TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Diego Chavez, Administrative Services Director
PREPARED BY: Michelle Tamez, Human Resources Analyst
SUBJECT: Amendment to the Comprehensive Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year
2023/24 to Add Police Detective III Classification
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 23-4720, entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Amending the Comprehensive Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2023/24.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On June 20, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4672, establishing the Comprehensive Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2023/24 (Vote: Vote: 4-0-1).
On August 1, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4697, approving an amendment to the Comprehensive Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2023/24 (Vote: 5-0).
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.
BACKGROUND
The City of Murrieta (City) maintains a Comprehensive Salary Schedule regularly presented to the City Council for consideration. Employees of the City receive a rate of pay within the established salary range for their job classification. The Salary Schedule complies with State regulations and is intended to ensure transparency and consistency when reporting compensation for City employees.
The Salary Schedule is also intended to satisfy the requirements of the Public Employees Retirement Law and California Code of Regulations (CCR) at 2 CCR 570.5 that public agencies contracting with CalPERS adopt a “Publicly Available Pay Schedule” for purposes of determining an employee’s “compensation earnable,” which amount is used to calculate retirement benefits.
From time to time, it is necessary to modify the Salary Schedule as salaries are adjusted, negotiated, and/or job classifications are created or revised. The positions listed in the Salary Schedule may not necessarily be budgeted or funded in any given fiscal year. The City Council typically authorizes and funds specific positions during the adoption of the biennial budget.
Pursuant to the City’s Personnel Rules (Resolution No. 91-64), the City Manager recommends adjustments to the Salary Schedule. The proposed Resolution No. 23-4720 (Attachment 1) amends the Fiscal Year 2023/24 Salary Schedule to add a salary range for the recommended new classification of Police Detective III.
This addition is recommended to provide a career path for Police Officers who want to have an investigative career and to encourage and incentivize experienced investigators to remain in the Detective Bureau. Currently, the only opportunity for career advancement for Detectives is to be promoted out of the Bureau to Police Sergeant, taking their training, education, and experience with them out of the Detective Bureau to another division within the Police Department. The proposed Detective III rank will provide long-lasting experience in the Detective Bureau.
The proposed salary range for the Police Detective III position is five percent above the Police Detective II position and six percent below the Police Sergeant position. The Detective Bureau currently consists of six permanent positions, which are appointed as Detective I or Detective II based on experience. The number of authorized positions will remain at six and is not proposed to increase. However, eligible employees would now be eligible to be appointed as a
Detective III.
FISCAL IMPACT
The budget impacts are uncertain, as this new classification will not be utilized until an eligible employee is appointed to the higher rank. The referenced amendment will be incorporated into the budget during a future budget update when it occurs.
ATTACHMENTS
1) Resolution No. 23-4720