PURPOSE:

Pursuant to a request from a City Council Sub-Committee, the purpose of this report is to request City Council consideration of the compensation of the City Manager and City Attorney.

BACKGROUND:

As the City Attorney and City Manager are officials appointed by the City Council, they are to receive their annual performance evaluations and salary compensation determinations from the Council.  The Council has been preparing a performance evaluation for both the City Manager and City Attorney over the past year.  The evaluations have been completed and a sub-committee comprised of Mayor Ramos and Vice-Mayor Vander Borght was appointed to make a recommendation to the entire Council on the compensation package for the City Manager and City Attorney.

Effective July 1, 2004, the salary range for the City Manager position is $12,636 to $15,353, and the salary range for the City Attorney is $11,327 to $13,762 per month. The City Manager was promoted to the position on March 25, 2003 which provided for her current salary of $12,650.  The City Attorney�s last salary adjustment was on July 1, 2003, which provided for his current salary of $13,527.

ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION:

This compensation consideration for the City Manager and City Attorney is based upon potential movement the Council may consider within their respective salary ranges.  This item is not intended to provide for any consideration of changing the salary ranges for these positions as that was done in the early part of the 2004-05 fiscal year pursuant to Resolution No. 26,784 (attached).

However, staff is beginning the negotiation process with each of the bargaining groups for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-06, and in preparation for that process a current salary survey of the City Manger and City Attorney positions has been prepared and is attached for the Council�s reference.  Overall, this recently completed survey shows the City Manager position 7.33% below the average of the 12 survey cities (cities included in survey are Anaheim, Garden Grove, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Inglewood, Long Beach, Pasadena, Riverside, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, Santa Monica and Torrance) and the City Attorney position is 8.74% below the average of the survey cities. 

FISCAL IMPACT:

If the Council were to consider increasing the current salaries of the City Manager and the City Attorney, there would be no impact to the budget as the current salary ranges for both positions are already accounted for in the FY 2004-05 budget.

RECOMMENDATION:

Pursuant to the request of the Council Sub-Committee, it is recommended that the City Council discuss and consider the current compensation of the City Manager and City Attorney and direct staff as appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

Judie Sarquiz

Management Services Director