Narcisse asks about overtime spending and healthcare worker departures
Council Member Mercedes Narcisse asks how much the city spends on overtime and why nurses, EMTs, and other health care workers are leaving; Porter and Outar say they do not have that data but will follow up.
How much is the city spending on overtime hours?
That is not information that we have available here.
Okay.
All right.
Because in 2024, the state controller reported an increase from 1.1 billion to 1.3.
So I just want to say the retention, and I'm so happy that you're working on retention, which is so important because we train people, we want to keep them, because it eventually costs you more money.
What does the data show, if you have it, about why city nurses, EMTs, and other health care workers are leaving and which agency we are losing them to?
If you have it, that would be very helpful.
We don't currently have that particular information.
We can get back to you with the specifics of that.
Thank you, ma'am.