City of Hercules
FY 24-25 List of Additional Budget Request
Title Fund Department Description Justification General Fund
Other Funds Total
Ongoing costs:
Human Resources Director General Fund Human Resources Before this year's budget, Human Resources was under the Administrative Services Department.
This request is to create a new department and a
director. The cost of the position is offset with the
cost of HR Administrator and Consultant.
Human Resources has a complex operation. This
organizational change will achieve more appropriate
management and supervisory spans of control, identify
more appropriate alignment and reporting structure of
functional units, and achieve a balanced executive
management structure.
$5,000 $5,000
NeoGov Recruitment
Notifications
General Fund Human Resources NeoGov text notification set-up and subscription, employment verification and pre-employment
screening set-up and subscription.
These additional NeoGov tools will help expedite and
increase candidate communications, and create internal
HR efficiencies geared to reduce the hire time without
compromising compliance measures.
$3,606
$3,606
Reclass two Rec Coordinators
to Supervisors
General Fund Parks & Recreation Promote two (2) Recreation Coordinators to Recreation Supervisors.
This move, addresses the missing middle and creates a
more desireable title within the field of Parks and
Recreation. It also sends a message to the two
hardworking, dedicated staff that they are valued members of the department and the city. Going forward, this move will also help with attracting talent in the industry. This request is driven by not only operational needs, but
compaction issues and succession planning.
$19,300 $19,300
Full-Time Recreation
Technician - Aquatics
General Fund Parks & Recreation This request is driven by operational needs, a lack of available qualified personnel, and a no available
contractor options. This move will also help with
future succession planning. The Rec Tech postion
is going to help with routine pool maintenance, and
the overall aquatics operation. The cost of the
position will be offset with the elimination of four
Senior Lifeguards and the pool maintenance
contract.
The Recreation Coordinator who oversees Aquatics is
stretched so thin that the position ends up working an
excessive number of additional hours, to the point of
burnout. When the city opened the pool, there was Full- time help with pool maintenance from Public Works.
However, times have changed, and Public Works lacks the time or personnel to work on the pool. In FY22-23, the City Council allocated $15,000 to secure a contractor to provide pool maintenance and an additional $30,000 for FY23-24.
After much research, staff found that pool contractors only work on the weekends if it's a call-out situation. Staff then looked to promote a Part-time Pool Manager position but was unsuccessful. Staff then coordinated efforts with the CM and Finance Director to develop an alternate solution, bringing us to a Full-time Recreation Technician position that would be 100% focused on Aquatics.
$5,000 $5,000
Reorganization of IT services Internal Service Fund City Manager Before this year's budget, Information Technology was under the Administrative Services
Department. This request is to reclassify the IT
division to Finance Department.
There's no fiscal impact to reclassify the division to
Finance.
$0
$0
Total, Ongoing Costs $32,906 $0 $32,906
One-Time Costs:
NeoGov Module Support
Services
General Fund Human Resources To implement end program purchased through NeoGov modules to performance and onboarding.
NeoGov automates manual tasks to save time, reduce
errors, streamline processes, and increase operational
efficiency.
$38,000 $38,000
Budget Impact
FY 2024-25 LIST OF ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUEST CITY OF HERCULES FY 2024-25 ANNUAL BUDGET City of Hercules
FY 24-25 List of Additional Budget Request
Title Fund Department Description Justification General Fund
Other Funds Total
Budget Impact
Legal Counsel for Receivership General Fund Community Development Outside Counsel experienced in receivership petitions to assist the City by preparing petitions to
the court
$40,000 $40,000
Replace 2 Pickup Trucks
which have exceeded their
useful life
Vehicle Replacement
Fund
Public Works Surplus 2 Pick up trucks, which are past due for replacement, and purchase 2 new pickup trucks to
replace them.
Outside counsel familiar with receivership petitions may be needed to pursue receivership for ongoing building and fire code violations.
Both unit 4422 (Model year 2008) and unit 4419 (Model
Year 2000) have exceeded the 10 year replacement policy and now need to be replaced. Both of these units were
scheduled for replacement in 22/23 budget cycle, but low inventory created excessive cost issues and the
purchases were postponed. Also unit 4422 was totaled in a traffic accident(Insurance settlement of $8270.00).
Purchasing replacements for these 2 vehicles will cost
approximately $140K plus $10K for outfitting. .With a total expenditure of $150K.
$150,000 $150,000
Total, One-Time Costs $78,000 $150,000 $228,000
Total $110,906 $150,000 $260,906
FY 2024-25 LIST OF ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUEST CITY OF HERCULES FY 2024-25 ANNUAL BUDGET