Personnel and Hiring Committee

PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025 ­ 8:30 AM ROOM 401, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT (Adam Lid ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1076 or adam.lid@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 25­1200­S9 Communication from the Mayor and City Ethics Commission report relative to the appointment of Carlton Jenkins to the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners for the terms ending June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2030. Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Review: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 28, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 25, 2025) (2) 25­0322  Background Review: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 28, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 25, 2025) (2) 25­0322 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Malaika Billups as the permanent General Manager of the Personnel Department. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Review: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 8, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 7, 2025) (3) 22­0159 Personnel Department report relative to the implementation benchmarks and hiring goals for the Targeted Local Hiring and Strategic Workforce Development Task Force for February 2025. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 25­0254 Department of Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP) report relative to the LAFPP Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023­24. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee) (5) 24­1258 City Administrative Officer to report in response to Motion (Harris­Dawson – McOsker) relative to fund transfers in connection with a pilot program to recruit and train a pool of candidates for the Materials Testing Technician classification.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee) (5) 24­1258 City Administrative Officer to report in response to Motion (Harris­Dawson – McOsker) relative to fund transfers in connection with a pilot program to recruit and train a pool of candidates for the Materials Testing Technician classification. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance Committees) (6) 23­0600­S115 CONTINUED FROM MARCH 14, 2025 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to sole­source contracts in connection with homelessness and alternative response. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance Committees) (7) 25­0031 City Administrative Officer report relative to retroactively applying for and accepting the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program grant award. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Public Safety, Personnel and Hiring, and Budget and Finance Committees) (8) 24­0600­S2 CD 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the addition of three positions  Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Public Safety, Personnel and Hiring, and Budget and Finance Committees) (8) 24­0600­S2 CD 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the addition of three positions for the preparation of the Specific Plan for the Van Nuys Airport. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance Committees) (9) 25­0342 Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to recruitment and hiring practices being used by the City and its contractors as part of the Pacific Palisades reconstruction. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Referred to the Public Works and Personnel and Hiring Committees) (10) 25­0073 CONTINUED FROM MARCH 14, 2025 Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to report and Information Technology Agency report relative to payroll issues at the LAFD in connection with the Workday payroll system to include payroll issues resulting from Network Staffing System integration with Workday. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (11) DISCUSSION ITEM Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles verbal status report relative to personnel hiring goals, labor agreements, and other human resources partnerships in Council District 15.  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (11) DISCUSSION ITEM Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles verbal status report relative to personnel hiring goals, labor agreements, and other human resources partnerships in Council District 15. SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1075. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! 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