REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and the Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for Pay Plan Category C (Classified Public Safety Officers and Lieutenants)
Report
BACKGROUND
The 2015-2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Safety Officers Association (PSOA), which represents Public Safety Officers, Public Safety Officers-in-Training and Public Safety Lieutenants provides for a salary adjustment in July 2017 based on market survey data of total compensation for comparable positions in 8 Bay Area cities at the rate of eleven percent (11%) above the survey average.
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 organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
DISCUSSION
According to the current MOU with PSOA, wages are determined by a wage formula based upon an annual market survey of total compensation for 8 Bay Area cities (Alameda, Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Mountain View, Richmond, San Leandro, and Santa Clara). The survey is conducted during the first 15 days of May, and the salary adjustments are effective the first full pay period in July. The formula sets salaries effective the first full pay period of July 2017 at a rate of eleven percent (11%) above the survey average on total compensation as outlined in the MOU for employees represented by PSOA.
Based on the MOU requirement and the results of the compensation survey for 2017 (see Attachmen...
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