2026-05-05 CC Agenda Packet - ITEM C8 - AB2561CITY OF
ELSEGUNDO
AB 2561 Presentation:
Status of City of El Segundo Full-time
Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention
Efforts in Calendar 2026
Presented by Director of Human Resources & Risk Management Rebecca
Redyk
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Agenda
• Assembly Bill 2561
• Policies and Procedures for Public Hearing
• Employee Organizations
• Full-time Vacancy Rate
• Recruitment & Retention
• Obstacles & Successes in Hiring
• Summary
Assembly Bill 2561- Findings
• Job vacancies in local government are widespread and
significant problem for public sector
• High vacancies impact public service delivery and subject
workers to heavier workloads
• There is a statewide interest in appropriate staffing for public
agency operations
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Assembly Bill 2561- Requirements
• Annual public hearing to present the status of vacancies,
recruitment and retention efforts, and obstacles in the hiring
process
• Present additional information if the vacancy rate in a
bargaining unit is at least 20%
• Allow recognized/represented employee organizations for
bargaining units to make presentations at the public hearing
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Polices and Procedures for AB2561
Hearing
• Written notice of the hearing to recognized employee
organizations
• Vacancy rate
• Inquire if the bargaining unit intends to make a presentation
• Opportunity for 10-minute presentation if desired
• If engaged in bargaining for successor MOU, refrain from
making proposals not presented in bargaining
• If 20% vacancy, unit may request additional information from
City
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Polices and Procedures for AB2561
Hearing
• City Presentation- 10 minutes per Bargaining Unit
• Employee Organization Presentation- 10 minutes
• City Council Questions & Discussion
• Final City Comments- 3 minutes per Bargaining Unit
• Final Bargaining Unit Comments- 3 minutes
• Public Comment- 2 minutes per Person
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Employee Organizations
• City Employees' Association—AFSCME (CEA)
• Firefighters' Association- lAFF (FFA)
• Police Managers' Association (PMA)
• Police Officers' Association (POA)
• Police Support Services Employees' Association (PSSEA)
• Supervisory &Professional Employees' Association (SPEA)
• Unrepresented Management & Confidential Series (M&C)
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MTRTRTrsMVA NEI Fw
Group
Budgeted Positions
FY 25-26
Positions Filled
Vacancies (#)
Vacancies (%)
City Employees' Association
78
67
11
14.1`o
Firefighters' Association
39
38
1
2.6%
Mangement & Confidential
53
48
5
9.4%
Police Management Association
7
7
0
0.0%
Police Officers' Association
59
57
2
3.4%
Police Support Services Association
13
12
1
7.7%
Supervisory and Professional Association
38
32
6
15.8%
Total
287
261
26
9.1%
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Recruitment & Retention- Benefits
• Holidays- 12 + 1 Floating Holiday
• Personal Leave Day
• Vacation Leave Accrual- Based on Years of Public Service
• Voluntary Binding Arbitration- $10,000 - $15)000
• Lateral Police Officer Incentive- $40,000
• Generous Retiree Medical
• Actives and Retirees Receive Equal Contribution
• Employee Engagement Activities
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Recruitment & Retention- Hiring Process
Improvements
• Revision of Classification Specifications & Equity Adjustments
• Provide Flexibility in Educational Requirements
• Clarify Essential Duties
• Provide Equity Adjustments to salary if needed
• Streamlining of Testing Process
• Revision of Approved Exam Plans
• Flexibility to Conduct Interview Panels with Internal Staff
• Online Written Exams for Some Positions
• Same Day Written Exam and Physical Agility Testing (PAT) for Police
Officer Trainees
• NeoGov Electronic Onboarding
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Obstacles in Hiring
• Shrinking Labor Pool
• Increased Expectations from Candidates- Salary, Work Schedule, Accelerated Promotional
Advancement
• Competition with Other Public Agencies
• Hybrid & Work From Home
• Incentives to Stay- Compensation, Promotion, Title
• Promotional Exams
• "Domino" effect on vacancies
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Successes in Hiring
• Attained full
staffing of
safety
positions in
Police and Fire
• Conducted
promotional
exams
for Sergeant
&Fire Division Chief
• Hard to fill positions were hired
• Fire Marshal, Cultural Arts Coordinator,
and Senior Plan Check Engineer
Human Resources Analyst (2),
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Summary
• AB2561 Requires Annual Public Hearing Prior to Budget Adoption
• Policy and Procedures for Hearing
• Employee Organizations- 6 represented + 1 unrepresented
• Citywide Full-time Vacancy Rate- 9.1 %
• Shrinking Labor Pool with Increased Candidate Expectations
• Ongoing Employee Engagement Efforts
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Thank you
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