REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution to Increase the Pay Scale of the Casual Employee Classification for Consistency with the City's Local Minimum Wage, Effective July 1, 2016, January 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018
Report
BACKGROUND
This report presents for Council consideration a resolution amending the salary table of the City's Salary Resolution in accordance with Section 3.80.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, which was recently amended to increase the local minimum wage effective July 1, 2016, January 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018.
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.
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)(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.
DISCUSSION
On April 12, 2016, the City Council adopted an ordinance amending Section 3.80.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to increase the City's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018 (RTC 16-0151). The ordinance has a scheduled phase-in of increases to the minimum wage as follows:
Beginning July 1, 2016, the minimum wage shall be $11.00 per hour.
Beginning January 1, 2017, the minimum wage shall be $13.00 per hour.
Beginning January 1, 2018, the minimum wage shall be $15.00 per hour.
In order to implement this increase for ...
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