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AGENDA ITEM A
CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution approving reclassification and salary adjustment for City
Engineerand equity pay adjustmentfor PublicWorks Director
MEETING DATE: May 16,2007
PREPARED BY: Citv Manager's Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution approving reclassification and salary adjustment
for City Engineer and equity pay adjustment for Public Works
Director.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City Engineer salary was recently reviewed in relation to
comparable salaries from other cities. If an open recruitment were
conducted for the City Engineer, it would be evident that the market
for City Engineers is extremely competitive. Many of the positions advertised in current job recruitment
publications are for engineers at many different levels with salary ranges that exceed the City of Lodi's
pay range for this position. The demand for engineers is high and in order to retain the position it is
recommendedthat the salary range be adjusted to reflect market conditions.
The current pay range for Lodi's City Engineer is $7,479 - $9,091 per month. The attached salary survey
is indicative of the need to adjust the monthly salary for this position to a range of $8,629 - $10,488 per
month (a 15% increase). If Council agrees with the recommendation to adjust the salary range for the
City Engineer, then it would be appropriate to adjust the salary range of the Public Works Director to
allow for an appropriate differential between the two positions. A nine percent (9%) differential between
the two would result in a salary of $11,427 per month for the Public Works Director. The current high
point for the Public Works Director is $11,019 assuming the Council approves the proposed cost
adjustment of K-1. Increasing the high point salary to $11,427 would be a 4% increase for the Public
Works Director.
Staff recommends that the City Engineer salary range be adjusted to $8,629-$10,488 (annual salary of
$125,856) and that the Public Works Director salary control point be adjusted to $10,517 (annual salary
of $126,204) and that the high point be adjusted to $11,427 per month (annual salary of $137,118).
FISCAL IMPACT: The annual cost for both of these salary adjustments is approximately $13,000 and
the cost for 2006-07 is estimated at $2,100.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: There are sufficient funds available in the Public Works Department budget to
accommodate these adjustments in fiscal year 2006-07
Attachment
Approved:
. Krueger, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED: Blairty Manager
City Engineer Survey
Min. Mo. Max. Mo.
Salary Salary
Fairfield, City of
$
9,394
$
11,419
Galt, City of
$
8,229
$
10,003
Manteca, City of
$
9,642
$
11,719
Modesto, City of
$
7,822
$
9,531
Ripon, City of
$
8,992
$
10,930
Roseville, City of
$
8,288
$
11,106
Tracy, City of
$
8,320
$
10,113
Turlock, City of
$
7,519
$
9,138
Vacaville, City of
$
8,587
$
10,438
City of Lodi 1 $ 7,480 1$ 9,092
High
Surveyed
$
11,719
Low
Surveyed
$
9,138
Mean
Surveyed
$
10,489
Difference Mean vs. Lodi $ 1,397
Difference as percent 15.36%
Recommended Range for Lodi
$8,629 $ 10,488
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-93
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING RECLASSIFICATION AND SALARY
ADJUSTMENT FOR CITY ENGINEERAND EQUITY
PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby
approves the salary range adjustmentfor City Engineer as follows:
$8,629 to $10,488
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Works Director salary control point
be adjusted as follows:
Proposed Annual
Control Point High Point
$10,517 $11,427
Dated: May 16, 2007
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2007-93 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held May 16, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hansen, Katzakian, and Mayor Johnson
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mounce
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
IJOHL
City Clerk
2007-93