REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to (1) Update Pay Rates for Casual/Temporary Classifications to Reflect the January 1, 2024 Sunnyvale Minimum Wage of $18.55 per Hour, and (2) Increase the Councilmember and Mayor Stipend Amounts Pursuant to City Charter Section 605
Report
BACKGROUND
This report recommends amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay in accordance with Section 3.80.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to update the pay rates for applicable classifications to reflect the 2024 minimum wage and increase the Councilmember and Mayor stipend amount for 2024 in accordance with City Charter Section 605, which provides for annual cost of living adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.3.1 Legislative Management - Goals and Policies - Goal 7.3D: Maintain a quality workforce, 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.
Council Policy 7.3.1 Legislative Management - Goals and Policies - Policy 7.3D.1: Maintain a recruitment and selection process that ensures a highly competent workforce.
City Charter Section 605. Compensation: Annually on January 1, the compensation of the Council and Mayor shall increase by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the preceding October's 12-month rolling average of the Consumer Price Index - Urban (CPI-U) for San Francisco- Oakland-Hayward. In no event shall the CPI-U compensation adjustment exceed 5% per year or result in a compensation decrease.
Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 3.80.040 (Minimum Wage) requires that the City's minimum wage be adjusted by the "Bay Area Consumer Price Index (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA for All Items) or its successor index as published by the U...
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