The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About2006-12-19; City Council; 18841; Revised hourly salary scheduleCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL AB# 18,841 MTG. 12/19/06 DEPT. HR REVISED HOURLY SALARY SCHEDULE DEPT. HEAD -<#C- CITY ATTY. <^& CITY MGR. ~~£>D RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2006-363 revising the Hourly Salary Schedule. ITEM EXPLANATION: Effective January 1, 2007, the State of California's minimum wage will increase to $7.50 per hour. In reviewing the impacts of the new minimum wage on hourly salaries, staff also conducted the annual salary survey of hourly positions in comparable local government agencies to ensure that the City's hourly wage rates were competitive. As a result of these two factors, a revised hourly salary schedule reflecting both the new minimum wage increase and recommended market adjustments is being submitted for Council's consideration and approval. A strikeout version of the recommended salary range increases is attached for your reference. FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONLY. COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED D D D D CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER -SEE MINUTES D D D D Page 2 Staff is recommending salary range changes as follows: Hourly Job Classifications * Office Aide Office Assistant Accounting Assistant Technical Aide Technical Assistant Custodian/Grounds Aide Maintenance Assistant Administrative Aide/Intern Administrative Assistant Legal Intern Library Page Library Clerk Library Technician Reference Librarian Arts Aide Arts Assistant Recreation Aide Recreation Leader Senior Recreation Leader Lifeguard Specialty Instructor Instructor/Lifeguard Senior Instructor Lifeguard Preschool Instructor Van Driver Kitchen Aide Current Hourly Salary Range $6.75 -$13.00 $10.00417.00 $8.50 -$17.00 $6.75 -$10.00 $ 9.00 - $20.00 $6.75.- $13.50 $9.00 -$16.50 $6.75 -$10:00 $9.00- $25.00 $15.00 -$25.00 $ 7.25 - $9.00 $10.00 -$13.00 $12. 75 -$18. 00 $18.00 -$24.00 $6.75- $13.00 $12.00 -$25.00 $6.75- $10.00 $8.00- $12.00 $11.00-$15.00 $9.00- $12.50 $9.00- $16.00 $10.50 -$15.00 $12.00 -$18.00 $10.00 -$18.00 $7.00- $13.00 $6.75- $10.00 Proposed Hourly Salary Range $7.50 -$13.00 No change $12.00 -$19.00 $7.50- $12.00 $12.00 -$20.00 $7.50- $14.00 No change $7.50- $15.00 $10.00 -$27.00 No change $9.00-10.75 $12.00 -$15.00 $14. 75 -$18. 00 $20.00 -$25.00 $7.50 -$13.00 No change $7.50 -$10.00 $9.00 -$13.00 $12.00 -$15.50 $10.00 -$13.00 No change $11.50-$15.00 $14.00 -$19.00 No change $8.00 -$13.00 $7.50 -$10.00 BACKGROUND Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB1835, increasing the California minimum wage from $6.75 to $7.50 effective January 1, 2007. A second increase contained in the bill will take the minimum to $8.00 per hour in 2008 and we will resurvey the market prior to making additional recommendations to modify the hourly salary schedule at that time. The hourly salary schedule has not been amended since May 2003. Many of the salary ranges are out of alignment with the local market. Managers in the Library and Recreation Departments are having more difficulty attracting and retaining quality employees. Hourly employee salaries continue to rise for entry level workers, where the City is competing against both private sector companies and other public sector agencies. As a result of competition for entry level workers, the City is frequently required to offer starting salaries Page 3 above the current minimum wage of $6.75. Only 5% of the active hourly employees (28 out of 543) make less than the new $7.50 minimum wage. Of the classifications recommended for range changes, sixteen of twenty-six have not had any range changes since May 2003. Additionally, of those sixteen, Custodian/Grounds Aide and Library Page have not had the top of their ranges changed since February 2000. The top of the ranges for Library Clerk and Reference Librarian have not been adjusted since January 2001. Also, there have been no range adjustments for Administrative Assistant since February 2000 or Accounting