The Public Works Project Manager position closed this month and interviews will be planned for early January.

Police Chief interview preparations began to set up the processes for early January.

The first recruitment for the Finance Director opening did not produce the quality and quantity of applicants we were hoping for. It was decided to wait until after the holidays and repost the position in mid-January.

The employee Appreciation Holiday Luncheon was well attended and allowed for a good time for staff to see each other outside of work and enjoy sharing a meal together and learning about the past years accomplishments of the City.

The City has teamed up with MissionSquare to be more deliberate in getting information and training out to employees in regards to their 457 Deferred Compensation program through personal video appointments, on-site visits and educational programs .

Public Works will be preparing to recruit for a new Project Manager in December. The Police Chief opening is still in active recruitment with first review this month.

The Finance Director position posted and the will review candidates in December.

The City went through our Open Enrollment this month. A CIS Benefit Specialist was on on site conducting two open enrollment meetings to help staff understand their benefit options and services. It is a goal of HR to focus on ensuring employees are gaining more knowledge. In the months ahead there will be a focus on educating staff on the 457 MissionSquare retirement program offered through the City.

The Police Chief position went live this month. Screening of candidates will happen in early November. Recruitment developed started for the new Finance Director position. GMP was awarded that contract.

A save the date went out for the Holiday staff appreciation lunch on Thursday, December 14th. This will be a time for the City Manager to review department accomplishments, enjoy a meal together and celebrate as a city-wide team.

There have been many staffing additions to the City this month. Christian Normand, Sgt/Patrick Depa, Sr. Planner/Chris Reyles, Code Enforcement Specialist/Allister Bunch, Patrol and Matt Smith, Telecom Utility Worker.

The City Manager interviews and hire went smoothly. Now the process will begin in the recruitment of our next Finance Director.

The Police Chief Recruitment profile was having the final tweaks with the hope to have the posting live in early October.

An in-depth City wide training program is in the beginning stages of development which will range from new hire training, accessing annual and specialty training based on department needs along with overall employee development training. This is part of the overall effort to continue investing in the city’s workforce, retaining staff, and maintaining our low turnover rate. This will also help with employee moral while increasing and developing a well rounded staff to do their jobs safely, efficiently and effectively.

A small number of front facing staff attended an all day Mental Health First Aid training course put on by Officer Sabella developed by the National Council for Behavior Health.

Open Enrollment begins for City staff next month. What is exciting about this enrollment for 2024 is that the City is picking up an additional 5% of the cost. The split will go from 85/15 to 90/10.

There have been many staffing changes this month.

Susie Jenkins, Library Clerk will retire on September 1st from the Library.

Two new Utility Worker I were hired. Kevin Teneyck and Kyle Rohweder.

Interviews and offers were extended and accepted for on-call Library Clerk openings. Alex Steinmetz and Haley Young have joined our staff this month. Interviews were scheduled for two on-call Shelver openings.

Interviews and an offer accepted for the new Code Enforcement Specialist in Development Services. Chris Relyea will start in September. The Sr. Planner was also selected and will be starting in September.

Two Sergeants offers were extended and accepted and start next month. Manny Herrera will be promoted from Patrol and Christian Normand will join us as an external hire.

We have entered into a contract with GMP for the Police Chief Recruitment.

Michael Freeman retired from his volunteer assignment as a reserve officer as of 8/31/2023.

Police Patrol Interviews will take place next month on May 10th.

Community center is hiring more building monitors to replace future vacancy due to some employees leaving for college.

Our seasonal employee for parks and recreation started the end of this month.

Development Services had a Senior Planner turn in a resignation and she will be leaving on March 9th.

Police will be entering payroll through the on-line system beginning in February for the first time. We will be verifying the transfer over the next couple of months to ensure accuracy.

The Benefit and Comp survey was completed and is being evaluated.

I am in the process of developing a City Wide Training program for each employee that includes everything but not limited to: cyber security, ethics, DEI, communication, management development, and job specific/related.

The Police Union contract was ratified and all changes were made in time for the January payroll.

Development Services had a Permit Technician resignation who will be leaving the first of February. Recruitment started immediately.

Continued clean up and development of transitioning Police Payroll away from paper timesheets to on-line with the goal of the final transfer during the month of April 2023 payroll.

The Benefit and Comp survey is almost complete with the report coming from our consultant the middle of next month.

Parks and Recreation welcomed another Building Monitor that will start in January 2023.

Beginning the development of a City Wide training program for all employees related to all things HR.

Open Enrollment was complete for the City of Sandy Staff.

Recruitment for Parks & Recreation wrapped up this month with two offers being extended and accepted. Caroleana Smallwood is our new Client Services Coordinator and Amy Lytle is our new Recreation Coordinator.

Work has started on the Salary & Benefit Compensation Review for General Services.

Educational training began for all management staff on the new Oregon Paid Leave Program that begins in 2023. All City employees along with the City will begin contributions into the Oregon mandated program beginning in January of 2023.