HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-44 - Amending the Salary Schedule and Adopting a New Salary Range for the City AttorneyRESOLUTION NO. 2025-44
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE
SALARY SCHEDULE AND ADOPTING A NEW SALARY
RANGE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 2.28.010 authorizes the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City") to establish terms of employment, including
compensation and benefits, for City employees;
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Resolution No. 2023-53 which
established the salary range for the City Manager and City Attorney;
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide a four percent base salary increase to the
City Attorney, which requires an adjustment to the salary range for this position;
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the salary range for the City
Attorney by the amount needed to accommodate the base wage increase set forth in his
employment agreement; and
WHEREAS, by adopting this resolution, the City Council intends to amend the
salary schedule as set forth in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference, to be in conformance with the City Attorney's employment
agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby approve the salary range for the City
Attorney as set forth in Exhibit "A," which shall be effective for the entire pay period that
includes July 8, 2025, and which shall prevail over any previously adopted salary range
for the City Attorney that conflicts herewith. After July 8, 2025, the salary range for the
City Attorney shall adjust with the percentage salary schedule/cost-of-living adjustments
approved by the City Council for Key and Management Executive Management
Employees as set forth in the City Council -approved Key and Management
Compensation Plan and/or any amendments thereto.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
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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 8th day of July, 2025.
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
YolandySummerhill
Assist t City Attorney
Attachment: Exhibit A — City Attorney Salary Schedule Adjustment
Exhibit A
The City of Newport Beach
City Attorney Salary Schedule Adjustment
Employment Agreement Term: July 8, 2025 - December 30, 2028
Effective June 28, 2025 - Salary Range Adjustment
City Attorney
18 Low
$
99.48 $
17,243
$
206,911
City Attorney
18 Mid
$
127.32 $
22,069
$
264,832
City Attorney
18 High
$
155.17 $
26,896
$
322,752
Hourly rates are rounded to the nearest hundredth. Monthly and annual salaries are rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Actual rates may vary slightly due to rounding.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Molly Perry, Interim 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. 2025-44 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
held on the 8th day of July, 2025, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tem Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember
Barto, Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant,
Councilmember Sara J. Weber, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSAL: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 9th day of July, 2025.
Molly Y Perr
Interim City Cler t
City of Newport Beach,