Personnel and Hiring Committee meeting summary
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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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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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- 25-1200-S62 Reports from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Daniel Tellalian to the Board of Fire and Police Pensions for the term ending June 30, 2027. Financial Disclosure Statement : Pending Background Check : Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE - FEBRUARY 5, 2026 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - FEBRUARY 4, 2026)25-1200-S62Decision: ITEM(S)
- 25-1700 City Administrative Officer report and Ordinances relative to the 2025-26 Departmental Personnel Ordinances. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted.25-1700Decision: ITEM(S)
- 26-0006 Report from the Mayor relative to the exemption of one Water Hyperion Reclamation Plant Manager (Class Code 4130) position for the Bureau of Sanitation from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b). Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE - JANUARY 30, 2026 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JANUARY 30, 2026)26-0006Decision: ITEM(S)
- 24-1334 City Administrative Officer report relative to proposed Amendment No. 1 to the 2024-2028 Memorandum of Understanding for Bargaining Unit No. 23 for the Firefighters and Fire Captains Representation Unit. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted.24-1334Decision: ITEM(S)
- 26-0013 City Administrative Officer report and Ordinance relative to amending Schedule A of Section 4.61 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to include and provide salaries for the new, non-represented classifications of Chief Occupational Psychologist (Class Code 2387) and Port Pilot Apprentice (Class Code 5114). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted.26-0013Decision: ITEM(S)
- 25-0660 CONTINUED FROM JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER 2025 Follow-Up reports from various Departments relative to Citywide Layoff Management and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For, If Amended: Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council25-0660Decision: ITEM(S)
- 24-1043 CONTINUED FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 2025, OCTOBER 3, 2025, NOVEMBER 5, 2025 AND DECEMBER 12, 2025 Controller and Information Technology Agency reports and Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) relative to implementation of Workday. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted.24-1043Decision: ITEM(S)
- 15-1207-S5 CONTINUED FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2025 AND DECEMBER 3, 2025 Motion (McOsker – Jurado) relative to hiring status in connection with the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project. Community Impact Statement: None submitted.15-1207-S5Decision: ITEM(S)
- 26-0024 Motion (McOsker – Nazarian) relative to the implementation of the Council-approved LAwell Program for Plan Year 2026. Community Impact Statement: None submitted.26-0024Decision: ITEM(S)
- 26-0012 Personnel Department report relative to the Ridesharing Trust Fund review for Fiscal Year 2024-25. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted.26-0012Decision: ITEM(S)
- 26-0040 Motion (McOsker, Yaroslavsky – Jurado) relative to a comprehensive staffing plan for the Office of the City Attorney with detailed current and projected staffing needs that is designed to significantly reduce the City’s reliance on outside counsel costs; and related matters. (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance Committees) Community Impact Statement: None submitted26-0040Decision: ITEM(S)
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