As presented by Councillor Lapierre:
WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury employs 2263 full time employees and on average 550 contract, part time and seasonal staff;
AND WHEREAS Council would like to better understand why the staffing levels differ from other Municipalities of similar size, how many new positions have been created since 2010 and the purpose of these new positions;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to prepare a report with a presentation to the Finance and Administration Committee before the 2025 budget review process, which includes the following.
- The current level of staffing for each separate service
- The number of Union and Non-Union staff, including the management level (e.g. director, manager supervisor)
- A comparator of staffing levels and change year per year since 2010 (including union and non-union)
- A comparator of varying levels of service to other similar municipalities (example the number of WWW treatment plants, the number of services provided by single tier governments versus lower tier or upper tier towns, cities, regions or districts, # of lane Km’s to service etc…)
- Based on the comparisons, options for service changes that could be undertaken to reduce headcount and the overall net budget for 2025 (for example, service options from the core service review).