REMARKS
Council Member Restler concludes discussion with hope for improvements in hiring processes
0:32:01
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Council Member Restler concludes the discussion by summarizing the key issues raised and expressing hope for improvements in the city's hiring processes.
- Restler agrees with Garrido's assessment of the problems over the past three years
- He expresses hope that the first deputy mayor, Maria Torres Springer, will take action to improve operations across city government
- Restler suggests giving agencies greater flexibility in hiring within their budgeted headcount and posted salary ranges
- He acknowledges that other council members have questions and prepares to pass the floor to Chair De La Rosa
Lincoln Restler
0:32:01
Well, I I know a number of my colleagues wanna ask questions.
0:32:03
I just wanna say, I think I completely agree with your assessment of what has gone wrong over the previous 3 years.
0:32:10
I'm hopeful that the first deputy mayor will take the reins and that Maria Torres Springer will actually direct OMB to change some of their practices in productive ways.
0:32:18
She's now been given the responsibility and the authority to improve operations across city government, and I hope she takes this issue as seriously as she's been taking on many others, to improve things.
0:32:30
And I I think that in addition to, you know, giving agencies greater flexibility to hire within their budgeted headcount, we also need agencies to have greater flexibility to hire within within posted salary ranges, where OMB has made it very challenging to bring people on board for anything other than the minimum salary within the range.
0:32:47
Council member chair De La Rosa and then a few of our colleagues.
Carmen De La Rosa
0:32:49
Yes.
