HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-89 - Adopting an Updated Total Compensation PhilosophyRESOLUTION NO. 2024-89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN
UPDATED TOTAL COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2001, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
("City Council") adopted Resolution No. 2001-50, the "Employer -Employee Relations
Resolution," pursuant to authority contained in the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act,
Government Code 3500, et seq., to promote effective communication and collaborative
working relationships with its employees while balancing good management practices;
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2011, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2011-
55, setting forth the City of Newport Beach's ("City") total compensation philosophy
("Total Compensation Philosophy"), which emphasized the City's desire to attract,
motivate and retain highly competent, efficient, and effective employees, while
maintaining the City's strong financial position;
WHEREAS, as stated in Resolution No. 2011-55, the Total Compensation
Philosophy should be regularly reviewed to ensure that it meets the needs of the City,
the employees, and its residents;
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2024-69, creating the Employee Compensation Philosophy Committee ("Committee")
for the purpose of reviewing and providing recommendations to the entire City Council
on the Total Compensation Philosophy;
WHEREAS, Newport Beach is a premier place to live and visit, and the
expectation is for the highest level of service in every City department;
WHEREAS, to maintain a high level of service, the City must be best positioned
to recruit, hire and retain the most qualified and capable employees for every necessary
job function;
WHEREAS, the Committee reviewed the Total Compensation Philosophy, and
recommends that the City seek to offer total compensation which is competitive with
both public and private sector job markets, as relevant and appropriate for each
vacancy based on qualifications and experience, which should include salary, specialty
and performance -based pay, leave, professional development, retirement, medical and
other benefits; and
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WHEREAS, the Committee has developed, and recommends the City Council
adopt, an updated and revised Total Compensation Philosophy.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby adopt the following Total
Compensation Philosophy:
The City shall seek to offer Total Compensation ("Total Compensation") which is
competitive with both public and/or private sector job markets, as relevant and/or
appropriate for each position.
Total Compensation shall include salary, specialty and performance -based pay,
leave, professional development, retirement, medical and other benefits not
specifically set forth in this section.
Section 2: The previous Total Compensation Philosophy adopted by City
Council Resolution No. 2011-55 is hereby repealed.
Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative portion of this resolution.
Section 4: 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, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 5: 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.
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Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
ADOPTED this 19t" day of November, 2024.
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Will O'Neill
Mayor
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown r u °cK 1u� `s.
City Clerk'
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY TTORNEY'S OFFICE
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City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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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. 2024-89 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 191h day of November, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember
Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 20th day of November, 2024.
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Leman! I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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