Votes at a glance: committee approves consent calendar and notes hiring and workforce reports; emergency assistance passed as amended

At the start of the meeting the committee approved the consent calendar for items 1 through 8 as recommended by staff.

Item 9: The Personnel Department report on targeted local hire and Bridge to Jobs hiring benchmarks for August–November 2024 was received and noted and filed. Personnel reported fluctuations month-to-month and said candidate pools are healthy with thousands of candidates; staff flagged that a hiring event in December was expected to increase targeted local hires.

Item 10: The City Administrative Officer’s reports on prioritized critical hiring process updates (August–December 2024) were received and noted and filed. The CAO said the office is reviewing requests with an additional lens to prioritize positions needed immediately for fire recovery and that some positions previously requested can be used for disaster service work.

Item 11: The committee approved a motion relative to city personnel emergency assistance programs and amended it to direct staff to examine supplemental paid leave in a range of 80 to 160 hours, telecommuting continuity for displaced employees, and options to permit donated leave in emergency circumstances. The CAO and Personnel Department will report back with implementation recommendations.

Votes recorded in the transcript: The clerk called the roll for the consent calendar (items 1–8) and recorded "yes" votes for Councilmember McOsker and Councilmember Hutt. The clerk also recorded the committee's affirmative votes for item 11 as amended: Councilmember McOsker: yes; Councilmember Hutt: yes.

No ordinances or resolutions were adopted in this session; items 9 and 10 were noted and filed and item 11 was approved as amended.