REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Various Revisions to Sections within the Personnel and Salary Resolution
Report
BACKGROUND
At the Council Operational and Strategic Priority Setting Retreat held on January 19-20, 2018, the City Council directed staff in part to streamline administrative process, promote efficient use of resources, and align roles and responsibilities within the organization and, in this case, the City Charter. This is the first of several items that the Administration will advance to the City Council for consideration. This item was presented to the Governance Committee on February 12, 2018, and the Committee supported staff's recommendation as noted herein.
At the February 12, 2018 Governance Committee Meeting, the attached report (Attachment 1) was approved. The Committee supported staff's efforts to streamline hiring for both classified and unclassified employees by amending the attached Personnel and Salary Resolution. Previous actions related to the City Manager authorization to only hire at Step 1 for Classified Employees or below 100% of Control Point for Unclassified Employees as well as the Control Point wage structure for Unclassified Employees are referenced in the attached Governance Committee Report.
DISCUSSION
Staff is seeking authority for the City Manager to hire new classified employees above the entry level salary up to step 5 in the salary range. For unclassified employees, replace the current Unclassified Control Point Salary Schedule with a salary range, and grant authority to hire unclassified employees above the entry level salary up to the top of the salary range. Realigning the City Manager's hiring authority will also bring Santa Clara's civil service system back into conformance with traditional civil service principles which is to promote merit-based appointment and promotion of public employees in a non-political context.
To effect these changes, the Personnel & Salary Resolution has been revised to reflect:
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