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Personnel and Hiring Committee meeting summary

Los AngelesFeb 13, 20262 min read

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Committee approved exemptions of Housing Department positions and administrative code changes for deferred compensation and Teamsters naming; continued reports on citywide layoff management and LADWP payroll implementation.

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The committee approved requests to exempt certain Los Angeles Housing Department positions from civil service rules and approved changes to city rules that increase term lengths for the Deferred Compensation board and update the Teamsters local name after a merger. Two agenda items — follow-up reports on citywide layoff management and LADWP’s Workday payroll implementation — were continued for future consideration. These decisions mainly affect city personnel rules and internal administration rather than direct day-to-day services for residents.

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Approved Mayor’s request to exempt one Assistant General Manager (Class Code 9271) position for the Los Angeles Housing Department from Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b) (Item 26-0105).
Approved Los Angeles Housing Department report to exempt various positions from Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(d)(4) (Item 26-0136).
Approved City Attorney report and ordinance to amend Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 4.1407(e) to increase member term lengths for the Board of Deferred Compensation Administration from three to five years (Item 25-1298).
Approved City Administrative Officer report and ordinance to amend Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 4.203(a) to revise the name of the Teamsters organization representing the Crossing Guard Representation Unit following the merger of Teamsters Local 911 with Teamsters Local 986 (Item 26-0134).
Continued follow-up reports from various departments on citywide layoff management and related matters (Item 25-0660).
Continued Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) report on implementing the new Workday payroll system; item remains referred to Personnel and Hiring and Energy and Environment Committees (Item 25-0530).

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