Assistant since January 2001. The proposed salary range changes will affect the salaries of 228 of the 543 active hourly employees. FISCAL IMPACT: The cost to implement the new salary schedule is $150,000 for fiscal year 2006/2007. Changes to the hourly salary schedule effective January 1, 2007 were anticipated during the budgeting process and departments will fund the increases with their existing block budgets. EXHIBITS: 1. Strikeout version of Revised Hourly Salary Schedule 2. Resolution No. 2006-363 DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Rebecca Melillo, (760) 602-2442, rmeli(o)ci.carlsbad.ca.us PROPOSED HOURLY SALARY SCHEDULE Effective: January 1, 2007 SALARY RANGES CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES MIN MAX Office $-6^3 $7.50 $4^00 $19.00 Aide (6^7.50 - 13.00) Assistant (10.00-17.00) Accounting Assistant (8.50 17.0Q 12.00 - 19.00) Technical/Paraprofessional $ 6.75 $7.50 $20.00 Aide (&3S-7.50 - 40=00-12.00) Assistant (&00 12.00- 20.00) Service $ 6.75 $7.50 $16.50 Custodian/Grounds Aide (&75-7.50 - 43^0-14.00) Maintenance Assistant (9.00- 16.50) Administrative $ 6.75 $7.50 - $25.00 Aide/Intern (6r35-7.50 - 10.00 15.00) Assistant (9,00 10.00 - 25vOO-27.00) Legal intern (15.00 - 25.00) Library $ 6.75 $7.50 $25.00 Page f?v24 9.00- ftOO 10.75) Clerk (40rOO 12.00- 4^00-15.00) Technician (43^ 14.75 - 18.00) Reference Librarian (4&00 20.00 - 24=00 25.00) Arts Aide (&?£-7.50 - 13.00) Arts Assistant (12.00 - 25.00) Recreation $ 6.75 $7.50 $4^00 $19.00 Aide (&75-7.50 - 10.00) Leader (&00 9.00 - 4-iOO 13.00) Senior Leader (44vOO 12.00 - 4^00 15.50) Lifeguard (9rOO 10.00 - 42^0 13.00) 1 Specialty Instructor (9.00 -16.00) Instructor/Lifeguard (4Or$G 11.50-15.00) Senior.Instructor/Lifeguard (4^=00 14.00 - 4^00 19.00) Preschool Instructor (10.00 - 18.00) Van Driver (?vOO 8.00 -13.00) Kitchen Aide (6r75-7.50 -10.00) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES : Hourly rate determined by Human Resources and approved by the City Manager's Office. HOURLY SALARY SCHEDULE Effective: January 1,2007 SALARY RANGES CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES MIN MAX Office . $7.50 $19.00 Aide (7.50-13.00) Assistant (10.00-17.00) Accounting Assistant (12.00-19.00) Technical/Paraorofessiona! $7.50 $20.00 Aide (7.50-12.00) Assistant (12.00-20.00) Service $7.50 $16.50 Custodian/Grounds Aide (7.50 -14.00) Maintenance Assistant (9.00 -16.50) Administrative $7.50 $27.00 Aide/Intern (7.50-15.00) Assistant (10.00-27.00) Legal intern (15.00-25.00) Library $7.50 $25.00 Page (9.00-10.75) Clerk (12.00-15.00) Technician (14.75-18.00) Reference Librarian (20.00 - 25.00) Arts Aide (7.50-13.00) . . Arts Assistant (12.00 - 25.00) Recreation $7.50 $19.00 Aide (7.50-10.00) Leader (9.00-13.00) Senior Leader (12.00-15.50) Lifeguard (10.00-13.00) Specialty Instructor (9.00 -16.00) Instructor/Lifeguard (11.50-15.00) Senior Instructor/Lifeguard (14.00 -19.00) Preschool Instructor (10.00 -18.00) Van Driver (8.00-13.00) Kitchen Aide (7.50-10.00) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES : Hourly rate determined by Human Resources and approved by the City Manager's Office. 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2006-363 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REVISED 3 HOURLY SALARY SCHEDULE. 4 5 WHEREAS, the City Council desires hourly and unclassified salaries to remain 6 competitive for comparable positions in the market; and 7 WHEREAS, the City Council requires revisions in the salary schedule for hourly employees to stay competitive in the current job market. 9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 10 Carlsbad, California, as follows: 11 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.12 13 2. That the Hourly Salary Schedule (Attachment A) attached hereto is hereby 14 approved and adopted. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27' 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 19th day of December, 2006, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Sigafoose NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: LORRAJNE M. WOOD, City Clirk (SEAL)