY NEW AND, UM, EXCITED TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM ALL THESE, UH, INTELLIGENT FOLKS.
AND, UM, UH, YEAH, I, I CAME FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, UH, WHERE I WORKED IN, UM, ACADEMIC RECRUITMENTS, UH, CLASSIFIED RECRUITMENTS, AND THEN ALSO OUR EEO PLAN, UM, AS MY LAST, UH, JOB THERE.
YOU OVER THERE WITH BOY? YEAH.
UM, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT KRISTEN.
SO, UH, NICE TO MEET YOU ALL AND, UH, THANK YOU.
I'M SO GLAD THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH STOLE YOU FROM LONG BEACH CITY OF COLLEGE.
THEY GOT A HELL OF A HR DEPARTMENT.
THEY REALLY, AND A GREAT PERSONNEL COMMISSION DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU WERE OVER THERE WITH SOME GOOD FOLKS.
SO, BUT I'M GLAD THAT CHRISTINA GOT YOU.
UM, STAFF, THEY DID THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS.
THEY WERE SO EXCITED WHEN THEY CAME BACK, IT'S LIKE, OH, INTERVIEW.
SO NEXT WEEK, UM, THE BOTH HAVE STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE YOGA GOV CONFERENCE IN VEGAS.
UM, SO THE FOLLOWING AGENDA, HOPEFULLY THAT'S PRETTY LIGHT, BUT, UM, THIS IS A CONFERENCE, PRETTY MUCH THE ONE CONFERENCE THAT I HAVE ATTENDING ON A REGULAR BASIS IN ADDITION TO, UM, GO CONTINUE TO
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GET AND WITH.SO THAT NEXT WEEK, THAT IS NEXT ONE.
IS IT? I, WELL, NORMALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR IS BETTER.
LIKE I SAY, TAKE YOUR WHITE AND SOME DRESSES, I DON'T NEED TO GO.
SO FOR EXAM ACTIVITY, UM, THIS WEEK WE HAD SENIOR LIBRARIAN, UM, APPRAISAL INTERVIEWS WERE EVALUATED BY EXTERNAL READERS.
AND ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK, WE HAD, OH, A SENIOR LIBRARIAN.
WE ACTUALLY HAD 20 INVITED TO THE PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
IN 18, UH, INTERVIEWS WERE COMPLETED AND EVALUATED.
AND THEN FRIDAY, UM, WE HAD THE APPELLATE D WHICH IS THE POLICE, ONE OF THE EXAM PROCESSES THAT POLICE CAN BE HIRED IN.
SO WE HAD THE EXAM AND 915 WERE INVITED.
AND THE REASON THAT NUMBER IS SO BIG, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON A CANDIDATE POOL THAT, UM, OR FOR NO SHOWS MM-HMM.
AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT POLICE OFFICERS, SO OFFICER, OFFICER, WE GIVE THEM MULTIPLE CHANCES.
AND ALSO, I'M GONNA TALK WITH STAFF AND ALSO OUR RECRUITMENT DIVISION, I THINK FOR REPORT, LIKE, ON WHAT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS WERE.
AND, AND WE ACTUALLY STAFF RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH.
AND MARIA, WE SAT WITH, UH, CHRISTINA.
AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE PROCESS OF WHAT, UH, MARIANO HAS GONE THROUGH AS FAR AS, UM, UH, MANAGING AND CAN POOL AND WHAT STAGES THERE ARE, AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXAMS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE TN THE NATIONAL TESTING NETWORK, AND THEN WE HAVE
AND, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, FIRST RECRUITMENT THAT WE EVER HAD THE TWO EXAM PROCESS AND SO ON WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL ON ONE TEST LIKE THIS GAVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE OTHER TEST.
SO, UM, THERE IS A LOT MORE, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND INNOVATION WITH THIS, UH, EXAM PROCESS.
SO SHE INVITED 915, UM, 129, ACTUALLY REGISTERED FOR THE SEPTEMBER, UH, 20TH, UH, TEST.
AND THEN 140 REGISTERED FOR, AND SHE HAS A NOVEMBER TEST.
