TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Teresia Zadroga-Haase, Human Resources Director
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 16-0008 Adjusting Management/Confidential Salary Ranges By 2% for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 (Human Resources Director Zadroga-Haase).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 16-0008
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve by resolution a 2% increase to the Management/Confidential salary ranges (excluding executive management) for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal impact resulting from the proposed adjustment to the Management/Confidential salary ranges. Funds were previously allocated during the FY2015-2016 budget process for merit increases for management/confidential employees.
BACKGROUND:
The Management/Confidential Unit covers 42 classifications and 52 budgeted positions within the City. The City Manager, Assistant City Manager and Department Heads are not included in this unit. The unit does not engage in collective bargaining since they are not represented. Management/Confidential salaries within these classifications are based on merit with no automatic increases or cost of living adjustments. The proposed adjustment to the salary ranges only adjusts the minimum and maximum points of the ranges. There is no automatic increase in actual pay unless an employee falls below the minimum point of the adjusted range.
Personnel Rule V, Section 11 provides the authority for the management pay plan for Management/Confidential positions. Each fiscal year the City Manager shall include a budget recommendation for funds allocated to salary adjustments of Management/ Confidential employees. The City Manager establishes the guidelines and procedures for setting the salaries of employees assigned to open salary schedules. Individual increases are based on performance and are supported by a performance evaluation. There are no automatic step increases or longevity increases for employees in the Management/Confidential group. The City Manager is authorized to grant salary increases based on merit within the budgetary authority provided.
DISCUSSION:
Staff recommends adjusting the Management/Confidential salary ranges 2% to maintain consistent salary relationships between the unrepresented Management/Confidential positions and the represented positions, all of which are receiving increases in salary schedules based upon the successor MOU’s approved by Council as follows:
• Teamsters received a 2% increase effective January 9, 2016.
• Police Officers Association received a 2% increase effective January 9, 2016.
• Police Management Association - Police Lieutenants were placed on salary steps; Police Captains received a 3.75% increase effective January 9, 2016.
• Fire Association will receive a 2% increase effective January 23, 2016.
Included in this report is the current and proposed salary ranges for the specific classifications (Attachment 1). The proposed action is consistent with the actions taken by this Council for all represented employees, and consistent with current increases in the labor market in which the City competes for and retains our quality employees.
If approved by Council, the salary range adjustments will become effective with the pay period beginning January 23, 2016.
CONCLUSION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve by resolution a 2% increase to the Management/Confidential salary ranges (excluding executive management) for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, thereby maintaining internal equity consistency across the represented and unrepresented salary schedules.
Attachments:
1. Management/Confidential Salary Ranges - Current and Proposed
2. Resolution No. 16-0008