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<br />Attachment 2 <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 20 <br /> <br />City of Redwood City <br />FY 2009-2010 Budget Amendments - September 2009 <br />Detail of Recommended Proe:rammatic Chane:es <br /> <br />GENERAL FUND <br /> <br />Human Resources <br /> <br />Employee Costs <br />Supplies and Services <br />Internal Services <br />Capital Allocations <br /> <br />(14,711) <br />(37,758) <br /> <br />Total: <br /> <br />(52,469) <br /> <br />Percentage of Reductions: <br /> <br />-4.0% <br /> <br />Employee Reductions in FTE <br />Vacant <br />Filled <br />Total <br /> <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br /> <br />Description of Proposed Reduction <br />The department's reductions include a reduction in professional services, casual help with record <br />keeping and reducing the number of training opportunities offered to City employees. <br /> <br />SeNlce Level Impacts <br />The reduction in professional services will impact the department's ability to retain expertise in the <br />areas of training, meeting facilitation and organizational interventions that help in maintaining a <br />positive work environment and culture. In a mid-size, complex organization there are often situations <br />where consulting services are needed to mediate situations and improve work performance. Human <br />Resources will need to bring some of these services in house and the City will not have the resources <br />for this outside support. In addition to this reduction} casual hours will be eliminated. The department <br />currently has casual help of 8 hours per week to assist with filing and maintaining records related to <br />personnel and the City's self-insured workers} compensation program. A backlog may develop but the <br />department will try to avoid that by having the Administrative Assistant and Administrative Clerk focus <br />more of their time on records management. Finally, the reduction in training expense will impact the <br />department's ability to offer leadership and professional trainings to City staff. The department has <br />relied on both internal and external consultants to develop training programs for employees. With this <br />reduction, less trainings will be offered and internal staff will need to conduct more of the training <br />programs. <br /> <br />10 <br />