It’s time to update the City’s Town Plan and we need your input! This is the fourth survey of six town plan focus areas. To ensure we reach the widest cross-section of citizens, the City will use a range of tools and approaches to encourage participation from a place and at a time convenient to you.  The fourth focus area is MUNICIPAL TALENT MANAGEMENT AND RETENTION. 
 
WRITE IN
Complete the survey below.  Alternatively, you may provide feedback by texting “Town Plan” to 210.853.2003 or emailing to contact@shavanopark.org.
 
SHOW UP
Attend the public hearing during the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 900 Saddletree Court.
 
DIAL IN
Participate in the public hearing remotely.  Dial in on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 6:30pm. Zoom phone is (833) 548-0276 and use meeting ID: 846-3699-2388.
 
Visit https://www.shavanopark.org/townplan for historical information, updates and more.

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* 1. First and Last Name

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* 2. Street Address

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* 3. City Staff Leadership
Achieving and maintaining a high performing organization is directly related to the quality of the leaders and employees within. The hiring and retention of high-quality employees is one of the hardest tasks to achieve because it must be balanced with competing requirements, limited revenues, and external factors. Resourcing the staff’s compensation is the most significant expense the City has and represents about 75% of the annual General Fund operating budget, or 49.4% of all combined annual funding.  Additionally, the staff must be equipped with the appropriate equipment, vehicles and tools as well as continued training and education. 

What statement represents your belief concerning the City Staff Key Leaders (City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Secretary, Finance Director, Public Works Director, Police Chief and Fire Chief)?

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* 4. Recent labor market pressures are being felt most in the City’s Police and Fire Departments. In 2022, the Fire Department had three paramedic vacancies for the majority of the year. In response, the Fire Department hired part-time paramedic positions for the first time to offset the shortage and developed a plan to hire paramedic-only applicants and City pay for their fire certification training.

There are currently 5 vacancies in the Police Department. The Police Department in response moved from 12-hour to 8-hour shifts to ensure manning of all shifts. Police Chief reports that agencies locally are offering signing bonuses to new hires and recruiting officers directly from academy with promises of employment after graduation. These types of hiring incentives are unusual to see in government employment.

Which do you believe is the most important aspect in hiring high quality staff? Rank your selections 1 - 4.

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* 5. Which do you believe is the most important aspect in retaining high quality staff? Rank your selections 1-4.

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* 6. What priority do you believe to be the most important in sustaining a high performing organization? Rank your selections 1-4.

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* 7. City’s total personnel cost (including salaries, healthcare, retirement and benefits) have increased on average 4.5% each year for the past decade from 2014 to 2023. Annual personnel cost will become challenging to fund as the City becomes built-out over the next five years. Without new properties being developed, all the funding for a professional City staff and services it provides will be borne by existing properties and sales tax generation. Like all organizations, the City faces cost pressures from general inflation, labor market competition and rising healthcare costs.

If the City enters into a future fiscally constrained environment where current tax rate does not meet requirements to maintain existing levels of service (think Police, Fire, EMS, road maintenance, city events), which do you believe is most important?

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* 8. What are your thoughts on City Services?

To which City Services would you like to see additional resources? Or is the City providing an unnecessary service that should be eliminated?

Select as many City Services as you wish or none at all. You may explain your thoughts in comment box below.

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