DATE: December 15, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT
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Adoption of Resolution Approving an Amendment to the City of Hayward Salary Plan for Fiscal Year 2016
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached Resolution approving an amendment to the City of Hayward Salary Plan for fiscal year 2016 ("FY 2016"), which designates all classifications and the corresponding salary range for employment in the City government of the City of Hayward as of December 4, 2015, superseding Resolution No.15-189 and all amendments thereto.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
After a public hearing on December 4, 2015, the Personnel Commission recommends that the City Council adopts an amended FY 2016 Salary Plan for the classified service. Changes to the Salary Plan include a title change for one classification, cost-of-living salary increases for sixty-five classifications in IFPTE Local 21, a market adjustment for the Community and Media Relations Officer classification, and equity adjustments for fifty-one Hayward Association of Management Employees (HAME) classifications as follows:
1. Lead Customer Account Clerk retitled to Supervising Customer Account Clerk.
2. IFPTE Local 21 Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) - In accordance with the negotiated terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between IFPTE Local 21 and the City of Hayward, all sixty-five classifications represented by IFPTE Local 21 have been increased by 3%.
3. Community and Media Relations Officer - The salary and duties for the position were recently reviewed and it was determined that the position is more than 30% below market and extremely out of internal alignment. The City's compensation philosophy ensures both internal and external equity. Therefore, the Community and Media Relations Officer classification is being adjusted such that it is set equal to th...
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