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 into a collective bargaining unit 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 to 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 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) guidelines.
At the May 7, 2024 Council meeting, the City Council approved setting the minimum of this range at 10% below the Federal Cap and the maximum at 20% above the Federal cap. Setting the cap above the federal maximum allows the City Manager to approve compensation beyond the federal cap if other sources of grant funding are available and eligible to be used to fund the Director salary, which would help minimize compaction with bargaining unit represented management subordinates and to narrow the salary range gap with other department directors.
The 2025 Federal guidelines have recently been released, increasing the cap applicable to the NOVA director position to $225,700. Consequently, staff is recommending increasing the salary range from $201,727 - $266,280 to a new range of $205,182 - $270,840.
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...
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