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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: SERGIO GONZALEZ, CITY MANAGER
FROM: TALIKA M. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DATE: MAY 5, 2025
SUBJECT: HUMAN RESOURCES ACTION ITEMS
BACKGROUND:
The recommended actions approve personnel action requests reviewed and recommended by the Personnel
Board and/or otherwise require approval of the City Council and adopts a resolution granting the City
Manager administrative authority to make new hire Appointments (including Promotions) during the months
of May 2025 through September 2025, if and when regularly scheduled meetings of the City Council are
canceled.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff recommends the City Council take the following actions:
1)Approve the following personnel action requests in accordance with the City of Azusa Rules of the
Civil Service System, Azusa Municipal Code, and/or applicable Memorandum of Understanding(s);
and
2)Adopt Resolution No. 2025-C26 granting the City Manager temporary authority to make new hire
appointments (including promotions) during the periods of May 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 and
June 16, 2025 through September 14, 2025.
ANALYSIS:
The Azusa Personnel Board reviewed the following recommendations of City Staff and recommends
approval of the following actions in accordance with the City of Azusa Rules of the Civil Service System
(“Rules”):
A.NEW APPOINTMENT(S) – Pursuant to the Rule 5.5.2 Open Competitive, the Personnel Board
approved recruitment requests for these vacant positions and the appropriate Department Head(s)
pursuant to Rule 5.7.5 Appointment request the following appointment(s):
Approved
City Council
May 5, 2025
Human Resources Action Items
May 5, 2025
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B.MERIT INCREASE(S) AND/OR REGULAR APPOINTMENT(S) – Pursuant to Rules 4.2.4 Merit
Salary Adjustments and 5.8.2 Regular Appointment Following Probationary Period, Department
Head(s) have submitted performance appraisal(s) for the following employee(s) and recommend merit
increase(s) and/or regular appointment status as follows:
DEPT NAME CLASSIFICATION EFFECTIVE DATE
RANGE/STEP
BASE MO.
PD Justin Beaver Police Sergeant Merit Increase
03/16/2025
3416/05
$12,298.79
PD Julissa Ramirez Executive Assistant Merit Increase
03/16/2025
4136/04
$6,940.33
PD Steven Sears Police Lieutenant Merit Increase
03/16/2025
3423/04
$14,055.76
PD Tori Fino Police Dispatcher Merit Increase
03/20/2025
9166/05
$6,451.04
PD Eric Vasquez Police Officer Merit Increase
03/27/2025
6101/06
$10,076.61
PD Cristian Castro Police Officer Merit Increase
03/30/2025
6101/03
$8,704.56
C. SEPARATION(S)/RETIREMENT(S) – The following is submitted for informational purposes:
DEPT NAME CLASSIFICATION EFFECTIVE DATE
PD Lauren Ferrari Police Sergeant 04/26/2025
D.Resolution granting the City Manager administrative authority to make new hire appointments
and retroactively report to the City Council for ratification of those appointments during the
periods of May 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 and June 16, 2025 through September 14, 2025:
Staff seeks City Council’s approval to delegate temporary authority to the City Manager to make
administrative hiring decisions for vacant budgeted positions during the periods of May 1, 2025 through
May 31, 2025 and June 16, 2025 through September 14, 2025 in order to ensure continuity of business
as it pertains to recruitment and selection processes during the summer months when the City Council
traditionally convenes only once per month.
Pursuant to the City of Azusa Rules of the Civil Service System, Section 5.7.5 Appointment, Any
applicant selected by the department head shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. Further,
DEPT NAME CLASSIFICATION EFFECTIVE
DATE
RANGE/STEP
BASE MO.
PD Carlos Orozco Cerda Police Officer TBD – Pending
Background
6101/01
$7,895.29
ECD Cassandra Na Rios Community Improvement
Inspector
TBD – Pending
Background
4171/03
$6,094.77
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May 5, 2025
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pursuant to the Azusa Municipal Code Sec. 2-193. - Appointments generally, subsection (a),
Appointments to vacant positions in the competitive service shall be made by the city council or by
department heads, subject to the approval of the city council, in accordance with the rules established
under this division and from employment lists resulting from open competitive examination,
promotional examination, lateral transfer, interdepartmental transfer, demotion or reinstatement.
