TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Lisa Jenkins, Human Resources Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Comprehensive Citywide Salary Schedule for all City Positions and Adjustments to Salary Ranges (No Budget Impact) (Human Resources Director Jenkins).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 26-0002
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-0002 approving a comprehensive citywide salary schedule (attached and titled City of Manhattan Beach - Salary Schedule).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The salary adjustments and establishment of new ranges have been accounted for through the budget adoption process, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), or the Full-Time and Part-Time Unrepresented Compensation Plans. The approval of the salary schedule does not have any independent fiscal implications.
BACKGROUND:
Staff periodically takes a comprehensive Citywide salary schedule to the Council for approval, which captures all the classification and compensation changes made through the negotiations or budget process, or otherwise authorized salary range adjustments and classification changes made throughout the year.
The attached resolution and salary schedule also fulfill California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) requirements for a comprehensive, publicly available pay schedule.
DISCUSSION:
The salary schedule slated for adoption includes the addition of one classification and the retitling of another classification.
The salary schedule update is an opportunity to formalize changes to the City’s classification plan that were previously approved through prior budget processes. During the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Process, the full-time Principal Building Inspector was approved to move forward. At the time of approval, the position was underfilled with a Senior Building Inspector. As the Community Development Department is now preparing for a potential recruitment process at the principal inspector level, they reviewed the position requirements collaboratively with Human Resources staff to create a job description, and Human Resources staff reviewed salary placement, also considering internal salary alignment. Based upon this classification and compensation analysis, the classification and corresponding salary range and steps are now being added to the Citywide salary schedule. The salary schedule also includes a title change for the Public Safety Systems Specialist to Police Technology Specialist. The title change was implemented in an effort to more accurately reflect the nature of the essential functions the incumbent will perform, which should provide additional clarity to potential applicants.
The attached salary schedule also includes adjustments to the salary ranges for part-time-only positions, with the corresponding part-time compensation plan presented to the City Council for adoption at this same meeting. The staff report for that item discusses the fiscal implications of salary adjustments.
In addition to approving the recommended classification changes, the attached classification and salary listing serves to comply with California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) requirements that the City Council approve a publicly available pay schedule for all negotiated pay rate increases. These requirements are contained in Government Code § 20636(b)(1) and California Code of Regulations (CCR) § 570.5. In order to meet CalPERS requirements, the City Council is required to adopt a comprehensive publicly available pay schedule independent from the salary schedules attached to the MOU or approved as part of the budget process.
PUBLIC OUTREACH:
After analysis, staff determined that public outreach was not required for this issue.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed this report and determined that no additional legal analysis is necessary.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution No. 26-0002
2. City of Manhattan Beach Salary Schedule