HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-91 - Adding a Human Resources Specialist Position to the Human Resources DepartmentRESOLUTION NO. 2022-91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADDING A
HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST POSITION TO THE
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, City of Newport Beach ("City") Charter Section 601 requires the City
Council to provide the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties and compensation of
all officers and employees;
WHEREAS, over the past few years the Human Resources Department's
workload has increased, and recruitment and retention efforts, particularly those
associated with the City's police safety employees, have become more challenging and
require more staff time and resources;
WHEREAS, the current staffing level of the Human Resources Department
cannot keep pace with the City's recruitment and retention demands, particularly those
associated with recruitment and retention of the City's police safety employees; and
WHEREAS, to optimize the City's efforts to attract and retain employees, in
particular police and fire safety employees, the City Manager recommends that one
Human Resources Specialist be added to the Human Resources Department to maximize
recruitment and retention efforts.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: One Human Resources Specialist position shall be added to the
Human Resources Department.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 29th day of November, 2022
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
A ron C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2022-91 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 291h day of November, 2022; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Kevin Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tern Noah Blom, Council Member Brad Avery, Council
Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy Duffield,
Council Member Will O'Neill
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 301h day of November, 2022.
a..ii.. n Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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