DATE: June 3, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Fiscal Year 2026 Salary Plan Amendment: Adopt a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the City of Hayward Salary Plan for Fiscal Year 2026
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) approving an amendment to the City of Hayward Salary Plan for Fiscal Year 2026 which designates all classifications and corresponding salary ranges for employment with the City of Hayward effective June 30, 2025, superseding Resolution 25-067.
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SUMMARY
As required by the Municipal Code, the Fiscal Year 2026 Salary Plan (Attachment III) has been revised to reflect cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to classifications in the City’s classified service as a result of the Council-approved Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) between the City of Hayward and the Hayward Police Officers’ Association (HPOA), Hayward Association of Management Employees (HAME), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21 (Local 21), and Service Employees International Unit, Local 1021 (SEIU), and Unrepresented classifications. The salary plan has also been updated to reflect COLA increases to City Attorney (A100), City Clerk (A110) and a salary adjustment to one (1) additional HPOA represented classification.
On May 21, 2025, the Personnel Commission held a public hearing and recommended that the City Council reject the Fiscal Year 2026 Salary Plan. The Commission cited two reasons: the use of the term “COLA” to describe negotiated increases that are not tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the City’s current reliance on reserves. The Commission acknowledged that the salary increases had already been negotiated and approved and would proceed to the City Council for consideration.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution
Attachment III FY 2025-2026 Revised Salary Plan