REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and the Schedule of Pay to Increase the Salary Range for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services
Report
BACKGROUND
Unclassified department directors (pay plan category F) are at-will employees, appointed by the City Manager. They are not organized and do not negotiate for any changes to their wages, hours, and/or other terms and conditions of employment. Instead, the City Manager makes recommendations to the City Council regarding such changes on behalf of this employee group. In September 2017, a compensation program was approved by the Council (RTC No. 17-0872) that adjusted salary ranges for department director classifications to address gender equality pay, attract talent, retain highly qualified employees, and to resolve salary compaction with bargaining unit represented positions. The exception is the Director of NOVA Workforce Services who has a separate salary range due to the salary cap of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) guidelines.
With the salary increases of bargaining units and increases to the salary range of department directors outpacing the federal salary cap increases over the years, the salary range of the Director of NOVA Workforce Services has become out of alignment with bargaining unit represented management subordinates and department director peers.
This report recommends adjusting the salary range of the Director of NOVA Workforce Services to minimize compaction with bargaining unit represented management subordinates and to narrow the salary range gap with other department directors. Adjusting the salary range does not result in a direct compensation increase but enables increased compensation to be considered by the City Manager based on performance.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.3.1 Legislative Management - Goals and Policies, Goal 7.3D: Maintain a quality work force, Consistent with state and federal laws, Ci...
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