Granting the City Manager administrative authority to appoint new hires during the months of May
through September, if and when City Council meetings are canceled, will help departments maintain
adequate staffing levels, help to ensure the City is able to onboard qualified candidates in a timely
manner, and help with overall continuity of City operations. Onboarding candidates timely into vacant
positions is additionally important due to the impacts of a new law, Assembly Bill (AB) 2561, Local
public employees: vacant positions, which Staff will be presenting to the City Council in depth on May
27th. Pursuant to the City of Azusa Rules of the Civil Service System 5.5.2 Open Competitive, the
Personnel Board will continue to approve recruitment requests prior to Human Resources performing
recruitment activities. Under the recommended temporary City Manager delegation, new appointments
(including promotions) will only be made into positions that have been previously approved and
budgeted by the City Council. Staff will report all Appointment decisions made under this delegated
authority retroactively to the City Council for ratification at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT:
All proposed changes were approved with the FY 2024/25 Adopted Budget and/or are able to be absorbed
with anticipated salary savings.
Prepared by: Reviewed and Approved:
Merci Rodriguez Talika M. Johnson
Payroll Supervisor Director of Administrative Services
Reviewed and Approved:
Sergio Gonzalez
City Manager
Attachment:
1. Resolution No. 2025-C26
RESOLUTION NO. C26
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
GRANTING THE CITY MANAGER TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO
MAKE NEW HIRE APPOINTMENTS (INCLUDING PROMOTIONS)
DURING THE PERIODS OF MAY 1, 2025 THROUGH MAY 31, 2025 AND
JUNE 16, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14, 2025
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City of Azusa Rules of the Civil Service System, Section 5.7.5
Appointment, Any applicant selected by the department head shall be subject to the approval of the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Azusa Municipal Code Sec. 2-193. - Appointments generally,
subsection (a), Appointments to vacant positions in the competitive service shall be made by the city
council or by department heads, subject to the approval of the city council, in accordance with the
rules established under this division and from employment lists resulting from open competitive
examination, promotional examination, lateral transfer, interdepartmental transfer, demotion or
reinstatement; and
WHEREAS, routinely at regularly scheduled meetings of the City Council, in a consent
agenda staff report titled Human Resources Action Items, Staff seeks City Council’s approval to
make new hire appointments into vacant positions prior to onboarding a new employee; and
WHEREAS, during the summer months, and at others times, the City Council traditionally
convenes only once per month; and
WHEREAS, granting the City Manager administrative authority to appoint new hires
(including Promotions) during the months of May 2025 through September 2025, if and when City
Council meetings are canceled, will help departments maintain adequate staffing levels, help to
ensure the City is able to onboard qualified candidates in a timely manner, and help with overall
continuity of City operations; and
WHEREAS, onboarding candidates timely into vacant positions is additionally important
due to the impacts of a new law, Assembly Bill (AB) 2561, Local public employees: vacant
positions; and
WHEREAS, Staff will ensure City Council’s retroactive ratification of any hiring decisions
made by the City Manager under the temporary delegation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Azusa does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Authorizes the City Manager administrative authority to make Appointments
of new hires (including Promotions) during the periods of May 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 and
June 16, 2025 through September 14, 2025, if and when regularly scheduled City Council meetings
are canceled.
SECTION 2. The City Manager’s temporary authority to make Appointments shall only be
made into vacant positions that have been previously approved and budgeted by the City Council.
SECTION 3. Staff is responsible for reporting any Appointments made by the City Manager
at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of May 2025.
___________________________________
Robert Gonzales
Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Jeffrey Lawrence Cornejo, Jr.
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2025-C26 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Azusa at a special meeting thereof, held on the 5th day of May, 2025 by
the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
___________________________________
Jeffrey Lawrence Cornejo, Jr.
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Best Best & Krieger, LLP
City Attorney