ACTUALLY, UM, TELL ME IF I'M CORRECT, 140 SHOWED NO, 55 OF THE HUNDRED 40 BED, NO, THE HUNDRED AND 29 AT REGISTERED SHOWED, SO THAT'S KIND OF A, A SMALL TURNOUT, BUT OUR RECRUITMENT OUTREACH TEAM ACTUALLY MADE PHONE CALLS, UH, BEFORE THAT TEST, YOU KNOW, HEARD NINE PEOPLE, BUT SHOW RATE THE SAME.
BUT, SO YOU'RE SAYING 55 OF THE HUNDRED 29 SHOWED UP? CORRECT.
AND BUT YOUR TEAM STILL, OR THE TEAM STILL CALLED OUT TO ASK PEOPLE TO COME.
SO YOU'RE STILL GONNA KEEP THOSE OTHER 77 PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO NOW CALL AND TELL 'EM THERE'S A PLANE, A TRAIN, AND AN AUTOMOBILE.
YOU KEEP THEM ON THE LIST AND KEEP CALLING.
WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS BECAUSE CONNELL HAS A PROCESS AS SHE'S MANAGING, SHE'S VERY WELL ORGANIZED THAT SHE, UH, IS VERY CONSISTENT.
COULD THAT HAVE BEEN THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY OR IS THAT THEIR SECOND OPPORTUNITY? SO SHE'S BEING VERY CONSISTENT AND HAS A PROCESS AS SHE'S DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN, UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE SOME PEOPLE TWO OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA KEEP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE.
LIKE, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT, I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAVE REPORTED SOME PEOPLE OUT AS, UH, DID NOT REPORT TO THE WRITTEN BECAUSE THAT OTHERWISE THAT'S BEATEN THE DEAD FORCE.
UM, AND IF THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON EITHER TEST, THEN THEIR REPORT OUTS COMMISSION DID NOT QUALIFY.
SO SHE HAS A VERY, UM, UH, KIND OF INTENSE, BUT IT'S VERY DOABLE.
AND, UM, SHE'S GONNA SHARE WITH STAFF BECAUSE WE FIND ANOTHER PERSON, I MEAN'S GONNA BE OUR NEWEST DEDICATED.
AND THEN, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU BATTALION CHIEF, THE LAST MEETING ON AUGUST 28TH, I DID MENTION TO THIS, UH, BODY THAT
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THE STAFF WAS READY TO GO ON THE BAT, READY TO GO ON BATTALION CHIEF.HOWEVER, THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION, UH, REQUESTED TO BE CONFERRED.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS ON HOLD FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN WE DID BEGIN THE MEETING CONFER PROCESS LAST WEEK.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL SOME CONCERNS PENDING FROM THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION.
SO, UM, IT IS STILL ON HOLD RIGHT NOW UNTIL, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES, LABOR RELATIONS IS ASSISTING AND GUIDING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, ONCE LOGAN, THE GREEN LIGHT FROM, UH, HR LABOR, IT'S LIKE, HEY, OUR ISSUES RESOLVED.
WE HAD A POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR SALE PROCESS.
SO, UH, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE.
HR IS ING SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY.
AND ONCE THEY BUTTON DOWN THE HATCHES, THEN THEY'LL SEND IT OVER TO YOU.
THE HOLD UP IS NOT, IS THAT, WELL, IT'S THE OUTSTANDING CONCERNS FROM THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION THAT AREN'T RESOLVED.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS CIVIL SERVICES.
NO, WE ARE, WE ARE IN A CITY SITUATION.
WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSION WITH HR AND THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, SO, SO WE'RE, YEAH.
YES, BUT I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
BUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, HAD THEY BEEN HAPPY WITH OUR RESPONSE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ON A EXAM PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, AND ALSO I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, I TAKEN A LOOK AT OUR REQUISITIONS, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE AN IDEA BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THE CITY, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE, ARE ACTUALLY OPEN THE CITY? YOU KNOW? AND I'VE EVEN HAD EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TRYING TO WANNA TRANSFER BECAUSE, UM, PROBABLY 10 YEARS PRIOR, IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST 10 YEARS.
