San Leandro City Council
July 5, 2022

Fran Robustelli, City Manager
July 5, 2022
1 Significant staffing & retention issues in first responder positions in the police department:
 22 sworn vacancies
 3 sworn personnel positions in field/academy
 12 sworn personnel who are on leave
Active deployable sworn staff: <60% (out of 90 FTE)
Emergency Dispatch Center:
 Minimum critical staffing
 Nearly half of 16 budgeted FTE remain non-deployable
 Challenging labor market
 Recruitment & training is expensive (~$88,000)
2  CM & Police Chief host roundtable forum
 CM & Police Chief hold 1:1 meetings with all sworn
staff and dispatchers
Feedback received:
 Desire for recognition (monetarily & via public
forums)
 Expanded tuition reimbursement
 PD fleet maintenance & replacement
 Improvement in work place conditions
3  Comprehensive social media campaign
 Resiliency & Retention program for first responders
◦ 1st payment - $10,000 to be paid within 30 days
◦ 2nd payment - $7,500 six months following 1st payment ◦ 3rd payment - $2,500 six months following 2nd payment (all to be funded via salary savings)
Strict eligibility criteria:
 Minimum service time
 Prohibition of funds to personnel w/ suspension from duty in the past two years
Term: Automatic sunset following third payment to eligible employees 4  Exclusively funded via re-appropriation of salary
savings
 No new appropriations required
 Up to $20K per eligible employee
 Total cost not to exceed $1.165M
 Final cost likely less; TBD following analysis of
service hours
5  Comprehensive organizational review
◦ Reorganization and staffing enhancements
 Special pays to be competitive with market
 Competitive contracts with general employees
◦ Health contribution parity for all employees
◦ Equity adjustments for select classifications under market 6  Comprehensive classification and compensation
studies:
◦ SLMO in progress completed
◦ SLCEA and Confidential Employee Group planned for the future
 Completed City Wide Employee Engagement Survey
◦ Addressing top themes identified:
 Accountability
 Career Development
 Communication
 Employee Recognition
 Strategic Alignment
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