HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-144 - Increase to Salaries and Benefits for Confidential Employee GroupRESOLUTION NO. 2025 - 144
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING SALARY AND BENEFIT CHANGES FOR THE CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE
GROUP AND AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN
THE AMOUNT OF $83,876 TO FUND THE STATED SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASES.
WHEREAS, the Executive, Management and Confidential employee groups are not
represented by a labor association and, consequently, they are not governed by the State of
California's rules and procedural guidelines for public employee collective bargaining; and
WHEREAS, over approximately the past year, the City has worked with the three (3)
formal union -represented employee groups and has concluded negotiations and reached
agreements with two of the three groups, including the Municipal Employees' Association
("MEX), for new collective bargaining agreements with three-year terms through June 30, 2028;
and
WHEREAS, the Executive, Management, and Confidential employees' salary and benefits
should be and have been revisited when significant changes are made to the salary and benefits
of the formally represented employee groups; and
WHEREAS, commensurate with increases to represented employee groups, including
MEA, the City has agreed to increase the base salaries of the classifications covered by the
unrepresented Confidential employee group to the median effective July 1, 2025, followed by five
percent (5%) increases in base salaries for year two (FY 2026) and year three (FY 2027), effective
July 1 of those calendar years (2026-2027); and
WHEREAS, in addition to the salary increases, the City has agreed to provide the
Confidential employee group: a minimum of five (5) years of retiree health benefits, which equates
to $20 per month for each year of pensionable service with the City of National City, upon
retirement; increase bilingual pay to $150 per pay period; an additional floating holiday; and
residential incentive pay; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends amending the salary schedule for the Confidential
employee group to reflect the increases in salary and benefits; and
WHEREAS, in Fiscal Year 2025-2026, additional budget appropriations in the amount of
$83,876.00 spread across multiple departments and funds, are necessary to fund the increased
salaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby approves the revised salary schedule for the
Confidential employees' group, as shown in Exhibit B attached to the Agenda Report, effective
July 1, 2025.
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Section 2: That the City Council hereby authorizes the establishment of Fiscal Year
2025-2026 budget appropriations in the amount of $83,876.00, spread across multiple
departments and funds, to fund said salary and benefit increases.
Section 3: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 215t day of O , 2025.
n Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
Shelley Chapel, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
f-4Z Barry J. Schultz, City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on
October 21, 2025, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Molina, Rodriguez, Yamane, Bush, Morrison
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
Shelley Chapel
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
BY.
Shelley Chapel, MMC, Deputy City Clerk