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Los Angeles City Council Personnel and Hiring Committee agenda, October 14, 2026

October 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

On the agenda: On Oct. 14, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council's Personnel and Hiring Committee has 13 items on its agenda, including a City Administrative Officer report counting 6,774 vacant positions out of 37,779 authorized as of Aug. 31, 2026, a three-year extension of the Standard Insurance Company contract for civilian employee disability insurance, which the agenda lists for Council action by Nov. 3, 2026, and a LAwell dependent eligibility audit that removed 1,322 dependents from City health coverage. The agenda also lists a $50,000 domestic violence training course for City employees, a pay and schedule amendment for Harbor Department boat crews, and reports on second chance hiring, inspector qualifications and LADWP's Workday payroll system (agenda).

Agenda only. As of October 10, 2026, the October 14, 2026 meeting of the Personnel and Hiring Committee of the Los Angeles City Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The agenda, posted Oct. 9, 2026, lists 13 items for 8:30 a.m. in Room 401, City Hall. Public comment is in person only. Item 12 is also referred to the Energy and Environment Committee (CF 25-0530).

Committee members since Aug. 31, 2026, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Tim McOsker (chair), Monica Rodriguez (vice chair) and Hugo Soto-Martinez. The agenda lists the same three members.

1. Extend the Standard Insurance Company contract C-134116 for civilian employee disability insurance by three years

• What it does: The City Administrative Officer’s report, transmitted by the Mayor Sept. 4, 2026, recommends a Third Supplemental Agreement with Standard Insurance Company that extends the contract by three years, which the report describes as a 10-year term from Jan. 1, 2018. Standard underwrites the basic short-term and long-term disability insurance, supplemental disability insurance and related tax reporting for the City’s LAwell civilian benefits program. The agreement’s recitals say the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee voted Aug. 14, 2024 to cancel a request for proposals for a new carrier, after negotiations with the winning bidder ended, and extend the contract one year, and on Feb. 6, 2025 approved a further two-year extension through Dec. 31, 2027; the CAO’s narrative dates the two-year approval Aug. 14, 2025 (CAO report).
• Money: The CAO reports no set minimum or maximum contract amount; fees follow the agreed premium rates and the number of employees enrolled, and the rates stay the same as under the current agreement. Basic disability coverage is provided at no cost to the employee (CAO report). The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Civilian City employees in the LAwell program, which the Personnel Department says covers about 27,000 employees and 33,000 dependents (Personnel Department report, CF 26-1367).
• What’s next: The agenda lists the file as a time limit file with Nov. 3, 2026 as the last day for Council action, while the council file gives Nov. 2, 2026 (CF 23-0972-S1); the Mayor’s transmittal says the amendment is deemed approved if the Council does not act within 60 days under Administrative Code Section 10.5(a) (agenda, CAO report).

2. Amend MOU 4 pay and work schedules for Harbor Department Boat Captains and Deck Hands at the Pilot Station

• What it does: The City Administrative Officer’s Sept. 21, 2026 report recommends approving Amendment No. 3 to the 2023-2028 memorandum of understanding for the Equipment Operation and Labor Employees Unit (MOU 04), represented by SEIU Local 721. The amendment raises compensation for Boat Captains and Deck Hands, removes a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption, and changes the Pilot Station crews’ schedule from 84 hours every two weeks in seven 12-hour shifts to 72 hours in six 12-hour shifts, which the CAO says follows Executive Employee Relations Committee instructions from Jan. 27, 2026 and fixes overtime tracking that caused payroll errors in Workday (CAO report).
• Money: The CAO says the Harbor Department employs six Boat Captains and six Deck Hands and the Bureau of Sanitation two Boat Captains and one Deck Hand. The Harbor Department’s added pay cost is offset by the shorter schedule and any remaining cost is paid by the Harbor Department; the Sanitation positions’ added cost is about $48,000 from special funds. The CAO reports no General Fund impact (CAO report).
• What’s next: The Council last acted on this file Oct. 1, 2025, adopting a committee report on an MOU 35 amendment (CF 24-0427). A committee recommendation would go to the full Council.

