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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - March 18, 2020 H-04AGENDA ITEM H-4 Grrv or Loor Gourucu GoruMUNrcATroN TM AGENDA TITLE: MEET¡NG DATE: SUBMITTED BY: Adopt Resolution Approving Revisions to Compensation and Benefits for Confidential General Services Employees and Revisions to Compensation for the Position of Deputy City Attorney for the Period January 1, 2020 through December 31,2022 March 18,2020 Human Resources RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving revisions to compensation and benefits for Confidential General Services employees and revisions to compensation for the position of Deputy City Attorney for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31,2022 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Confidential employees within the City are those employees who are not represented by any bargaining group. These employees perform work that requires a high level of skill and strict adherence to standards of confidentiality to protect sensitive information including information related to labor contract negotiations, legal matters and other personnel related issues within the City. Confidential General Services employees are normally extended the same compensation and benefit changes as those bargained for and agreed upon for represented employees. At its February 19,2020 meeting, Council approved a salary increase of four percent (4o/o) for the Confidential General Services employees, prior to the conclusion of the negotiation process with AFSCME. At its March 4, 2020 meeting, Council approved a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the AFSCME General Services employees that provided a five percent (5%) increase and amended the City's contribution towards medical premiums for those employees earning $47,000 or less annually. The City wishes to provide the same salary increase and medical premium contribution for the Confidential General Services employees as was provided to the represented General Services employees. The proposed revisions to the compensation package for the Confidential General Services employees is as follows: Salary increase of one percent (1%) retro-active effective January 13,2020, (for a total of five percent); Medical premiums will be increased by the lower of three percent (3%) or the actual cost increase for employees whose annual base salary is $47,000. The City Attorney's Office is staffed with four and one-half full-time employees, the City Attorney, the Deputy City Attorney, the Risk Manager, the Risk Technician and half-time support from the Executive Administrative Assistant. The Department is severely understaffed and in the last year has more than doubled the amount of Lodi Municipal Code citations processed and prosecuted. The Deputy City Attorney is spending a large amount of time prosecuting these citations and a significant amount of time a a n APPROVED: , City Manager responding to public records acts that require review of police body cam footage. ln addition, the Deputy City Attorney acts on behalf of the City Attorney when she is absent. A recent review of the Deputy City Attorney's salary indicates that the City of Lodi's salary is approximately 17o/o below market average, notwithstanding the four percent (4o/o) salary adjustment provided to Confidential Mid-Managers in January 2020. The City wishes to adjust the salary range for the Deputy City Attorney's position similarly to other Mid-Management positions, retro-active to January 13, 2020, and is proposing to adjust the salary range by dropping the bottom three steps of the current salary range and adding three steps to the top of the range. The employee's salary will remain the same; however, by adjusting the steps, the employee will be eligible for a meriUstep increase annually based on the employee's anniversary date. The salary range adjustment would be as follows: 0 L 2 3 4 Current Salary*s 100,986.s4 s 106,03s.87 s LLr,337.67 S 116,904.s8 s 122.749J8 Proposed Salarv s 116,904.s8 5 722,749.78 s 128,887.27 s 13s,331.63 5 142,098.27 *includes 4% increase approved by Council January 2020 Staff recommends that the Council approve revisions to compensation and benefits for Confidential General Services employees and approve revisions to the salary range for the Deputy City Attorney position. FISCAL IMPACT:City wide, the total long term annual cost of the proposed agreement is estimated to be $24,700. The total cost of the term of the agreement is $53,600. ln the General Fund, total long term annual cost of the proposed agreement is estimated to be $15,750. The total General Fund cost overthe term of the agreement is $32,800. FUNDING AVAILABLE:Funding for these amendments are included in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget as amended on March 4, 2020, with adoption of the Mid-Year budget update Post, Human Resources Manager tL,,,i* crTY wtDE cosT (ALL FUNDS) Calendar Year 2020 $ 11,000 Calendar Year 2021 $ 17,900 Calendar Year 2022 $ 24,700 Total Cost (3 Year)$ 53.600 GENERAL FUND COST Calendar Year 2020 $ 6,050 Calendar Year 2021 $ 11,000 Calendar Year 2022 $ 15,750 Total Gost (3 Year)$ 32,800 Andrew Keys,uty City Manager RESOLUTION NO.2020-62 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AMENDING SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THE CONFIDENTIAL GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES AND REVISIONS TO COMPENSATION FOR THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1,2020 THROUGH DECEMBER31,2022 WHEREAS, historically, the Council has treated the confidential (unrepresented) employees in the same manner as their represented counterparts; and \ WHEREAS, the City has negotiated a successor Memorandum of Understanding with AFSCME General Services Unit that provides amendments to salary and benefits; and WHEREAS, the Council previously approved a four percent (4%) salary adjustment to the salary ranges for the Confidential General Services employees; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to provide the Confidential General Services employees with similar amendments to salary and benefits as provided to AFSCME General Services employees; and WHEREAS, it is recommended that Council provide similar compensation and benefits to the Confidential General Services employees as those provided to the represented AFSCME General Services employees as follows: . A one percent (1%) salary adjustment (for a total of 5%) retro-active to January 13,2020;o Medical premiums will be increased by the lower of three percent (3%) or the actual cost increase for employees whose annual base salary is $47,000; WHEREAS, the salary for the Deputy City Attorney is severely under market and it is recommended that Council approve adjustments to the salary range, effective January 13,2020, by dropping the bottom three steps of the range and adding three additional steps as follows: 0 L 2 3 4 Current Salary S 100,986.s4 S 106,03s.87 s ttL,337.67 S 116,904.s8 S L22,749.78 Proposed Salary s 116,904.58 s L22,749.78 S L28,897.27 s 135,331.63 s t42,O98.2t NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve the amendments to salary and benefits for Confidential General Services employees and adjustments to the salary steps of the Deputy City Attorney salary range as set forth above. 3::"===y::1 !2=?2.I======================.====================================== I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2020-62 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held March 18,2020, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chandler, Mounce, Nakanishi, and Mayor Kuehne NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS - None COUNCIL MEMBERS - None COUNCIL MEMBERS - None PAMELA M. FARRIS Assistant City Clerk 2020-62