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Staff Report for Resolution Amending the City Manager Salary Schedules
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to amend the salary schedules for the City Manager.
BACKGROUND
As approved by the City Council on November 19, 2012, the City Manager, Chris Zapata, voluntarily contributed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per year (at $10,000.00 each) of his Annual Base Salary towards the salaries of the Police Chief and the Assistant City Manager, respectively. Per the City Manager's employment agreement Section 7.a.i., the City Manager is entitled to the return of his voluntary contribution made towards the annual base salaries of the Police Chief and the Assistant City Manager, respectively, if the employment of the Police Chief and Assistant City Manager terminates before the end of the terms of their respective employment agreements. In such an instance, the pro rata return of Annual Base Salary shall be paid back to Manager through his regular salary distribution.
The Police Chief, Sandra Spagnoli, resigned effective March 13, 2016. Effective March 14, 2016, $10,000 that was contributed towards the Police Chief's salary was returned to the City Manager's salary to be paid on a pro rata basis through his regular salary distribution.
The Assistant City Manager, Lianne Marshall, is due to retire on April 30, 2016. Effective May 1, 2016, the $10,000 that was contributed towards the Assistant City Manager's salary will be returned to the City Manager's salary to be paid on a pro rata basis through his regular salary distribution.
The salary schedules are in accordance with California Code of Regulations Section 570.5, which requires that salary schedules be in a format that identifies the position title, the pay rate, the effective date, the range, and be duly approved and adopted by the governing body.
Fiscal Impacts
There is no fiscal impact associated with the retur...
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