It finally happened! We have an HR Manager on board. Angie Welty joined the Finance staff at the end of June. She brings a wealth of HR knowledge to the department, as well as insight into the fitness and recreation world. You may recognize her from Mt. Hood Athletic Club, where she was the General Manager for several years. Welcome, Angie!

In other news, HR successfully onboarded 28 part time employees to work at the Aquatic Center. We are excited to see all the new faces and get these employees trained to provide our citizens with excellent customer service.

There are currently 119 employees with the City.

During the month of April, the Human Resources Department completed all quarterly reports for the IRS, State of Oregon, and Sandy Transit. In addition to this, we also received notice that all of our monthly reports to PERS were complete and filed on time in 2017. This is the third year that we have received this acknowledgement for this accomplishment.

There are currently two open positions with the City: Building Monitor and Human Resources Manager. There were two separations during the month, and we will hopefully have these positions filled soon. We also hired an Alzheimer’s Respite Program Coordinator for the Community Services Department.

Total employee count on April 30th was 84.

The month of March brought about some new faces, as well as open positions. Three employees were hired; Police Records Clerk, Seasonal Parks Worker, Senior Services Manager, and Kitchen Worker. We recruited for two positions; Building Monitor and Alzheimer’s Respite Program Coordinator.

HR is looking into some software that would work with our current Personnel Management system, which would allow for employees to view PDFs of their pay-stubs, W-2s, and any other payroll documents electronically. Additionally, this software would allow for the HR Department to electronically store many documents within each employee record. The software is inexpensive, and appears to increase accessibility of records to employees. More information will be provided as we dig deeper into this.

In addition to the four new employees, there were two separations. The total employee count as of March 31st was 85.

January was a busy month for the HR Department. In addition to the normal first of the year tasks, such as issuing W-2s and 1095Cs for the prior calendar year, we also began recruiting for two positions in the Community Services Department. These two positions are both newly created, and include Senior Services Manager and Building Monitor.

HR also made changes to comply with with federal regulations related to taxable fringe benefits, which include data and gym allowances that some employees receive.

Various projects that are currently in the works include review of, and updates to, all job descriptions, a comprehensive update to the Personnel Policies, and other miscellaneous policies related to recruitment, selection, and retention.

There were no new hires this month, and no terminations. The current, total employee count is 81.