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Home My WebLink AboutCC Resolution 12754 (Staffing Reductions)RESOLUTION NO. 12754 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPROVING STAFFING REDUCTIONS THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF VACANT POSITIONS, LAYOFFS AND EARLY RETIREMENTS TO BALANCE THE FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 BUDGET, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT SAID STAFFING REDUCTIONS WHEREAS, it is determined that, due to national, state, and local economic conditions, the City of San Rafael ("City") is faced with decisions regarding employee layoffs and staffing reductions; and WHEREAS, the City has been working to reduce costs, enhance revenues and take other actions such as regionalizing services in order to maintain a current balanced budget for fiscal year 2008-2009; and WHEREAS, the loss of retail business, rising unemployment, high vacancy office rates, reductions in local tourism, a credit lending crisis, huge stock market declines, State of California budget fiasco and falling housing prices are but some of the major factors influencing steep declines in local tax revenues, and requiring a realignment of services and expenditures to make sure the City 'lives within its means'. These events are putting extraordinary pressure on establishing and maintaining balanced budgets for the coming and future years; and WHEREAS, the City Council and staff have spent the last few months presenting to the community a projected General Fund budget deficit in excess of $3 million, and have been examining many alternatives to close this gap; and WHEREAS, the City Council has established a series of principles for making budget balancing decisions, which are codified in a Recession Action Plan approved by this City Council on March 16, 2009; and WHEREAS, in order to address the inevitable downsizing of staff positions and related services in an appropriate and compassionate way, the City Council approved a severance package to employees laid off from regular, budgeted positions, which includes transition compensation for those subject to a layoff from City employment; and WHEREAS, in order to further reduce organizational staffing without invoking layoffs, the City Council adopted a Voluntary Retirement Separation Plan, intending to incentivize early retirements from qualified employees while achieving real and significant personnel cost savings in the City budget; and WHEREAS, even with all of the voluntary programs in place, the City will be required to invoke layoffs as provided for in various Memorandums of Understanding and other personnel procedures, in order to address our budget deficit for fiscal year 2009-2010; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered many alternatives to solving the budget situation, and recognizes staffing reductions occurring in many different ways will have a profound and lasting impact on the services being provide to San Rafael residents, businesses and visitors beginning fiscal year 2009-10 and well into the future; and WHEREAS, the City now wishes to formalize the reductions in workforce in order to be able to adopt a timely and balanced citywide budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. Ni NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Council authorizes the staffing position reductions as presented on Table 'A', included and made part of this Resolution; and 2. The City Council authorizes the City Manager and his designees to take the necessary steps and actions to complete the positions reductions noted in Table 'A'. I, Esther C. Beirne, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on Monday, the 1st of June, 2009, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmembers: Brockbank, Connolly, Heller, Miller & Mayor Boro NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None Esther C. Beirne, City Clerk 5/28/2009 City of San Rafael Staffing Reduction List for June 1, 2009 City Council Action HR System Pos. No. Job Title Department Suspended Positions for FY 2009-10 3117-040 Police Officer Police 3117-048 Police Officer 4 Police 3117-010 Police Officer Police (1.00) Police Communications 3114-021 Specialist Police (1.00) Suspended positions subtotal Table A FTE Reason for Vacancy Bargaining Unit Vacant Position Eliminations beginning 7-1-09 Suspended for FY (1.00) X09-10 Suspended for FY (1.00) X09-10 Suspended for FY (1.00) ¢09-10 Suspended