About City of Redlands
What is the City of Redlands?
The City of Redlands is the municipal government of Redlands, California — a San Bernardino County city of roughly 73,000, incorporated in 1888 and long nicknamed the "Jewel of the Inland Empire" for its Victorian architecture and orange-grove heritage. It is a full-service city with an unusually broad portfolio: its own Police and Fire departments, Municipal Utilities & Engineering running water, wastewater and solid-waste services, the A.K. Smiley Public Library (a city department housed in an 1898 landmark), a municipal airport, and a Quality of Life department. Geographers know Redlands as the hometown of Esri, the global leader in GIS software — making this one of the most map-literate city governments anywhere.
Where will I work?
Redlands City Hall at 35 Cajon Street, in the middle of a walkable historic downtown. The city's own contact page states the schedule, repeated department by department: "Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, closed alternate Fridays". Eighty hours over nine days per fortnight — every second Friday is yours.
What is the City of Redlands team like?
A civic workforce in the 500-1,000 band across public safety, the utilities, the library, the airport and development services. Hiring runs in waves — at the time of listing the civilian postings include a Laboratory Manager (Municipal Utilities), with engineering, planning and administrative recruitments appearing through the year on the city's GovernmentJobs portal. We list Redlands's civilian positions; sworn police and dispatch roles run separate duty rosters and are excluded from our feed.
Work-Life Balance
Every other Friday is yours, structurally — the alternate-Friday closure is printed on the city's own department pages as the standing pattern. Standard California municipal conditions apply: CalPERS defined-benefit pension membership, formal vacation and sick accruals, paid holidays, and salary ranges published on every bulletin — in a city whose orange-grove parks, University of Redlands campus and historic downtown make the three-day weekends easy to fill.
Perks and Benefits
- 9/80 schedule — "closed alternate Fridays" verbatim on the city's own contact page, per department
- CalPERS defined-benefit pension
- Salary ranges published on every job bulletin
- Formal vacation, sick leave and paid-holiday provisions
- Full-service portfolio — utilities, library, airport and public-safety career paths in one organisation