Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/23/2012 - Stretegic Planning

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Memo To: Mayor and City Council From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator Date: 1/10/2012 Re: Management Review and Recommendations City of Ramsey The information and recommendations in this report have been collected in response to the Mayor's recommendations pursuant to the Charter and concerns expressed by individual Council Members about City operations. Issue: The belief that the City is over-staffed The City reached a staffing peak level of 84.72 FTE in 2007 and since that time, the City has eliminated 1 3.62 FTE staffpositions (see attached charts). This represents a 16.1% reduction in workforce during a period where the City experienced moderate population growth of 5.7%, from 22,408 to 23,668. Reduction during this period included positions at various levels of management and staff, but the emphasis has been on keeping the core field functions of the City such as police, fire and public works at a level that does not diminish service level. The Community Development Director position was eliminated and combined with the Deputy City Administrator's position, the Human Resource Manager was eliminated in favor of a lower level Human Resource Representative, a City Engineer position was eliminated, the Building Official position is now vacant, all building inspector positions in favor of contracted services, and Parks and Public Works positions have been cut. Also attached is a survey of surrounding communities showing the number of management employees and total employees at each City. The City of Ramsey's management level and total number of staff are low by comparison. Proposal: 1, Revise staffing as outlined in the proposals below. 1