DATE: September 22, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Mayor
SUBJECT
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Adoption of a Resolution Approving Modifications to Employment Agreements with the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk and Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Those Agreements on Behalf of the Council
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached Resolutions authorizing modifications to employment agreements between the City of Hayward and the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk and authorizing the Mayor to execute those agreements on behalf of the Council.
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BACKGROUND
On June 23, 2015, the City Council approved a Resolution to extend the employment agreements with the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk through June 30, 2016. Although the Council Appointed Officers have not received salary increases in over five years, the Council delayed discussions related to compensation pending the completion of total compensation surveys for the Council Appointed Employees and resolution of salary matters for other bargaining groups.
The City Council has consistently maintained that employees should be compensated fairly and contribute toward their benefits in order to help address the City's structural deficit and provide long-term financial stability for the City. The Council Appointed Officers have made substantial concessions since FY 2012, waiving salary increases, paying the 8% employee share of retirement, contributing 20% toward medical and dental, and 50% toward vision premiums. A total compensation survey revealed that the Council Appointed Officers are substantially below mid-market by as much as 30%.
After careful consideration, the Council is not authorizing any Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA), and is approving equity adjustments consistent with those approved for the Unrepresented Executives, which adjustments are capped at fifteen percen...
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