HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-4 - Approving the Seventh Amendment to the Key and Management Compensation PlanRESOLUTION NO. 2025-4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE
SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE KEY AND
MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City Council")
previously 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.;
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") promotes effective communication
and collaborative working relationships with its employees to foster improved relations
while balancing good management practices;
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Resolution No. 2022-10
approving a Key and Management Compensation Plan ("Plan"), which established
compensation and benefit terms for unrepresented employees, including Executive
Management, Administrative Management, Division Management and Confidential
employees for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Plan to clarify the eligibility of
Scholastic Achievement Pay for eligible Key and Management police public safety
employees, as set forth in Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 2: The City Council hereby approves the Seventh Amendment to the
Plan attached hereto as set forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by reference
and clarifies the eligibility for Scholastic Achievement Pay for Key and Management police
public safety employees as set forth therein.
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Section 3: 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 4: 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.
Section 5: 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 14th day of January, 2025.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CIT ATTORNEY'S OF ICE
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Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
Attachments: Exhibit A: Seventh Amendment to the City Key and Management
Compensation Plan
SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
KEY AND MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION PLAN
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-
10 adopting a Key and Management Compensation Plan ("Plan") for the period of
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025;
WHEREAS, on August 23, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-
52 amending the Plan and modifying the cost -of -living adjustments for Key and
Management Employees ("First Amendment to the Plan"),
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2022-92 amending the Plan and modifying employee retirement contributions to
CalPERS for Key and Management Employees ("Second Amendment to the Plan");
WHEREAS, on April 11, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2023-19
amending the Plan and adjusting the salary schedules and modifying the language
related to employee retirement contributions to CalPERS for Key and Management
Safety Employees ("Third Amendment to the Plan");
WHEREAS, on November 28, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2023-82 amending the Plan and modifying certain positions and titles for Key and
Management Employees ("Fourth Amendment to the Plan");
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2023-85 approving revised salary schedules for Key and Management Employees;
WHEREAS, on August 27, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-
60 amending the Plan and extending previously modified language related to
employee retirement contributions to CalPERS for Key and Management Employees
and providing lump sum bonuses to eligible Key and Management Employees ("Fifth
Amendment to the Plan");
WHEREAS, on November 12, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2024-82 amending the Plan and extending eligibility for Scholastic Achievement Pay
to sworn employees covered by the Key and Management Plan ("Sixth Amendment
to the Plan");
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to further amend the Plan to clarify the
eligibility of Scholastic Achievement Pay for sworn police Key and Management
Employees; and
WHEREAS, this amendment will not be binding until it is approved by the City
Council.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach wishes to
amend the Plan as follows:
Section 1. The Compensation section of the Plan is amended to include the
following language to Section J. Scholastic Achievement Pay — Public Safety:
"J. SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT PAY — PUBLIC SAFETY
1. Police Safety
Absent an Employment Agreement or Resolution to the contrary, Key and
Management police safety employees are entitled to additional
compensation in the form of Scholastic Achievement Pay as follows:
BA/BS — 7% MA/MS/JD — 8.5%
The parties agree that to the extent permitted by law, the Scholastic
Achievement Pay in this section is special compensation and shall be
reported to CalPERS as such."
Section 2. Except as expressly modified herein, all other terms and provisions
set forth in the Plan shall remain unchanged and shall be in full force and effect.
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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. 2025-4 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 14ffi day of January, 2025; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tern Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Michelle Barto,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J.
Weber, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 15th day of January, 2025.
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Leilani I. Bro n f
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California