The primary goal of the Personnel Department is to attract, hire, and retain qualified employees to carry out the City's business. Personnel provides recruitment and testing services, and administers salary and job classification plans, employee benefits programs, personnel rules and policies, and the City's self-funded vision and dental plans.

The department also oversees the Equal Opportunity Program, Training, and Risk Management divisions to ensure the City's workforce is culturally diverse and responsive to the changing needs of the community; that employees are provided training to enhance and improve their skills and productivity; and to see that employees and citizens are provided environments where the risks of injury and loss of property are minimized.