HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-11-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - CITY TRIP REDUCTION PLAN (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented
CONSENT CALENDAR Ken Pulskamo
DATE: November 26, 1991
SUBJECT: 9/80 Work Plan Incentive for the City's Regulation XV Trip
Reduction Plan
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita, along with all other corporations in the South Coast
Basin have a responsibility to meet air quality goals by reducing employee's
work trips. organizations must find a way to reduce the number of days
employees drive alone to the workplace. This is mandated by the Air Quality
Management District's Regulation XV and is vital to the accomplishment of clean
air goals in the South Coast Basin.
The alternative work schedule of a 9/80 work plan has been proven throughout
southern California as a highly successful means to accomplish these goals.
Increasingly, alternative work schedules have had a beneficial effect on dealing
with the problems of low morale, abuse of leave, tardiness, insufficient staff,
recruitment and scarce skill personnel.
The 9/80 plan is a bi-weekly compressed work week program. Full-time employees
work nine days each bi-weekly pay period - five days one week and four days the
following week: The basic requirement is to work a total of 80 hours in the two
week (bi-weekly) period.
To ensure sufficient coverage, employees would be divided into two groups with
off -setting days off. The proposed day -off is Friday. This will not effect the
hours of operation for City Hall and other City services.
Much consideration has been put into assessing,the effects of this 9/80 program
on employees and public service. A pilot 9/80 program was conducted during
three months this summer. The participating groups; Street Maintenance, Parks &
Recreation and Recreation administrative support staff, were chosen because of
their high degree of public contact, especially during the summer months. This
pilot program was a great success as demonstrated by the attached survey
results. Employee trips to the workplace were reduced, morale was high and
public service either remained constant or was improved.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City of Santa Clarita implement a 9/80 work plan for
all employees in conjunction with the implementation of our S.C.A.Q.M.D.
Regulation XV Trip Reduction Plan.
ATTACHMENTS
Pilot Program survey results
APPROVED
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PILOT 9/80 6 FLEX TIME SURVEY RESULTS
51Z of all regular employees participated in the survey.
- 37Z of the survey participants were also participants in. the Pilot 9/80 and
Flex Time Programs.
- Of the survey respondents who were participants in the Pilot Program, 10OS
stated that service delivery to.the public and internally remained constant
or improved somewhat.
- Of the survey respondents who were not participants in the Pilot Program,
82Z stated that service delivery to the' public and internally remained
constant or improved somewhat.
- Overall, 60% of the respondents stated that the Pilot Program was extremely
successful and the City should implement such a program on a year round
basis.