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DEPARTMENTAL
DEP AR TMENT AL
indicative of overall staff opinion and sentiment,
STAFF SURVEY they do provide valuable insight.
Respondents indicated that their top three
things they liked the most about working for the
SUMMARY Department are:
1. Retirement/Benefits
2. Working Environment
3. Working Hours
It is not uncommon for these three areas to be
One of the most crucial stakeholders in a park common motivators or areas of satisfaction for
master planning process is the department staff. public parks and recreation departments.
They know the park system better than any other
group and spend the better partof their waking In contrast, the top three challenges respondents
hours making sure it operates as smoothly as identified are:
possible. As part of this process, the consultant 4. Not Enough Staff
team developed a survey that all staff, both full 5. City Processes
time and part time, could take anonymously. The 6. Budget Too Small
survey was administered through both paper and Both city processes and budget are common
digital versions during January and February of challenges. Staffing shortages are a newer
2023. During this period, 183 staff participated in phenomenon that many agencies are struggling
the survey, approximately 43% of the total 428 to overcome. A big challenge for parks and
department employees. While these results recreation agencies is the lack of work from
are not statistically valid and thus not reliably home, or work location, flexibility. Whether
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