SR-604-001 (16)
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Council Meeting: April 26, 2005
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Adoption of Resolution Establishing Various New Position
Classifications and Salary Rates
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that Council adopt the attached resolution establishing
new position classifications and setting salary rates for those classifications.
BACKGROUND
The Santa Monica Municipal Code sets forth the process for establishing new
position classifications and setting the salary rates for position classifications.
The process includes the development of new classification specifications (job
descriptions) and/or the revision of existing classification specifications by the
Human Resources Department based on input from City departments. The
classification specifications are presented to the Personnel Board for their review
and approval. Interested parties can provide input to the Personnel Board at that
time. Once the Personnel Board has approved the classification specifications, a
salary resolution setting the salary rates for the various position classifications is
presented to Council for adoption. The salary rates are based on external salary
market data from comparable cities as well as internal equity factors.
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DISCUSSION
The attached resolution sets forth the salary rates for various new position
classifications and adjusts the salary rates of some existing position
classifications. The changes listed reflect additional reclassifications that
resulted from the recently completed classification and compensation study of
the positions represented by the Municipal Employees Association (MEA),
additional reclassifications of as-needed positions to finalize the implementation
of the living wage for City employees, reclassifications based on
recommendations from the Matrix study, equity adjustments for Community
Forest and Public Landscape Superintendent and Facilities Operation
Superintendent, and the establishment of salaries for position changes in the
Finance Department and the Risk Management Division that will be reflected at
year-end for the FY2004/05 budget.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The recommendations presented in this report have been reviewed and
approved by the Director of Human Resources and the City Manager and require
approval by Council in order to be incorporated into the FY2004/05 budget. No
appropriation is required at this time to implement the changes.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that Council adopt the attached resolution establishing
various new position classifications and salary rates.
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Prepared by: Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
Attachment: Resolution Establishing Salary Rates for Various Position
Classifications (See Adopted Resolution No. 10033 (CCS)
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