REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Approve New and Modified Class Specifications and to Adopt a Resolution Approving and Adopting Updated Salary Plans for Various Unclassified and Classified Positions.
Report
BACKGROUND
Sections 4 and 6 of the Personnel and Salary Resolution require City Council approval of new job classifications and specifications. Section 9 of the Personnel and Salary Resolution requires City Council approval of compensation plans for both classified and unclassified positions. California Code Regulations Section 570.5 governs and requires the adoption of updated publicly available salary schedules by the governing body. The proposed Council action satisfies these applicable requirements.
New and Modified Specifications
The Assistant Planner and Associate Planner are modified classifications, and the Senior Planner is a new classification, in the City's classified service. The Civil Service Commission approved the class specification for Assistant Planner, Associate Planner and Senior Planner at its regular meeting on May 13, 2019.
The Civil Service Commission approved modifications to the Pump Maintenance Technician class specification at its regular meeting on July 8, 2019.
The Assistant to the City Manager class specification was revised to reflect distinguishing characteristics from the lower level classification (Senior Management Analyst), and will continue to be in the City's unclassified service, serving at the discretion of the City Manager on an "at will" basis.
The Principal Engineer/City Surveyor is a new classification in the City's unclassified service and will serve at the discretion of the City Manager on an "at will" basis.
Approval and adoption of the salary schedules for various unclassified and classified positions
The City of Santa Clara contracts with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to provide retirement benefits for employees in both classified and unclassified positi...
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