THE CITY, WE USED TO HAVE THE, ALL THE REQUISITIONS POSTED ON OUR INTRANET.
SO IF AN EMPLOYEE WANTED TO SEE LIKE WHERE VACANCIES WERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEY WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER HITTING THAT DEPARTMENT UP OR WANTING TO TRANSFER.
SO, BUT, UM, I ACTUALLY PULLED THE REPORT AND I SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THIS WAS, UH, TUESDAY WE HAD 795 VACANCIES, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD 3 54 REQUISITIONS AND THOSE WERE OPEN AND THOSE WERE VACANCIES WERE WE ACTUALLY GIVEN ELIGIBLE FOR, AND THEN APPROVED.
UM, WE HAVE 59 REQUISITIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY 66 VACANCIES THAT WE NEED TO GIVE LISTED NAMES FOR.
AND I'M GONNA KEEP LOOKING AND GOING THROUGH THERE AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME VACANCIES THAT THE CITY HAS DECIDED, LIKE, OH, WE DON'T WANNA BILL.
IT'S AN OPEN REQUISITION AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THIS NUMBER OUT NOW BECAUSE AS MARIA MENTIONED EARLIER, ALL THAT'S GONNA START LOOKING DIFFERENT WHEN THE UPDATED REQUISITIONS COME IN.
SO WHEN THE UPDATED REQUISITIONS COME IN, SHE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, OH, THE REQUISITION JUST CAME IN TODAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEREAS, UM, BEING TRANSPARENT, THE REQUISITION IN THE VACANCY WAS ACTUALLY OLDER THAN WHAT THE NEW REQUISITION IS GONNA MAKE IT LOOK LIKE.
SO, SO I, AND I'M GONNA TALK TO, UM, LEADERSHIP TEAM BECAUSE I, WE DO POST THE CURRENT ELIGIBLE LIST ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IDEAL SO THAT I CAN STOP GETTING QUESTIONS FROM ALL OVER THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LINK ON THERE THAT POSTS GOES DIRECTLY TO A LIST OF ALL THE REQUISITIONS, LOOKS LIKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, ORGANIZATION WIDE, EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT HERE'S NOT ONLY ARE ELIGIBLE, HERE'S WHAT AGENCIES ARE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THAT LBRA.
I THINK IT'S A BIG WIN FOR THE CITY AND IT DEMONSTRATES WHAT CIVIL SERVICE, UM, CAN DO.
AND WHY THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE IS VERY, IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I I WAS NOT REALLY IN AGREEMENT ON BOARD WHEN THE DEPARTMENTS WANTED TO COME AND USE THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE, UM, USE A CLASSIFIED POSITION AS AN UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE BECAUSE, UM, AND WHAT SOUND KIND OF REMINDED ME, HE SAID, YOU NEED SAY THIS, THAT YOU CAN USE CLASSIFIED SERVICE IN A TEMPORARY CAPACITY BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR RULES.
YOU, SO SOMEONE COMES IN LIKE, CHRISTINA AND STAFF MENTIONED MANAGERS.
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THESE PEOPLE CAME IN, THEY GAVE US THEIR TIME.SO HAVING SOME CLASSIFIED STATUS AND IF YOUR POSITION ENDS, HEY, IF THERE'S NO POSITION OPEN, GO TO A PRIORITY LIST, YOU EARN THAT.
SO I REALLY HOPE THE CITY REALLY TAKES A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE THE CLASSIFIED SERVICES.
AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THAT PROVISIONAL REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I CAUGHT ARLAN AS HE WAS LEAVING.
I WAS REMINDING HIM, BECAUSE I DID PROPOSE TO THEM.
I SAID, WHY IS HE THAT IS THREE IS COMPARABLE PAY TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER TOO.
AND IN DISCUSSION I'M LIKE, OH, WE CAN'T THINK OF THAT.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HEARD THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY TO COMPENSATE THIS PERSON.
