The City’s compensation and benefits package should decrease staff turnover and vacancies, and increase the ability to effectively attract and retain key talent for the City. Recruiting and retaining qualified employees benefits the community by ensuring delivery of city services. In addition, less turnover means greater continuity of services, which results in long-term budget savings. The City has begun a “total rewards” study to evaluate compensation, benefits, individual growth, and the City’s overall workplace environment, to establish competitive pay standards and successfully compete for talent. An implementation strategy based upon the findings should be developed and pursued.