The Employee Services Department strives to provide the highest quality of service to City departments, employees and prospective employees.

This Department recruits and tests personnel; manages labor relations, equal employment opportunity and employment development activities; coordinates organizational development efforts and training programs; administers the City’s compensation and benefits program; and conducts special studies and new program in order to improve the quality of service to employees and the public.

The City strives to hire and retain excellent employees throughout the organization. To do this, the Department recruits the best people it can find and monitors the City’s salary and benefits plan for competitiveness. The City values its employees and proves numerous mechanisms to encourage professional growth. The City provides the necessary on-the-job training and designs and implements supervisory and other management training programs for recently promoted employees, as well as existing employees.