HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-12-14; City Council; Resolution 2021-292Dec. 14, 2021 Item #18 Page 254 of 255
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-292
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FOUR NEW FULL-TIME STAFF POSITIONS FOR
STATE-MANDATED ORGANICS, RECYCLING AND FOOD RECOVERY
PROGRAMS, AND INCREASING COMPENSATION FOR THE PROGRAM
MANAGER AND APPROPRIATING $249,048 IN RELATED FUNDING FROM
THE SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021-22.
EXHIBIT 2
WHEREAS, the City Council accepted the Carlsbad Community Vision in January 2010, which
identifies environmental sustainability as a core community value, and the city's General Plan adopted
in September 2015 includes goals and policies that promote environmental sustainability, including
ethics of conservation, waste reduction, recycling and sound procurement decisions; and
WHEREAS, the State of California passed Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Methane Emissions: Organic Waste Reductions) in 2016, which establishes methane emissions
reduction targets in a statewide effort to achieve reductions in the statewide emissions of short-lived
climate pollutants, all of which are essential to address the many impacts of climate change on human
health and on the environment; and
WHEREAS, on Aug. 20, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-145, accepting the
Sustainable Materials Management Plan, which contains specific policies, ordinances, programs,
services, service-provider contractual requirements and facility capacity that the city should pursue to
ensure compliance with all solid waste regulations currently in effect, achieve compliance with all SB
1383 requirements; and
WHEREAS, current staffing resources are not adequate to implement the new required
programs associated with SB 1383 in a manner that meets compliance as required by the California
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, or Cal Recycle: and
WHEREAS, the management of increased staffing and the additional workload of the new
regulatory programs by the Senior Program Manager is substantial and significant; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funding is available in the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for the proposed
four new. full-time equivalent positions and a salary adjustment for the Senior Program Manager
position for the remainder of fiscal year 2021-22; and
WHEREAS, funding resources for new SB 1383-related staffing and salary adjustment have been
included in the Palomar Transfer Station lease extension and will be available for future years.
Dec. 14, 2021 Item #18 Page 255 of 255
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as:
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council approves four new full-time staff positions for state-mandated
organics, recycling and food recovery programs and increasing compensation for the
Senior Program Manager.
3. That the Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services, is authorized to appropriate
$249,048 from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund unreserved fund balance to fund the
four new positions and a salary adjustment for the Senior Program Manager position for
the remainder of fiscal year 2021-22.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 14th day of December 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.
None.
None.
erk Services Manager