REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution to Update Pay Rates for Casual/Temporary Classifications to Reflect the January 1, 2026 City of Sunnyvale Minimum Wage of $19.50 per Hour
Report
BACKGROUND
This report recommends amending the Schedule of Pay in the City's Salary Resolution to update the pay rates for applicable classifications to reflect the 2026 City of Sunnyvale minimum wage, as required by Sunnyvale Municipal Code section 3.80.040.
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.
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.S. Department of Labor or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents" in August of each year and that the adjustment to the City's minimum wage shall become effective as the new minimum wage on January 1st" of the following year.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This action is not a "project" under 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, and section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direc...
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