Form revised February 6, 2008

 

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

 

Department:

Contact Person/Phone:

DOF Analyst/Phone:

Personnel Department

Joan Matheson / 386-9081

Karen Grove / 684-5805

 

Legislation Title:

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment commonly referred to as the First Quarter 2008 Employment Ordinance; establishing new titles and/or salaries; establishing new salaries for certain non-represented titles in the same class series as represented titles; and designating positions as exempt from Civil Service status; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

 

Summary and background of the Legislation:

 

This legislation seeks to 1) establish new titles and/or salaries;  and 2) establish six positions as exempt from Civil Service status; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

 

·     Background: (Include brief description of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous legislation and funding history, if applicable):

 

This ordinance seeks to establish new titles and/or salaries.

 

1.  New titles and new salaries are recommended to be established as a result of the Human Resource/Executive Assistant (HR/EA) Class & Pay Study.  This study was conducted to better align the compensation for the City's human resources and executive assistant titles to the market.

 

The following new titles and salaries resulted from the HR/EA Class & Pay Study:

·        Personnel Analyst Supervisor - Compensation, Senior Personnel Analyst - Compensation, Personnel Specialist-Employment

 

The following new salaries resulted from the HR/EA Class & Pay Study:

·        Labor Relations Specialist, Labor Relations Coordinator, Supervising Personnel Specialist, Senior Safety & Health Specialist, Safety & Health Specialist and Safety/Occupational Health Coordinator

 

2.  The following new salary is due to a routine request and as a result of market research and internal alignment considerations:

·        Community Garden Coordinator

 

3.  The following new salaries are to address wage compression and/or wage equity issues due to salary adjustments to other job titles within the same classification series that are represented by the Coalition of City Unions:

·        Capital Projects Coordinator Supervisor, Chief Capital Projects Coordinator, Parking Enforcement Officer Supervisor, Probation Supervisor, Real Property Supervisor, Utility Service Inspector Supervisor, Senior Water Systems Operator, Water Systems Supervisor, Probation Counselor II-NR

 

This ordinance seeks to establish six positions as exempt from Civil Service status, due to nature of the work to be performed by the positions, consistent with Personnel Rule 2.2. 

 

·        Please check one of the following:

 

____    This legislation does not have any financial implications.  (Stop here and delete the remainder of this document prior to saving and printing.)

 

__X_   This legislation has financial implications.  (Please complete all relevant sections that follow.)

 

Notes:

 

The estimated costs associated with this legislation are summarized in the attachment to the fiscal note.  The 2008 costs will be absorbed in departments’ current budgets and costs in 2009 and 2010 will be considered in the development of the proposed biennial budget.

 

 

·        What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation: (Estimate the costs to the City of not implementing the legislation, including estimated costs to maintain or expand an existing facility or the cost avoidance due to replacement of an existing facility, potential conflicts with regulatory requirements, or other potential costs if the legislation is not implemented):

 

N/A

 

·        What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives  (Include any potential alternatives to the proposed legislation, including using an existing facility to fulfill the uses envisioned by the proposed project, adding components to or subtracting components from the total proposed project, contracting with an outside organization to provide the services the proposed project would fill, or other alternatives):

 

None available at this time.

 

·        Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements:  (If yes, what public hearings have been held to date, and/or what plans are in place to hold a public hearing(s) in the future?)

 

No.

 

·        Other Issues (including long-term implications of the legislation):

 

None.

 

Please list attachments to the fiscal note below:

 

Attachment:      PERS 1Q08 Employment FISC Attach 1

 

Dept

Report

New Position Title

Potential Positions Impacted

2008*          

2009**

 

New Title and/or Salary Reviews

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERS

#08-10310

Personnel Analyst Supervisor - Comp¹

2

$25,458

$26,349

 

PERS

#08-10310

Personnel Analyst, Senior - Comp¹

5

$24,516

$25,374

 

SPUD

#08-10310

Personnel Specialist - Employment¹

2

$14,106

$14,600

 

PERS

#08-10310

Labor Relations Specialist¹

2

$25,507

$26,399

 

CL

#08-10310

Labor Relations Coordinator¹

2

$25,458

$26,349

 

CL    PARKS SDOT

#08-10310

Personnel Specialist Supervising¹

4

$43,381

$44,899

 

PARKS  SDOT  SPUD

#08-10310

Safety & Health Specialist¹

5

$16,062

$16,625

 

CL  FLEETS  SDOT  SPUD

#08-10310

Safety & Health Specialist, Senior¹

8

$26,086

$26,999

 

PERS

#08-10310

Safety/Occupational Health Coord¹

2

$6,522

$6,750

 

DON

#07-10249

Community Garden Coordinator¹

6

$42,716

$15,750

 

PERS-TES

 

Capital Projects Coordinator Supervisor¹

1

$8,188

$8,475

 

SC

 

Capital Projects Coordinator, Chief¹

1

$8,188

$8,475

 

POLICE

#07-9579

Parking Enforcement Officer Supervisor¹

5

$41,303

$12,625

 

MC

 

Probation Supervisor¹

1

$8,792

$9,100

 

FLEETS

 

Real Property Supervisor¹

1

$11,304

$11,700

 

SPUD

 

Utility Service Inspector Supervisor¹

1

$4,130

$4,275

 

SPUD

 

Water Systems Operator, Senior¹

2

$13,913

$14,400

 

SPUD

 

Water Systems Supervisor¹

2

$15,893

$16,450

 

MC

#08-10328

Probation Counselor II-NR¹

1

$7,681

$7,950

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

$369,206

$323,542

 

Exempt Actions

 

 

 

 

 

HSD

#08-10199

Manager 3, Exempt²

1

$10,783

$12,175

 

PARKS

#08-10209

Manager 3, Exempt²

1

$0

$0

 

DEA

#08-10261

IT Professional - A, Exempt²

1

$25,193

$17,600

 

SC

#08-10267

Strategic Advisor 3, Exempt²

1

$8,228

$14,600

 

DON

#08-10277

Administrative Staff Assistant¹

1

$0

$0

 

FINANCE

#08-10285

Admistrative Staff Analyst¹

1

$12,554

$22,274

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

$56,758

$66,648

 

 

 

 

Total³

$425,963

$390,190

 

Costing Assumptions:

 

 

 

 

 

* 2008 costs include costs during the 2008 fiscal year and prior years based on effective date in Class Determination Report(s)

and statutory benefits projected at 15.68%.

 

 

 

 

**2009 costs are projected at 3.5% and include statutory benefits projection of 15.68%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

¹Positions in the step program are costed from top step to top step of the old and new title and/or rate.

 

 

²Positions in discretionary pay programs are costed from midpoint to midpoint of the old and new title and/or rate.

³The 2008 costs will be absorbed in departments' current budgets and costs in 2009 will be considered in the development

  of the proposed 2009/2010 biennial budget.