REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Establishing the New Classification of Budget Manager and Amending the City's Salary Resolution to Update the Schedule of Pay to Add the Budget Manager Classification and Increase the Pay Range of the Assistant Director of Finance Classification
Report
BACKGROUND
The City is organized into eleven departments. The size of each department varies based on operational need, but each is managed by a Director. Departments with sufficient need also have an Assistant Director position to support the Director in administering the operations, programs, and projects of the department. Three departments currently have Assistant Director positions: Public Works, Community Development, and Finance.
The Department of Finance also has a Budget Division, currently staffed by three budget analysts and managed by the Assistant Director. The division is responsible for the development and production of the City-wide annual budget, supports budget monitoring across the City, and performs analytical work related to delivery of services by City departments. The task of managing the Budget Division and performing higher level analytical work related to the budget falls to the Assistant Director. In order to provide a higher level of analytical support to the Director and the Assistant Director of Finance regarding the budget, staff is proposing to create a new classification of Budget Manager.
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)(5) in that it is a governmental organizatio...
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