DATE: May 21, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Human Resources Department
TITLE: PUBLIC REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE'S EMPLOYEE VACANCIES; INCLUDING INFORMATION ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council receive a public report on the status of the City of Oceanside's employee vacancies; including information on recruitment and retention efforts.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Assembly Bill 2561 was recently signed into law and became effective on January 1, 2025. The law, which added Section 3502.3 to the California Government Code, requires the city to present at a public hearing before the City Council prior to the adoption of the new fiscal year budget, the status of any City employment vacancies, and recruitment and retention efforts. Moving forward, the Bill requires a similar report to be provided by staff and related public hearing on an annual basis.
Specifically, local governmental agencies are required to:
* Provide a yearly update to the City Council on employee vacancies, recruitment and retention efforts; and any obstacles encountered during the hiring process.
* Present additional information regarding vacancies upon request by an employee organization if the vacancy rate within a bargaining unit is at least 20%.
* Allow employee organizations to make presentations to City Council.
The current full-time vacancy rates are:
* City-wide (all full-time classifications): 7.56%
* Oceanside City Employees' Association: 8.38%
* Management Employees of the City of Oceanside: 6.52%
* Oceanside Police Officer's Association - Sworn: 4.41%
* Oceanside Police Officer's Association - Non-Sworn: 22.39%
* Oceanside Police Management Association: 15.38%
* Oceanside Firefighter's Association: 4.35%
* Oceanside Fire Management Association: 0.00%
* Oceanside Marine Safety Employees' Association: 0.00%
* Western Council of Engineers: 15.00%
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