AND SO THEY'LL PROBABLY GO TO HR, TRY TO FIND SOME SORT OF REMEDY SO IT DOESN'T JUST ATE ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
SO YEAH, IT SHOULD, UM, TO BE VERY FRANK, UH, NOT BE REALLY HAPPY THAT THE GROCERY STORE REQUIRES, UH, DOLLARS TO.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE, UM, SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
IF THEY DON'T FIND ANYONE ON THE LIST, STILL GIVE PEOPLE ON THE LIST AN OPPORTUNITY.
'CAUSE I'VE HAD MORE THAN TWO OCCASIONS WHERE WE DONE A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT FOR A SELECT CERT AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT COMES BACK TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? ACTUALLY THAT'S OKAY.
WE BOUNCE ON, ON THE LIST THAT WE ACTUALLY WANNA HIRE.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL THEN THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST, UH, STEP GIVING, UH, PEOPLE ON THE LIST THAT HAVE A SKILLSET TO, UM, DO THE JOB NOT LOOKING FOR THAT UNICORN THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE OUT THERE.
SO I THINK, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND PUBLIC RESOURCES TO RUN A SEPARATE RECRUITMENT ONLY TO COME BACK AND HIRE SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY A SENIOR EMPLOYEE OR SOMEONE IS ALREADY ON THE LIST, THEY DO NOT QUALIFY FOR SELECT TO SERVE.
SAL, REAL QUICKLY, UM, WE DID KICK OFF THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY FOR SERIES OF THE IN-PERSON CITY JOBS WORKSHOPS.
SO, UH, WE STARTED AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT
WE KEPT REGISTRATION AT 20, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE 26 PEOPLE JOIN US.
UM, AND WE DIS SELECT, YOU KNOW, CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY THAT HAVE COMPUTER LAB, UH, AREAS.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT THREE, UH, CITY LIBRARIES ARE GONNA BE VISITING AND ALSO THE NORTH LONG BEACH HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT BUREAU AND JOB CENTER.
SO ONCE A MONTH WE'RE HOSTING IN PERSON WORKSHOPS.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT, IT COULD BE A MYSTERY JUST FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO KIND OF LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE, YOU KNOW, THE HIRING PROCESS AND HOW IT ALL WORKS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE OUT THERE, WHOEVER HAS OUR, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE.
AND ALSO ONCE THE FIRST HOUR OF THE WORKSHOP INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE MUCH TIPS, MOTIVATION, AND PLUS AS MANY MINUTES AS POSSIBLE REGARDING, YOU KNOW, NEPOTISM, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU HESITATIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO STAY BACK WHEN THEY GET THEIR HANDSON ASSISTANCE FOR SETTING UP JOB ALERTS, APPLYING FOR JOBS, OR MAYBE LOOK AT THE APPLICATION OF THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BUT DEFINITELY IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
OR TALENT ACQUISITION TEAM, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CURRENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE CLASS FOR UNCLASSIFIED, AGAIN, THEY JUST SAY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR JOBS.
THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE.
SO JUST ABOUT TRYING TO BE ALIGNED AS POSSIBLE AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT THERE IS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY COULD CONTACT FOLLOW UP IF THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA HEAR FROM US WHEN THEY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION REGARDLESS OF THE JOB.
UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, YOU HAD ASKED ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH ELSA, UM, FROM THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE OF THE, UM, ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
AND IT WAS VERY TIMELY THAT THIS SSO COMING UP.
AND SO I THINK SHE KIND OF GAVE YOU THE OVERVIEW THAT SHE AND I TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE TRAINING THAT WAS NEEDED AND WHY IT HAD TO GO TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
UM, BUT WE, IN OUR DISCUSSION, UM, WE AGREED THAT THIS, UH, REVISION TO THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD WILL HELP SIGNIFICANTLY SO, UM, ANYWAY, DOESN'T HAVE TO, ALSO SHOULD NOT HAVE TO KEEP COMING IN HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND THEY, AND THEY, TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND SO IT WAS A MATTER OF GETTING THROUGH ALL THE MEET AND CONFER THAT THEY HAD TO DO.
SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU SO THEY CAN FORWARD THAT.
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I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING.UM, ALSO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WE DID FOLLOW UP.
WE HAD A MEETING, UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK, UM, OUR PARTNERS.
WE, UM, CIVIL SERVICE IS IN THE HABIT OF, UH, WE CAN WORK QUICKLY WHEN WE NEED TO.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE TEAM THAT HAS WORKED QUICKLY WITH THIS LBRA, UM, ISSUE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE OFFICE BRAINSTORMING AND TRYING TO PERFECT THE PROCESS AND DISCUSSING IT.
AND SO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL TO THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF THAT CAME UP WITH ALL THIS INNOVATION AND IDEAS.
AND THEN THANK YOU TO MEREDITH AND HER TEAM FOR ALWAYS INCLUDING US, UM, WITH THE, UM, EDUCATION OF THESE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS STATUS.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN HER INTENT, I BELIEVE, FROM DAY ONE TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S JUST KEEP MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE INFORMATION.
UM, AND THEN TO OUR HR PARTNERS.
WE MET YESTERDAY, UM, AFTER THE MEETING AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER SCHEDULED MEETING.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH, UM, THE MECHANICS OF HOW THIS IS ALL WORKING.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE TIME THAT WE'VE PUT IN TO QUICKLY ESTABLISH THIS AND, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE GOOD SUCCESS.
WE DID COMMIT TO REPORTING BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT TO YOU, UM, WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE EMPLOYEES AS THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL SET UP A REGULAR SCHEDULE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE DOING IN PLACING THE PLACE.
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
APPRECIATE THANK YOU THEM, BECAUSE THIS WAS, UH, IN MY OPINION, INNOVATIVE THOUGHT, GETTING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HELP THE HUMANS IN OUR ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT HUMAN RESOURCES IS ABOUT, THE RESOURCES WE PUT TOGETHER FOR.
AND, UH, THIS IS ABOUT CARING ABOUT PEOPLE.
UM, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF ANOTHER, ANOTHER PARK OR ANOTHER BUILDING.
AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE LISTENING TO YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE JOBS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.
AND THEN I WATCHED, I WAS THERE AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET BECAUSE WHEN I LEFT, I WAS ANGRY ON TWO FRONTS.
AND ONE OF 'EM WAS THAT I WAS CONCERNED THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I CONTACTED LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND TOLD THEM TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, UH, PEOPLE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND I SAID, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF 'EM THAT NEED JOBS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER DID, BUT IT WAS JUST MY WAY OF SAYING I HAD, I HAD CONCERNS AND WE WERE ALL CONCERNED.
SO, UH, THIS MEETING FOR ME WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I WAS HOPING, AND I KNEW MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSION, I KNEW THEY WAS GONNA VOTE THE, WE, WE SHARED THAT RESOURCE.
SEE, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND I, AND I DO WANNA THANK THE COMMISSION FOR SCRAMBLING TO COME TOGETHER TODAY.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS CLEAR YESTERDAY AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SAYING, OH MY GOD, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? BECAUSE YOU WENT, YOU, YOU SPOKE WITH CLEAR CONVICTION OF WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR THE NEXT STEP.
SO EVERYBODY KNEW THAT WE WERE COMING BACK TODAY, UM, DRAGGING VICTORIA OUT OF HER CITY COMMISSIONER, LOVE.
I HOPE WE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE YOU, UM, COMING AND NOT BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WITH THAT QUORUM.
AND SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING HERE ON THIS AFTERNOON.
24 HOURS VOLUNTEERING HERE TO MY CAR.
WELL, THE NEW GUY HERE WE'RE GOOD.
ANY, WELL, WE DIDN'T TALKED EVERYTHING TO PUBLIC.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, REAL QUICK, WE STILL NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE ITEM.
OH, I DIDN'T, NO, WE TOOK A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I JUST
WE LIKE YOU OH, ON THE RECORD.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOU GUYS, SO YOU GOT ENOUGH WORK TO DO YOU.
ANYWAY, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING.
ARE YOU UR THE MEETING AT THE MEETING IS.