for FY (1.00) 09710 (4.00) 3316-003 Vacant Position Eliminations beginning 7-1-09 Page 1 of 2 POA POA POA POA SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU Local 1 SEIU SEIU SEIU WCE SEIU WCE Community n/a ¢ Planning Technician Development (1.00) � Vacancy Community 3316-003 Fire Inspector 1/11 Development (1.00) Vacancy Code Enforcement Community 1607-003 Officer Development (1.00) Vacancy 3304-003 Admin. Analyst ;Fire (1.00) Vacancy 5518-001 Library Aide Library (0.53) Vacancy 5116-004 Librarian 1/11 Library (0.58) Vacancy Network Support ' Mgmt 1422-003 Technician Services/Admin. (1.00) Vacancy Admin. Asst. to City Mgmt 1302-001 Clerk Services/Admin. (1.00) { Vacancy Police Business 1303-001 Manager Police (1.00) iVacancy Street Maintenance I 4415-001 Worker III Public Works (1.00) Vacancy Street Maintenance 4405-001 Supervisor Public Works (1.00) Vacancy Street Maintenance 4405-002 Supervisor Public Works (1.00) Vacancy Senior Associate 1608-002 Engineer Public Works (1.00) Vacancy 4412-001 Park Maintenance Worker 1/11 ¢ Public Works (1.00) Vacancy TBD Engineer { Public Works (1.00) Vacancy j, Vacant Positions subtotal Page 1 of 2 POA POA POA POA SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU Local 1 SEIU SEIU SEIU WCE SEIU WCE 5/28/2009 Table A City of San Rafael Staffing Reduction List for June 1, 2009 City Council Action HR System Pos. No. Job Title Department FTE Reason for Vacancy Bargaining Unit Voluntary Retirement Separation Program (VSRP) Cultural Affairs Community 5100-001 Supervisor Services (1.00) VRSP TBD Firefighter/Paramedic Fire 1.00 VRSP backfill TBD Firefighter/Paramedic Fire 1.00 VRSP backfill TBD Firefighter/Paramedic Fire 1.00 VRSP backfill 3310-021 Fire Engineer Fire (1.00) VRSP 3310-012 f Fire Engineer Fire X1.00) VRSP 3310-013 Fire Engineer Fire (1.00) VRSP 3317-001 Admin. Chief Officer Fire (1.00) VRSP 5115-003 Sr. Library Asst. Library (1.00) VRSP Supervising Street 4429-002 Maintenance Worker Public Works (1.00) „VRSP Street Maintenance 4415-002 Worker III Public Works (1.00) Park Maintenance „VRSP 4413-001 Worker III Public Works (1.00) 'VRSP Park and Graffiti 4416-001 Worker Public Works (1.00) VRSP Early Retirement Positions Losses (7.00) Proposed Layoffs June 1, 2009 Community 1603-001 Assistant Planner Development TBD Training Officer (New) Fire Layoff EMS Coordinator „ Layoff TBD r fNew) Fire Layoff Admin. Asst. to Fire 1218-001 Chief Fire 3304-001 `Admin. Analyst Fire Senior Associate 1608-007 4 Engineer Public Works 4419-001 Public Works Inspector Public Works Operations and 1219-003 Maintenance Manager Public Works i Layoff subtotal Previous City Council Action Previous Actions subtotal GRAND TOTALS: (1.00) 'Layoff 1.00 Reorganization 1.00 Reorganization (1.00) Layoff (1.00) „ Layoff (1.00) Layoff (1.00) Layoff (1.00) , Layoff (4.00) roxeR (28.61) Page 2 of 2 Mid -Management SRFA I SRFA SRFA SRFA SRFA SRFA Fire COA SEIU SEIU SEIU SEIU {SEIU SEIU SRFA? SRFA? Local 1 SEIU WCE SEIU Mid -Management I RESOLUTION NO. 12746 CITY OF SAN RAFAEL PRESENTS THIS RESOWITION OF iiPPRECIdTION TO CHRIS STEPHAN WHEREAS, on April 7, 2008, Chris Stephan was appointed by the San Rafael City Council to serve on the Land Use, Transportation, Urban Forest and Green Building Green Team as part of the Climate Change Action Plan project; and WHEREAS, the Land Use, Transportation, Urban Forest and Green Building Green Team was a critical part of the planning process, identifying the top related climate change issues, reviewing the 300 plus Vision ideas for viable City implementation actions, and developing program priorities to address climate change; and WHEREAS, Chris volunteered at the Climate Action Open House, and was a helpful contributor to the draft Climate Change Action Plan document; and WHEREAS, the Green Team's work to prepare for the Vision Green Workshop and the Climate Action Open House was essential to the planning work by the Green Ribbon Committee, resulting in a comprehensive and intentional document that focuses City actions and inspires the community to action. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Rafael hereby commend Chris Stephan for his knowledge about climate change, his insights about needed actions, and his enthusiasm for bringing about an improved quality of life in our town, on behalf of the community and the City of San Rafael. d - \AA1 / NCIL MEMBERS Q nn l�1 I ITY MANAGER ATTESTED BY YHAND THIS DAY OF <.t • 200 �2rst't�we � • �t P�c.t