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LPC staffing levels and vacancy details
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Council Member Hanks inquires about the current staffing levels and vacancies at the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). Chair Carroll provides details on the current situation and how it compares to historical levels.
- LPC has a budgeted headcount of 77 positions for fiscal years 2025 and 2026
- Currently, there are 11 vacancies (10 full-time, 1 part-time) and one person on leave
- LPC is actively working to fill these positions, with 6 out of 11 vacancies having approved Personnel Action Requests (PARs)
- Four of the vacant positions are civil service titles, requiring the establishment of a civil service list
- Overall, LPC's current staff numbers represent a 24% increase compared to ten years ago
Kamillah Hanks
1:35:58
Thank you.
1:35:59
Chair, may I ask one more question?
1:36:01
Thank you.
1:36:02
I wanted to get more information being that you have all of this this work and this great work that you do in such a big city.
1:36:08
You know, so let's talk about the as of the preliminary budget plan, there are 77 budgeted positions for each fiscal twenty twenty five and 2026.
1:36:17
How many of these positions are currently filled, and how many are vacant, and how does that compare to like the historic levels?
Sarah Carroll
1:36:24
Right.
1:36:24
So we have a headcount of 77.
1:36:28
We have 11 vacancies.
1:36:30
We have one person on leave, makes it look like 12, but it's really 11 vacancies.
1:36:36
10 are full time, one is part time.
1:36:39
We have been working closely with OMB, and we have PARs approved for six of those 11, so we're very excited about that, and we're continuing to so we're we are in the interview process and trying to fill those positions.
1:36:53
Four of them are civil service titles, we have to wait for the civil service list to be established.
1:36:59
And the but overall, we are still at an our staff numbers are an increase over all the number, you know, over the years, over the last ten years.
1:37:10
It's a 22% increase.
1:37:13
No, 24% increase in total staff.
Kamillah Hanks
1:37:15
Thank you so much.
Sarah Carroll
1:37:17
Okay.
1:37:17
Thank you.
Kamillah Hanks
1:37:19
You.
1:37:19
Thank