REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution to (1) Update the Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for Pay Plan Category C (Public Safety Officers Association) and Pay Plan Category M (Public Safety Managers Association) Effective July 5, 2026, and (2) Make Clarifying Changes and Updates to Certain Provisions
Report
BACKGROUND
The Department of Human Resources periodically recommends amendments to the Salary Resolution to incorporate necessary updates and changes resulting from negotiated Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) or other policy requirements. This report presents for Council consideration a resolution to amend certain sections of the City's Salary Resolution to reflect changes needed to comply with the 2025-2027 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Safety Officers Association (PSOA) and with the MOU with the Public Safety Management Association.
The PSOA represents Public Safety Officers-in-Training, Public Safety Officers, and Public Safety Lieutenants. This MOU provides for a salary adjustment effective the first full pay period in July of each year based on a market survey of total compensation for comparable positions in 8 Bay Area cities. The MOU states that City of Sunnyvale Public Safety Officer salaries will be set at the rate of 11% above the survey average. Public Safety Lieutenants pay rates are set at 20% above the Public Safety Officer pay rate.
Additionally, the 2026-2028 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Safety Managers Association (PSMA), which represents Public Safety Captains and Deputy Chiefs, provides differentials for these classifications that set their salary based of a percentage above the PSOA classification. It states that the maximum total cash compensation of the Public Safety Captain classification shall be 15% above the maximum total cash compensation of the Public Safety Lieutenant classification. Total cash compensation shall include the ...
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