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DEPARTMENT OUTLINE: HUMAN RESOURCES

The City of Kennedale’s Human Resources Department provides guidance and assistance to all
staff within each department. The vision is to provide exceptional human resources services for
internal and external customers and improve the partnership, one employee, professionally, at
a time.

PRIOR YEAR RESULTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 Provided services to all City departments in areas of recruiting, employee relations,
personnel records maintenance, benefits administration, retirement, employee injuries, and
compensation
 Monthly team building with Luncheon for all staff
 Completed a comprehensive review of employee pay aligned with incumbent in position
 Recognition of employee of the month and Annual Service Awards
 Promoted the Tuition Reimbursement program

SHORT-TERM (FY25) GOALS

 Maintain compliance regarding recruitment, pre-employment evaluations, and operational
procedures
 Scan all personnel and medical file documents in software to remain compliant with the
Texas State Records Retention Schedule
 Continue as Training Coordinator responsible for organizing and implementing employee
training programs
 Focus on attracting, sourcing, and recruiting top talent for hiring managers

FUTURE INITIATIVES

 Create and provide job descriptions for all City positions
 Coordinate the recruiting and selection process to hire top talent
 Continue to monitor technology to improve paperless environment for employee files
 Manage the employee injury reports and stay in front of claims and loss of time with
training
 Develop and implement policies and procedures to promote a positive work environment
and maintain compliance with labor laws and regulations

PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Measure Type FY23 Actual FY24 Target FY24 Projected FY25 Target
Annual Applications Received Input 324 175 177 175
Annual New Hires Workload 22 15 16 10
Annual Terminations Workload 12 10 15 10
Applicants/Posting (average) Effectiveness 24 25 22 25
Pre-emp. processing (days) Effectiveness 4 2 2 2
Benefit Participation (%) Effectiveness 80% 82% 84% 82%

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