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PERSONNEL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

The following pages present the City of Watauga’s Personnel Improvement Plan (PIP)
for FY2023-2027. The purpose of this Personnel Improvement Plan is to identify current
and future personnel needs, justify these needs and develop a plan to fund these
positions. City administration will continue to rely on planning tools and documents such
as the Personnel Improvement Plan to ensure sufficient staffing numbers exist to maintain
quality services to our residents.

The PIP provides a five (5) year staffing plan created as a result of department directors’
requests. It is used as a tool for the annual budgeting process. Although 11.75 FTEs
(Full-Time Equivalent Employees) were requested for the FY2023-2024 budget year, only
4.5 positions were funded due to budget constraints. Of these positions, 3.75 FTEs are
funded by revenue producing programs at the Recreation Center.

Additionally, a previously authorized but unfunded position (Maintenance Worker I) is
included in the FY2023-2024 budgeted positions, bringing the total number of positions
to 186.5.

Additional details on the City’s number of FTEs by department can be found in the Budget
Summary section of this document. The requests that were submitted for FY2023-24 that
were not funded will be reevaluated during the next budget cycle. Through the PIP
process department directors also submitted requests for the reclassification of existing
positions. These reclassifications are due to an increase in responsibilities, as well as the
creation of promotional paths within the departments to supplement the City’s Succession
Plan and promote employee retention. Reclassifications do not affect the number of
FTEs.

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