REPORT TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Announcement of and Call for Applicants to the Salary Setting Commission
Report
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to Charter Section 702, the Civil Service Commission is announcing and calling for applicants for the City of Santa Clara Salary Setting Commission, which is charged with setting the compensation for the Mayor and Council. The elected City Clerk was recently added to the purview of the Salary Setting Commission by the adoption of Ordinance No. 1983. Pursuant to Council direction, Council will consider an ordinance on September 18, 2018, to add the elected Police Chief's compensation to the Salary Setting Commission's duties.
Specifically, Charter Section 702 states in part:
Commencing on July 1, 2019, and every two years on July 1 thereafter, the compensation of the City Council and Mayor shall be set by a Salary Setting Commission consisting of five members to be appointed by the Civil Service Commission from the qualified electors of the City for a term of four years. The first members shall be appointed for a term commencing January 1, 2019. Initially, the Commissioners shall be appointed in a manner so that two are appointed for two-year terms and three are appointed for four-year terms.
Appointment to the Salary Setting Commission will generally follow the Voting Guidelines used to appoint members to all other City Commissions in that, the total number of votes each Civil Service Commissioner is eligible to cast will be determined by the total number of applications received. The top three candidates that receive the highest number of votes will serve for the full four-year term and the second highest two candidates will be appointed to the two-year term. Upon the closing of the application period, once the total number of applications is known, staff will present a recommendation on the number of votes that may be cast by each Civil Service Commissioner and include that information in the agenda report ...
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