REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to Increase the Salary for the Classification of Public Safety Communications Manager Effective April 14, 2024
Report
BACKGROUND
This report recommends amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the salary of the Public Safety Communications Manager classification.
EXISTING POLICY
City Charter Section 1104, entitled Pay Plan, states that amendments to the pay schedule may be adopted from time to time by City Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a “project” with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) in that is a fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment.
DISCUSSION
The 2022 - 2025 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Communication Officers Association (COA), which represents Public Safety Dispatchers-in-Training, Public Safety Dispatchers, and Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, recently received contractually negotiated increases effective March 3, 2024.
The Salary Resolution states that if a pay differential of less than 15% is identified between the maximum of the salary range for a Management classification and the top step base salary for a direct-report non-management classification, a department director may recommend a pay differential of up to 15%.
With the recent COA increases, the differential between Senior Public Safety Dispatcher and Public Safety Communications Manager is 6.48%. The City is proposing to increase the top of the salary range to $185,642 for the Public Safety Communications Manager classification. This provides a differential of 15% above the Senior Public Safety Dispatcher classification.
FISCAL IMPACT
The annual cost to update the Public Safety Communications Manager classification salary range to $185,642 is estimated to be $15,991 annually and $399,780 over twenty years. The recommended salary increase is greater than planned in the FY 2023/24 Adopted Budget. Currently, the Department of Public Safety is tracking to end the year significantly over budget in several programs and will require a budget modification prior to the end of the fiscal year. Approved salaries will be incorporated into the FY 2024/25 Recommended Budget.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board at City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In addition, the agenda and this report are available at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue (during normal business hours), and on the City's website.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the Salary for the Classification of Public Safety Communications Manager effective April 14, 2024.
Staff
Prepared by: Delanie LoFranco, Human Resources Manager
Reviewed by: Tina Murphy, Director, Human Resources
Reviewed by: Sarah Johnson-Rios, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Kent Steffens, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution