CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-25-144 ENACTMENT NO. _____________________
SPONSORED BY: Louie Sanchez, Renée Grout
RESOLUTION
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Directing The Human Resources Department To Conduct A Survey Of Employee Satisfaction With The City’s Benefits Package (Sanchez and Grout)
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DIRECTING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION WITH THE CITY’S BENEFITS PACKAGE.
WHEREAS, the City is committed to fostering a positive and supportive work environment for its employees; and
WHEREAS, the City's benefits package, including health insurance and other employee benefits, is a crucial component of employee well-being, job satisfaction, and retention; and
WHEREAS, gathering employee feedback is essential to evaluating the effectiveness of current benefits and identifying potential areas for improvement.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The Human Resources Department is hereby directed to retain a consultant to design and conduct a survey to assess employee satisfaction with the City’s benefits package, with a focus on recent changes to the City’s medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision policies, City Hall clinic, and mobile health clinic.
A. A representative of the Administration and a representative of the City Council shall participate in designing the survey with the consultant.
B. The survey shall be distributed to all City employees and shall be
structured to ensure anonymity and encourage candid feedback. To encourage maximum participation in the survey, the Human Resources Department shall enter all respondents into a drawing, from which ten individuals will be randomly selected to receive a $100 gift card.
C. Before conducting the survey, the proposed survey shall be submitted to the City Council for approval. The proposed survey shall be submitted to the Council no later than 45 days following the enactment of this Resolution, and distributed to City employees no later than 15 days following Council approval.
D. The consultant shall compile and analyze the survey results and provide a report summarizing key findings and potential recommendations for improvements to the City Council within 60 days of the survey’s completion.
E. The results of the survey shall be used to inform future discussions and potential modifications to the City’s benefits package to better serve the needs of employees.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Resolution. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Resolution and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
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