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Services Director ($3,167). Forthe period through June 30, it is not anticipated that these one -time reductions will cause a service level decline. TA-3 Finance The Finance Department will have sold 160 hours of a senior accountant's time to the City of Half Moon Bay. This will generate $8,800 which is approximately Y2 of the department's budget reduction target. The impact of this arrangement will and has delayed the department's ability to respond to inquiries from other departments and will also result in less review of certain transactions before they are processed. Finance will also eliminate the popular Budget -at -a- Glance publication that summarizes the adopted budget into a four -page flyer. Fire Department The Fire Department will achieve its budget reduction goal through a variety of measures the most substantive of which is eliminating the half -time plan checking position which will save $34,900. This position is currently vacant and is not needed for the balance of this year due to less than anticipated development applications. The department also proposes freezing of one fire fighter position for the balance of this fiscal year. The department will save $30,000 through this action. Overtime will be used to meet minimum staffing levels. Recruiting services performed by Firehire ($18,855) will also be eliminated due to fewer retirements than expected. Eliminating attendance at conferences, curtailment of training, and the deferral of replacing fitness equipment will save the City $43,380. None of these reductions are expected to affect the Fire Department's ability to deliver front -line services to the community. Human Resources Given the economic conditions, the City has experienced a decline in recruitments. As such, the Human Resources office will meet its target reduction by reducing recruitment expenditures including advertising, testing and assessment centers. Human Resources will also eliminate two planned citywide employee events and reduce their reference materials and professional services budgets. Human Resources will be more selective in outreach and selection techniques. In so doing, we might miss some opportunities to reach the right audience and thus miss a quality candidate applying for one of our jobs. Other impacts include not having valuable resource materials in the office and using existing staff to complete work that has been done by outside consultants. Library The Library will not fill their currently vacant Specialist Librarian position, which will make up about 1/3 of the department's budget reduction target. The librarywill also significantly reduce the use of casual employees to make up the remaining 2/3 reduction. The impacts to service will include: longer lines at reference and circulation checkout desks; a delay in getting new materials to the library customers; mending and repair of materials will be slower, resulting in materials not being available as soon as they could be; public trainings, including Internet and Information Literacy training will be cut back; repair and replacement of computers for public and staff will be delayed; components of the Library's Strategic Plan such _ as improved signage and development of best reference practices will be postponed or eliminated; and well trained casual staff may leave for otherjobs because of the reduced hours.