HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2009-100RESOLUTION NO. 2009 — 100
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
APPROVING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT GROUPS,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE HOUSING
OR HOUSING DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS, AND ONE-TIME
PERFORMANCE BASED PAYMENTS TO EXECUTIVES IN
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN LIEU OF ONGOING SALARY
INCREASES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH
A ONE-TIME DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR EXECUTIVES
AND MANAGERS NOT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
WHEREAS, the City has in recent years increased its efficiency and reduced its
costs as a result of various actions and programs; and
WHEREAS, among those actions and programs, the following are the most
significant in promoting efficiency and reducing costs:
• The operational consolidation of the City and the Community
Development Commission of the City of National City ("CDC");
• A 27% reduction in executive and management staff since 2004;
• Effective July 1, 2009, 15 executive or management level staff positions
will have been eliminated, resulting in an estimated $1,259,700 in annual
savings;
• The City's general fund savings have increased from $4.4 Million in 2004
to a projected $7.5 Million at the end of 2009;
• Approximately $28 Million in additional grant funds have been received by
the City over the past four years;
• The City has not raised salaries for members of the Executive and
Management groups since 2002;
• The City Council, City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Manager, and City
Attorney are now paying 2% of the Employer Paid Member Contribution
to CaIPERS; and
• The City has unblended health care costs between current and retired
employees.
WHEREAS, with these efficiencies and cost reductions in mind, as well as
current economic conditions and the City's structural deficit, the City Manager has proposed a
Compensation Plan consisting of the following elements:
•
The City Manager, Assistant City Manager, and CDC Executive Director
are encouraged to reside in National City. Therefore, the City Manager is
authorized to provide housing differential payments or City -owned
housing of up to $15,000 per year each to the Assistant City Manager and
CDC Executive Director.
• In lieu of salary increases that are on -going, the City Manager is
authorized to provide a one-time performance based payment of $8,000
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to the Assistant City Manager, and a one-time performance based
payment of $7,500 to the CDC Executive Director. The City Manager is
further authorized to distribute a one-time sum of up to $20,000 for a
deferred compensation program for executives and managers not in the
City Manager's Office.
• Salaries for all members of the executive and management groups are
frozen until 2012.
• Commencing July 1, 2009, members of the executive group, including the
Assistant City Manager and CDC Executive Director, shall pay 3% of the
CaIPERS employer paid member contribution, and members of the
management group shall pay 2% of the CaIPERS employer paid member
contribution. This action to be approved pursuant to separate resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City hereby approves the proposed Compensation Plan, as set forth above, for
members of the executive and management groups.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of May,
ATTEST:
Mic ael R. Dalla, ' ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Edaki
George H. Eiser, III
City Attorney
on Morrison, Mayor
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on May 5,
2009 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Morrison, Parra, Sotelo-Solis, Van Deventer, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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City rk of the City of ational City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2009-100 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on May 5, 2009.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy