Parks & Recreation went out for Recruitment for the Client Services Coordinator position and interviews will take place in October. They also welcomed Brandon Shaffer into the Parks & Facilities Maintenance Worker I this month. The position of Recreation Coordinator has been put on hold.

Work begin on Open Enrollment along with the future benefit and compensation survey for the City. Union Negotiations are still in process.

Parks & Recreation will interview for their Recreation Coordinator position during the second week of September. The Parks and Facilities Maintenance Worker I position closed and interviews took place the 1st week of September. The hope is to have a new employee starting by early October. They also filled their final opening for Building Monitor.

The library successfully filled three on-call Library Clerks that all will start in September. The Library is now fully staffed.

Very excited to welcome our new new Assistant Public Works Director AJ Thorne who starts 9/1/2022.

The Safety Committee will be conducting their first Safety Inspections in September. This will be the first ones since COVID.

Our on-call Building Inspector received another position and his last day was August 4th. That position will not be refilled at this time.

Parks & Recreation is still currently recruiting for their Recreation Coordinator and hope to conduct another set of interviews in September. They have recently posted a full-time Parks and Facilities Maintenance Worker I. They have hired one Building Monitor and are still recruiting for one more.

The library is looking to fill two on-call Library Clerks and will be conducted interviews in late August early September.

Union negotiations are still underway.

With help from Greg Brewster, the City has developed a Heat and Air Quality index website to keep managers and employees who work outside in the elements informed about severe weather conditions related to heat and air quality. This website provides education information for signs, symptoms and treatment options of heat related illnesses. It allows the staff to plan their workday by giving hour by hour weather projections and alerts when the heat index changes levels. Here is a link to the website to take a look. https://sandynet.org/heat

Recruitment is wrapping up on the Assistant Public Works Director/Project Manager and hope to have a hiring decision in early August and a start date in September.

The last seasonal employee was hired for IT/SandyNet in June. They will look to re-open their full time position later this fall.

Parks & Recreation began recruitment for the new Recreation Coordinator and they continue to look to fill their Building Monitors. Once those positions are filled, they will be fully staffed.

The library conducted interviews for two Library Shelvers and both new employees will start in early July.

Joe Preston retired on June 30th after 26 years of service. Tiana Rundell was selected as his replacement with an updated job description and title (Parks Facilities Manager) to reflect the responsibility and duty changes taking place in that position. Recruitment for Tiana’s replacement will start soon.

COVID continues to be part of our daily work environment as we work around quarantines and isolations.

Recruitment and interviews took place for Seasonal Position in Parks, Public Works and SandyNet. All departments were successful in filling their positions. This is exciting as we have not been able to fill these positions for two years. We did lower the age limit and made some adjustments to the Job Description which allowed for a wider pool of candidates.

The hire for the Full Time Telecom Utility Worker fell through and it was decided to bring on an additional seasonal worker instead of opening recruitment again due to the lack of applicants at this time.

Recruitment and interviews took place for the position of Building Monitor at the Community/Senior Center.

The Parks/Facilities Manager recruitment started. Joe Preston retires the end of June.

Peter Wantuck started as our new System Administrator. Scott Jones who was in that position previously took a new position in the City as a Patrol Officer.

The library received numerous applications for their two shelver positions. Interviews will happen towards the end of June.

Safety Committee is getting a revamp after the pause during COVID. Tiana Rundell was selected as the new Chair.

Union negotiations have begun, but nothing to report at this time.

No separations occurred in April.

Marc Young joined the Parks & Recreation Team on April 26th, as the new Driver/Transportation Coordinator.

Preparation has begun for the beginning of union negotiations that begin in late May.

Recruitment for a Telecom Utility Worker wrapped up and the new employee should be starting in late June.

Recruitment continues to be the main focus in HR as we are staffing back up in the Parks & Recreation Department, Public Works and all the seasonal positions.

We are beginning to receive more applications which is a good sign that the hiring market is becoming more stable. We will continue to have openings coming in May.

No separations occurred in April.

John Wallace, our new Community / Senior Center Manager started on March 24th for our Parks & Recreation Department. The recruitment process was completed for the Executive Assistant in Parks & Rec. with our new employee Chelsea starting in late April.

Sarah Richardson resigned with the City of Sandy as of March 11, 2022.

Sgt. Bickle’s last day with the City was March 31st.

Mike Walker has retired and is still acting as a consultant to the City while wrapping up some projects.

The City is currently looking for Seasonal Positions for Parks & Recreation, Public Works and It/SandyNet departments. You can find the postings here.

Jenny Coker our new Public Works Director started on February 1st. Ryan Anderson, our newest Patrol Officer will start on 2/28.

The first round of interviews for the Park and Rec. Community Senior Center Manager will begin on 2/17 and their Executive Assistant interviews will start next month. The Telecom Utility Worker is still in active recruitment.

By month end I will have reviewed the new Personnel Policy Manual with all employees.

There no new hires in May. There were three separations during the month, all in the Community Services Division. The positions are undergoing an evaluation of need currently, with the exception of the Community Services Director, which will we begin recruiting for in July.

Human Resources staff members are researching and reviewing additional diversity, equity, and inclusion training modules for staff to build upon the past trainings that were completed earlier this year. More information will be provided once we have a better understanding of the resources available to us.

There was one new hire in July – an intern for SandyNet. There are no current job openings at this time.

All permanent positions will undergo an evaluation of need prior to recruiting for a replacement.

The Pay Equity & Compensation Plan was adopted on July 20th. Finance Department staff was able to get all payroll changes implemented immediately following the meeting, and all employees were paid their updated rate of pay in July.

Human Resources staff members are researching and reviewing various diversity, equity, and inclusion training modules for staff. More information will be provided once we have a better understanding of the resources available to us.