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0 0 . '0 - Director Rivera-Pena said Human Resources had 47 recruitments in FY 1997/98 and 30 have occurred in the last six months. She said at least fifteen recruitments would occur in the first three months of the new fiscal year. Director Rivera-Pena described the training programs managed by HR, including a focus on team development into the next two fiscal years. She said HR is seeing a trend towards more customer defined, specific training. She said she has four fully trained facilitators on her staff who can also do program design. Director Rivera-Pena described the surveys and assessments HR will use to develop data and strategies. Director Rivera-Pena said HR would also focus on employee safety with the goal of reducing lost work time due to injury by 10%. She said HR would also focus on continuous improvement for HR's internal customers to meet Council's priority of efficiencies. Director Rivera-Pena said HR is planning to develop a more collaborative negotiation process and a new employee welcoming process. In response to Vice Mayor Ruskin's questions regarding the negotiation costing process goal of 50% agreement, Director Rivera-Pena said that would just be the - beginning of a new system that focuses on all parties agreeing "on how we arrived at the data. So that there aren't any conflicts... It is very time consuming when we go off and do the data and then present it, and they have questions, or don't understand, and then we have to go back and forth. This way will be more efficient, they will feel part of the process, and they will understand how we arrived at the numbers." Director Rivera-Pena said that once the process was finished, based on feedback, HR would make improvements to the system. She said 50% was only a first time baseline, but HR hoped to reach a much higher level. In response to Council Member Ira's questions regarding increased employee costs in FY 1999/2000 on Page 126, Director Rivera-Pena explained the impact of the most recent Public Employees Retirement System adjustments. City Manager Everett and Finance Director Ponty further explained the PERS adjustment's impact on every Department in the City, and the statutes involved. They said that PERS has dropped the employer's contribution to zero in 1998/1999 but will greatly increase the contribution in 1999/2000. City Manager Everett added that the employee cost increase in FY 1999/2000 due to the new 2% at 55 PERS program plus the higher PERS employer's contribution explains the huge fluctuation in projected employee costs between the two fiscal years. MEMO 6130/98 - BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTE BOOK NO. 57 JUNE 29, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 021 PAGEl?