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-5- <br />• May impact service quality to the extent less trained and /or experienced employees <br />are performing the job duties, <br />For shorter -term use, is lower cost than adding additional permanent staff, <br />• For longer -term use, the higher turnover of temporary employees becomes an issue <br />requiring frequent recruitment, training and retraining which is time consuming and <br />impacts productivity of supervisors and co- workers. <br />• For longer -term use, may result in a workforce of lower paid employees performing <br />work similar to permanent employees without benefits and other perquisites of <br />permanent employees leading to morale and equity issues, <br />Staff Recommendation <br />The Manager recommends as part of the 2005 -06 budget process that he examine <br />temporary wage costs with departments using significant amounts of temporary wages <br />and consider further any alternatives. The Manager also plans to reiterate to <br />department heads their responsibility for assuring budgets are monitored and controlled <br />within the funds available for temporary wages (budgeted temporary wages and <br />approved lapsed salaries). The Budget Office also will be examining the reports and <br />information available to departments for their use in monitoring these costs. <br />The Board may wish to provide direction to the Manager on any further issues to be <br />examined. If the Board desires, it might be interesting to explore further with <br />departments to what extent the temporary staffing hours result from seasonal, one time, <br />sporadic or special events as compared to the extent these temporary staff hours result <br />from on -going work. <br />November 11, 2004 <br />