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. 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. Based on the updated federal salary cap, this report proposes increasing the NOVA Director annual salary range from the current maximum of $212,100 to a new maximum rate of $221,900, with the minimum 20% below the maximum.
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, City Charter, and adopted policies in order to assure that City services are provided in an effective, efficient, and high quality manner.
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 potential significant impact on the environment.
DISCUSSION
Although NOVA Workforce Services is a City Department, it is a nonprofit, federally funded agency that provides workforce development services to a consortium of eight jurisdictions, composed of the County of San Mateo, and the Santa Clara County cities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale.
Since NOVA is a federally funded program, its positions are subject to a separate salary range determined by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) guidelines. The City’s salary table is updated as changes are implemented by the federal government salary schedules. The City is proposing to update the maximum salary for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services to the new federal cap of $221,900 and set the minimum salary on the City’s salary table at 20% below the maximum, or $184,917, effective February 4, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT
The salary for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services is fully funded by grants and is included in the City’s 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.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Adopt a Resolution amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the Salary Range for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services.
2. Do not adopt a Resolution amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the Salary Range for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services.
3. Provide alternative direction to staff.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Alternative 1: Adopt a Resolution amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the Salary Range for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services.
Staff
Prepared by: Tina Murphy, Director, Human Resources
Reviewed by: Sarah Johnson-Rios, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Kent Steffens, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution