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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Amend the San Leandro City Employees' Association Salary Schedule to Add Assistant Planner, Associate Planner and Senior Planner and to Delete Project Planner
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedules for the San Leandro City Employees' Association to add Assistant Planner, Associate Planner and Senior Planner classifications and to delete Project Planner.
BACKGROUND
The Assistant Planner, Associate Planner and Senior Planner classifications are proposed to provide needed structure to the Planning Division of the Community Development Department. Currently, planning functions are part of the Project Specialist I/II and Senior Project Specialist series, which are generalist classifications utilized for Housing, Economic Development, and Planning positions. The new Planner classifications will better distinguish the responsibilities specific to the Planning Division and reflect the educational requirements for planners. In addition, it will better serve the City when conducting recruitment and future classification and compensation studies. The Assistant Planner, Associate Planner and Senior Planner classifications are consistent with titles commonly used in comparable municipal agencies. The Project Planner classification has been obsolete and is no longer in use.
The Assistant Planner will perform routine research and technical work in administering and enforcing zoning provisions of the City planning program in connection with planning, design, and development projects, which includes processing applications and submittals; advising the public on planning and zoning applications; assisting with the administration of the City's Zoning Code, Administrative Code, and Municipal Code; and implementing the General Plan.
In addition to the duties of the Assistant Planner, the Associate Planner will perfor...
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