HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-8 - Modifying the Salary Ranges for the City Manager, City Attorney and City ClerkRESOLUTION NO. 2021-8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING THE
SALARY RANGES FOR THE CITY MANAGER, CITY
ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 2.28.010 authorizes the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City Council") to establish terms of employment,
including compensation and benefits, for City of Newport Beach ("City") employees;
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Resolution No. 2017-32 which,
among other things, revised the salary ranges for the City Clerk, a non -represented
Executive Management employee and established auto allowances for the City Manager,
City Attorney and City Clerk;
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of Resolution No. 2017-32, the City Council
adopted Resolution�Vo. 2019-35, the Key and Management Compensation Plan (the "2019
Plan"), establishing compensation and benefits terms for unrepresented employees,
including Executive Management, Administrative Management, Division Management and
Confidential employees for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021;
WHEREAS, the 2019 Plan provides that the salary ranges for City Manager, City
Attorney and City Clerk (hereinafter referred to as "the Appointees") are modified by any
cost of living adjustments received by Key and Management employees;
WHEREAS, the City Council has evaluated the Appointee agreements and wishes to
enter into multi-year agreements with them which provide for annual base wage
adjustments;
WHEREAS, the newly negotiated Appointee agreements contain base wage
adjustments which may exceed their current salary ranges, even as modified by the cost of
living adjustments set forth in the 2019 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the salary ranges for the Appointees
by the amount(s) needed to provide enough movement to accommodate the base wage
increases set forth in their respective employment agreements, as adjusted from year to
year.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Resolution No. 2021-8
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Section 1: The recitals provided above are true and correct and are incorporated
into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 2: Any resolution or action in conflict herewith, whether by minute action
or resolution of the City Council heretofore approved, is hereby repealed.
Section 3: The salary range for the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk
shall be as reflected in Exhibit A hereto, which is incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 4: Effective the pay period following the adoption of this Resolution, the
salary ranges for the Appointees, as set forth in Exhibit A, shall be adjusted by two percent
(2%) to provide sufficient room to accommodate the annual percentage increases in their
"Base Salary" as set forth in their respective Appointees' Employment Agreements.
Thereafter, the salary ranges for the Appointees will be adjusted by two percent (2%) at the
time of the City's annual budget adoption.
Section 5: The City's Salary Schedule shall be modified as needed to be
consistent with this Resolution.
Section 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution
is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses and phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 7: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of
the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Resolution No. 2021-8
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Section 8: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 26th day of January, 2021.
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City Attorney
Attachment: Exhibit A — Salary Schedule Adjustment
Exhibit A
The City of Newport Beach
CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEES
Salary Schedule Adjustment
Revision Date: January 30, 2021
Adjustment: 2.0% Increase to Salary Rangel
Effective January 30, 2021
Position Title Minimum Annual Salary` Maximum Annual Salary"
City Manager $ 203,734 $ 305,591
City Attorney $ 171,617 $ 257,403
City Clerk $ 106,090 $ 159,124
Current Range, Effective December 19, 2020
Position Title Minimum Annual Salary` Maximum Annual Salary
City Manager $ 199,740 $ 299,599
City Attorney $ 168,252 $ 252,355
City Clerk $ 104,010 $ 156,004
1 The cost of living adjustment will apply to the salary ranges only for these positions. A change to the compensation
for these positions is determined by the Employees' Employment Agreement.
2 Annual salary rates are rounded to the nearest dollar.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2021-8 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 26th day of January, 2021; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Muldoon, Council Member Noah Blom,
Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy
Duffield, Council Member Will O'Neill
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 27th day of January, 2021.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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