5. LAwell employee benefits trust fund review for 2025-26: $532 million in receipts, $524 million in payments

• What it does: The Personnel Department’s Sept. 3, 2026 report, signed for the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee, asks the Council to note and file the annual review of the Employee Benefits Trust Fund, the pass-through account that pays premiums for the LAwell program’s roughly 27,000 employees and 33,000 dependents (Personnel Department report).
• Money: Receipts in 2025-26 were $532,096,659: $406,126,887 in employer contributions from the General Fund, $84,571,570 reimbursed by other funds, $40,689,384 in employee contributions and $708,818 in interest. Payments were $524,026,998, of which $518,806,959 went to insurance carriers. The fund closed the year at $22,132,825; net of pending items, liabilities and a reserve target of 12.5 percent of monthly carrier payments (about $5.4 million), the available balance was $6,763,150 (Personnel Department report).
• What’s next: The report was referred to this committee Sept. 30, 2026; a note-and-file recommendation would go to the full Council (CF 26-1367).

6. LAwell dependent eligibility audit for 2025-26: 1,322 dependents removed from coverage

• What it does: The Personnel Department’s Oct. 5, 2026 report asks the committee to receive and note the results of a verification of more than 29,000 dependents enrolled in LAwell health coverage, run with the vendor Secova from October 2025 to August 2026. It removed 1,322 dependents, 4.5 percent of the dependent population: 818 where the employee did not respond, 159 dropped voluntarily and 345 with incomplete or ineligible documents. All were offered COBRA continuation notices, and employees may re-enroll dependents at open enrollment with acceptable documents (Personnel Department report).
• Money: The department projects City subsidy savings of $494,048.84 a month, about $1.98 million for September through December 2026, and $3.5 million to $5.1 million over the 10 months of fiscal year 2026-27, less about $207,000 in vendor costs, depending on how many dependents are re-enrolled (Personnel Department report).
• What’s next: The report was referred to this committee Oct. 8, 2026 (CF 26-1429).

9. Personnel Department report on domestic violence training for City employees and managers: a $50,000 online course

• What it does: The Personnel Department’s Oct. 8, 2026 report recommends that the Council allocate $50,000 for a citywide online training on domestic violence prevention, with a core module for all employees and a supplemental module for supervisors and managers, to be required every two years. The department says the City has no such training now, that its domestic violence policy dates from 1998 and its protocols from 2001, and that a course could be ready by the start of fiscal year 2027-28 (Personnel Department report).
• Who brought it: The file began as a motion by Heather Hutt, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, on June 16, 2026. The committee approved it June 26 and the Council adopted it Aug. 5, 2026, 13-0, with Ysabel Jurado and Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 26-0885).
• Money: $50,000 for a one-hour interactive course and e-book version; translations into other languages would cost more (Personnel Department report). The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).

10. Personnel Department framework for Executive Directive 20 on second chance employment through City contracting

• What it does: The Personnel Department’s Oct. 8, 2026 report, for note and file, describes how the First Source Hiring Ordinance, the Targeted Local Hire and Bridge to Jobs programs and the Mayor’s Executive Directive 20 fit together. It reports 15 First Source referral requests from City contractors since July 2026, compared with 39 referrals in all of 2025-26 and 34 in 2024-25, suggests that each department’s contract coordinator could serve as its second chance employment coordinator, and says no new job classifications or positions are needed now (Personnel Department report).
• Who brought it: The file began as a motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Tim McOsker, seconded by Ysabel Jurado, on May 19, 2026. The Council adopted the joint committee report June 30, 2026, 13-0, with Adrin Nazarian and Curren D. Price Jr. absent (CF 26-0743).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: North Westwood (filed Sept. 21, 2026), which asks that second chance hiring stay incentive-based rather than mandated and that outcomes be reported publicly, and Watts (board vote 8-0 on June 9, 2026, filed July 28), which asks for measurable hiring goals and outreach to the communities most affected. The agenda lists both as in favor (agenda).

11. Personnel Department report on alternative qualifications for Housing Inspector and Building Inspector candidates

• What it does: The Personnel Department’s Oct. 6, 2026 report, for note and file, describes the two existing entry paths to inspector jobs: the Assistant Inspector class, which accepts 60 semester units or one year of qualifying trade, inspection or property management experience, and the Inspector Trainee class in the Bridge to Jobs program. It says the Housing Department and Department of Building and Safety both rely on these paths and had no changes to recommend (Personnel Department report).
• Who brought it: A 2026 budget recommendation adopted by the Council; the committee approved the request Aug. 14, 2026 and the Council adopted it Aug. 28, 2026, 10-0, with five members absent (CF 26-0600-S82).

