Summary

Personnel and Hiring Committee meeting summary

Los AngelesJan 23, 20263 min read

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The committee approved multiple personnel actions including the 2025–26 Departmental Personnel Ordinances, a firefighters bargaining-unit amendment, new job classifications and salaries, an exemption for a Hyerion Reclamation Plant Manager position, Workday implementation reports, a Ridesharing Trust Fund review, and a staffing plan motion for the City Attorney. The committee continued follow-up on citywide layoff management and hiring for the Convention Center project and received and filed the mayoral pension-board appointment.

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Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion

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Committee members approved several staffing and pay-related actions that update city job classifications and bargaining agreements, and allowed one sanitation manager position to be filled outside the standard civil service process. They also endorsed reports tied to implementing the city’s Workday system, reviewed the Ridesharing Trust Fund, and asked for a detailed staffing plan for the City Attorney to reduce outside legal costs. Ongoing reviews of citywide layoff management and hiring for the Convention Center remain open; these actions mostly affect how the city hires and budgets staff rather than directly changing day-to-day resident services.

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Received and filed the Mayor’s appointment of Daniel Tellalian to the Board of Fire and Police Pensions (term ending June 30, 2027).
Approved the City Administrative Officer report and Ordinances for the 2025–26 Departmental Personnel Ordinances.
Approved Mayor’s request to exempt one Water Hyperion Reclamation Plant Manager (Class Code 4130) for the Bureau of Sanitation from Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b).
Approved proposed Amendment No. 1 to the 2024–2028 Memorandum of Understanding for Bargaining Unit No. 23 (Firefighters and Fire Captains Representation Unit).
Approved amending Schedule A of LAAC Section 4.61 to add and provide salaries for Chief Occupational Psychologist (Class Code 2387) and Port Pilot Apprentice (Class Code 5114).
Continued follow-up reports on Citywide Layoff Management and related matters.
Approved Controller and Information Technology Agency reports and motion related to the implementation of Workday.
Continued the Bureau of Engineering report and motion regarding hiring status for the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project.
Noted and filed the motion to implement the LAwell Program for Plan Year 2026.
Approved the Personnel Department report reviewing the Ridesharing Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2024–25.
Approved a motion requesting a comprehensive staffing plan for the Office of the City Attorney to reduce reliance on outside counsel (referred to Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance Committees).

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