REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Approve Various Revisions to the As-Needed Salary Plan
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Manage Strategically Our Workforce Capacity and Resources
BACKGROUND
California Code Regulations Section 570.5 governs and requires the adoption of updated publicly available salary schedules or salary plan by the governing body. The proposed Council action satisfies these applicable requirements.
The As-Needed Salary Plan has been modified to reflect salary range revisions in order to address compaction within the classification and between higher and lower levels in a classification series.
DISCUSSION
The As-Needed Salary Plans has been modified to reflect salary range revisions for various As-Needed classifications. The maximum of the salary range for many of the As-Needed classifications have not been updated in several years. The minimum range has been revised to reflect changes in minimum wage.
On December 7, 2021, the City Council approved revisions to the As-Needed Salary Plan to reflect the minimum rate increase to the current minimum wage of $16.40, as required by law. This further created compaction issues for several classifications. In order to address the compaction issues, Human Resources and various Departments completed a salary survey of Bay Area comparator agencies and found many of our As-Needed classifications are compensated severely under market. In order to address compaction and assist with hiring and retention of hard to fill As-Needed classifications, revisions to various salary ranges are recommended.
The As-Needed Salary Plan is recommended to be modified as follows, effective May 1, 2022:
* Crossing Guard (Job Code 362) - with an hourly range of $16.40 - $24.00,
* Instructor/Lifeguard (Job Code 501) - with an hourly range of $16.40 - $25.31,
* Laborer (Job Code 502) - with an hourly range of $16.40 - $24.85,
* Nutrition Meal Server (Job Code 608) - with an hourly range of $16.40 - $20.81,
* Nutri...
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