City Council

(29) 26-1275 COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR, PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE relative to reviewing and overseeing personnel policies across all City Departments. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (McOsker – Hutt): 1. DIRECT the Personnel Department, with the assistance of the City Attorney, City Administrative Officer (CAO), and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), to report on: a. The authority of City Departments, Bureaus, Boards, Commissions, and appointing authorities to establish Department-specific personnel directives, policies, and procedures. b. The process by which Department-specific personnel directives and policies are developed, reviewed, approved, implemented, amended, and rescinded, including the respective roles of Department management, governing boards or commissions, employee organizations, Personnel Department, and Civil Service Commission. c. The existing authority and responsibility of the Personnel Department and Civil Service Commission to review or oversee Department-specific personnel directives and policies and to ensure consistency with the City Charter, Civil Service Rules, applicable labor obligations, and Citywide personnel policies. 2. DIRECT the Personnel Department, in coordination with the CAO and with the assistance of the City Attorney and CLA as needed, to report with recommendations for establishing consistent Citywide personnel directives and policies and the process of review for Department-issued personnel directives and policies with said report to include recommendations regarding appropriate Personnel Department oversight and identify the circumstances under which such matters should be transmitted to the City Council for consideration, including consideration in closed session when legally appropriate. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.