Citywide
Staffing Study
2025 Sebastopol City Council
February 18, 2025
Item 8
Agenda
• What, Why, How
• Department Highlights
• Takeaways
2 What, Why, How
3 • 2022 Staffing Study –
• 16 new FTEs,
• over 36 mos
• 2025 Staffing Study –
• 3 positions now
• 4 positions later
What happened
2022 - 2025?
1 FTE was added
City Administration Recommendations
4 Critical:
*1.0 FTE Analyst or Technician to provide back up support for public meetings and analysis.
Beneficial:
* Separate Assistant City Manager & City Clerk upon natural attrition * Develop a plan to implement cross-training/Admin Positions Administrative Services Recommendations
5 Critical:
*Add 1.0 FTE Accounting Technician II to the department allocation schedule *Adopt a job classification for Accounting Assistant I/II *Develop two employment lists: Accountant, Accounting Technician *Develop an Accounting Assistant I/II Employment List
Community Development Recommendations
Includes Building
6 Critical:
*Fill the 1.0 FTE Permit Tech position
Important:
*Transfer Building 0.5 FTE and Reclassify to Admin Tech *Merge Building services into Community Development
Beneficial:
*Reclassify Permit Technician to a Permitting Coordinator Classification if Engineering Permits co-locate as well
*Develop an intradepartmental communication plan between Engineering Tech and Permit Coordinator to help review the permit application packets and advance applications
Public Works / Engineering Recommendations
7 Critical:
*Approve class and comp recommendations to retitle Asst PW *Through attrition reclassify 2.0 FTE Maintenance Assistant allocations to Maintenance Worker I
*Add 1.0 FTE Maintenance Worker II
Important:
*Add 1 Maintenance Worker II classification
*Collaborate with the Community Development Department for permitting Police Department Recommendations
8 Critical:
*Unfreeze 9th Police Officer
Important:
*Add 1.0 FTE Officer
*Add 1.0 FTE Sergeant
* Add 1.0 FTE Administrative Technician
Thank
you