12. LADWP report on the Workday payroll and financial system rollout (continued from Feb. 13, Feb. 27 and March 6, 2026)

• What it does: The Department of Water and Power’s Sept. 24, 2026 letter to the committee chair reports that the Workday financial management module went live July 1, 2026, after the human resources and payroll module launched June 16, 2025. LADWP says it has closed 31 payroll cycles on time through Aug. 23, 2026, approved 16,863 supplier invoices covering more than $672 million since the July launch, and is working through month-end close and integration issues (LADWP report).
• Who brought it: The file began as a motion by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Ysabel Jurado, on May 14, 2025. The Council adopted the committee’s report July 30, 2025, 13-0, with Bob Blumenfield and Adrin Nazarian absent (CF 25-0530).
• What’s next: The committee continued the item on Feb. 13 and Feb. 27, 2026 to dates to be determined and on March 6 to March 13, 2026; the new report was referred to this committee and the Energy and Environment Committee Oct. 7, 2026 (CF 25-0530).

13. CAO report on 2026-27 City workforce vacancy data: 6,774 vacant of 37,779 authorized positions

• What it does: The City Administrative Officer’s Oct. 9, 2026 report, a monthly update under the Council’s Sept. 16 instruction, counts 37,779 authorized positions as of Aug. 31, 2026, with 31,005 filled (11,900 sworn and 19,105 civilian) and 6,774 vacant (2,702 sworn and 4,072 civilian), an 18 percent vacancy rate. The count excludes the proprietary departments and the Mayor’s and Council offices; 615 new positions partly funded in 2026-27 are held vacant until Jan. 1, 2027 under the adopted budget (CAO report).
• Who it affects: The attachment shows 2,249 vacant sworn Police positions (21 percent), 695 vacant Police civilian positions (23 percent), 737 at the Bureau of Sanitation (20 percent), 453 sworn Fire positions (12 percent) and 238 at the Housing Department (23 percent) (CAO report).
• Who brought it: The file began as a motion by Tim McOsker, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky, on Aug. 28, 2026; the committee approved it Sept. 9 and the Council adopted it Sept. 16, 2026, 14-0, with Heather Hutt absent (CF 26-1229).
• Money: The CAO reports no fiscal impact from noting and filing the report (CAO report).

Routine items

• 3. The Community Investment Department’s Sept. 30, 2026 memo asks the Council to exempt two Project Coordinator positions and one Chief Grants Administrator position from civil service under Charter Section 1001(d)(4). The Board of Civil Service Commissioners approved the re-exemptions Aug. 13, 2026 because the positions are funded by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant for a term of no more than two years (CF 23-1313).
• 4. The City Administrative Officer’s Sept. 30, 2026 report recommends resolution authority for one Management Analyst and one Accounting Clerk in the Department of Animal Services from Oct. 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 to administer the $14.22 million grant agreement with the ASPCA and Best Friends Animal Society that the Council approved July 1, 2026. The nine-month cost of $249,630 is covered by holding three Animal Care Technician positions vacant ($335,069 a year); the CAO reports no General Fund impact (CF 26-0832-S1).
• 7. The Personnel Department’s Aug. 18, 2026 report, for receive and file, summarizes succession plans from the 41 City departments that answered the fiscal year 2026-27 Equitable Workforce and Service Restoration questionnaire; 16 of 41 named a limited candidate pool and 16 named knowledge transfer as their main challenges. The file opened with a Sept. 26, 2017 motion by Paul Koretz, seconded by Mitchell Englander. The committee continued the item Aug. 8, 2025 and Sept. 9, 2026 (CF 17-1098).
• 8. The companion Personnel Department report of June 27, 2025 on knowledge transfer and succession planning, on a file opened by a motion from Bob Blumenfield and Tim McOsker, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, was also continued Aug. 8, 2025 and Sept. 9, 2026 (CF 17-1098-S1).

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