REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to Increase the Salary for the Classification of Public Safety Communications Manager Effective April 14, 2024
Report
BACKGROUND
This report recommends amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the salary of the Public Safety Communications Manager classification.
EXISTING POLICY
City Charter Section 1104, entitled Pay Plan, states that amendments to the pay schedule may be adopted from time to time by City Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager.
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 potentially significant impact on the environment.
DISCUSSION
The 2022 - 2025 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Communication Officers Association (COA), which represents Public Safety Dispatchers-in-Training, Public Safety Dispatchers, and Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, recently received contractually negotiated increases effective March 3, 2024.
The Salary Resolution states that if a pay differential of less than 15% is identified between the maximum of the salary range for a Management classification and the top step base salary for a direct-report non-management classification, a department director may recommend a pay differential of up to 15%.
With the recent COA increases, the differential between Senior Public Safety Dispatcher and Public Safety Communications Manager is 6.48%. The City is proposing to increase the top of the salary range to $185,642 for the Public Safety Communications Manager classification. This provides a differential of 15% above the Senior Public Safety Dispatcher classification.
FISCAL IMPACT
The annual cost to...
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