Title
Adopt a Resolution to Amend the City of San Leandro Master Salary Schedule to Add a New Classification of Water Pollution Environmental Compliance Inspector I/II and Revise the Environmental Protection Specialist I/II and Environmental Services Supervisor Classification Specifications
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution to amend the City-wide Master Salary Schedule to add the newly created Water Pollution Environmental Compliance Inspector I/II classification and revise the titles of Environmental Protection Specialist I/II and Environmental Protection Supervisor to Hazardous Materials Specialist I/II and Hazardous Materials Supervisor.
These new and updated classifications support a strategic realignment of highly specialized environmental regulatory programs associated with the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA). These changes will establish distinct and separate organizational units for CUPA and Pretreatment functions and align them with the departments most closely connected to their regulatory missions. It also improves alignment with state and federal regulatory requirements, enhances service delivery, and supports effective recruitment and retention.
BACKGROUND
The current classifications of Environmental Protection Specialist I/II and Environmental Protection Supervisor are responsible for CUPA regulatory oversight of hazardous materials, and pretreatment and stormwater regulations relating to industrial discharges and illicit discharges to the storm sewer.
Since pretreatment, stormwater and CUPA have distinct regulatory programs with separate statutory authorities, technical knowledge bases, and professional career paths, the organizational strategy is to establish separate classifications and organizational units. Each program has well-defined comparables across other jurisdictions, enabling clearer job descriptions, more accurate compensatio...
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