DEPARTMENT: Human Resources
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Lori Steward
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT: City Council Staff Compensation Review
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance amending Section 5 of Ordinance number 2019-09-12-0691 to implement the results of the Council Staff Policy Discussion approved in the FY 2020 Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On August 9, 2019, a Council Consideration Request was submitted regarding City Council staff compensation. As part of the FY 2020 budget process, City Council appropriated $870,284 for a City Council staff policy discussion with any recommendations to be effective February 1, 2020. During a Governance Committee meeting on October 16, 2019, Mayor Nirenberg appointed an Ad Hoc Committee on City Council Staff Compensation, including Councilmember Rocha Garcia as Chair and consisting of Council members: Courage, Sandoval and Trevino. The Ad Hoc Committee met regularly with Human Resources and the City Attorney's Office to monitor progress and provide feedback.
Human Resources (HR) facilitated a classification and compensation review through the gathering of detailed information on the duties and responsibilities of City Council staff through questionnaires and individual meetings. Draft job descriptions were developed and reviewed by the Ad Hoc Committee on November 15, 2019. The Ad Hoc Committee members provided feedback to HR and also reviewed the draft job descriptions with each member of City Council for additional input.
The Ad Hoc Committee approved the use of a third-party consultant to view the draft job descriptions and information gathered to make pay range recommendations for this review. The City contracted with Werling & Associates, Inc. to perform this work. Materials were provided to the consultant on November 22, 2019. Dr. Werling presented his recommendations to the Ad Hoc Committee on December 20, 2019. The Ad Hoc Committee requested additional review by the consultant, and also requested ...
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