REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Approve a Merit-based Salary Adjustment for City Manager and to Adopt a Resolution Approving and Adopting the Updated Unclassified Salary Plan that increases the annual base salary for the City Manager to $418,220.76
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
BACKGROUND
The employment agreement between the City of Santa Clara and the City Manager, Jovan D. Grogan, includes the following provisions under Compensation.
3.2 Adjustments.
(a) Employee shall receive a two percent (2.0%) Cost of Living Adjustment ("COLA") to their Base Salary, effective the first regular pay period in 2024.
(b) Prior to the first regular pay period in 2024, and in conjunction with Employee's annual performance appraisal (see Section 4 below), the City Council will meet with the Employee for the express purpose of determining, in its sole discretion, whether to grant Employee a merit-based salary adjustment, in an amount deemed appropriate by the City Council and otherwise permitted by law. This merit-base salary adjustment would be in addition to the COLA identified in Section 3.2, subsection (a) above.
(c) Following January 30, 2024, Council will, in its sole discretion, determine whether to provide Employee with any additional base salary or other compensation adjustments. Council will make such determinations in conjunction with Employee's annual performance (see Section 4 below) or at any other time that Council, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. Any adjustments made pursuant to this subsection shall be memorialized in writing as an amendment to this Agreement and shall be approved by the City Council in open session.
On December 12, 2023, the City Council approved and adopted a resolution that updated the unclassified pay plan effective December 24, 2023, to include the revised annual base salary for the City Manager at $413,157.48, which reflects the 2.0% COLA, as referenced in the employmen...
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