TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Diego Chavez, Administrative Services Director
PREPARED BY: Michelle Tamez, Human Resources Analyst
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of Approval of Comprehensive Salary Schedule Fiscal Year 2024/25
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 24-4768, entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Approving the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Comprehensive Salary Schedule.
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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: 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).
On December 19, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4720, amending the Comprehensive Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2023/24 (Vote:5-0).
On April 2, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-4730, amending 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 (Salary Schedule) that is 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 is maintained in compliance with State regulations and is intended to ensure transparency and consistency when reporting compensation for City employees to the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
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 employees’ “compensation earnable,” which is the amount used to calculate retirement benefits.
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.
According to the City's Personnel Rules (Resolution No. 91-64), the City Manager recommends adjustments to the Salary Schedule as salaries are adjusted and negotiated, and job classifications are created or revised. The proposed Resolution No. 24-4768 (Attachment 1) establishes the Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2024/25, includes title changes, and incorporates the Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) authorized by the Tentative Agreements with certain labor associations and approved for unrepresented employees covered by the Management and Confidential Employees Compensation Plan (M&C Compensation Plan).
If adopted, the Salary Schedule will reflect salary ranges for all City positions, including full-time and part-time employees, effective July 2, 2024. The changes to the Salary Schedule are described in more detail below.
Compensation Adjustments Already Approved By City Council
The updated Salary Schedule reflects the following compensation adjustments that have already been considered and approved by the City Council:
• Adjustments to the classifications represented by the Murrieta Police Officers Association (MPOA) to allow for the 4% COLA authorized by the Tentative Agreement for a successor MPOA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026 (Resolution No. 23-4673).
• Adjustments to the classifications represented by the Murrieta Police Management Association (MPMA) to allow for the 4% COLA authorized by the Tentative Agreement for a successor MPMA MOU for the period July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026 (Resolution No. 23-4674).
• Adjustments to the classifications represented by the Murrieta Firefighters Association (MFA) to allow for the 4% COLA authorized by the Tentative Agreement for a successor MFA MOU for the period July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026 (Resolution No. 23-4691).
• Adjustments to the classifications represented by the Murrieta Fire Management Association (MFMA) to allow for the 4% COLA authorized by the Tentative Agreement for a successor MFMA MOU for the period July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026 (Resolution No. 23-4692).
Compensation Considered By City Council As Separate Agenda Item On July 2, 2024
The updated Salary Schedule also reflects the following compensation adjustments that will be considered by the City Council on July 2, 2024, under a separate agenda item:
• Adjustments to the classifications covered by the Management and Confidential Employees (M&C) Compensation Plan to allow for a 4% COLA, subject to the City Council approval of the proposed M&C Compensation Plan, effective July 2, 2024 (Agenda Item No. 23).
• Reflects a 4% increase in the salary for the City Manager consistent with the terms of the City Manager’s employment agreement. Section 4.A.(1) of the City Manager’s employment agreement provides that the City Manager is entitled to receive a COLA equal to that of other management employees. The compensation adjustment required by Section 4.A.(1) of the City Manager Employment Agreement is subject to the City Council approval of the proposed M&C Compensation Plan, effective July 2, 2024 (Agenda Item No. 23).
Compensation Ranges Not Previously Considered By City Council
• Created salary ranges for the new Police Traffic Investigator I and Police Traffic Investigator II classifications. The City has met and conferred with MPOA regarding the new classifications and compensation ranges as required by the Meyers-Milias-Brown-Act (MMBA), Government Code §3500 et seq. The authorization and funding for these new positions will be proposed during a future budget update.
• Created salary ranges for the newly created Risk Management Analyst, Senior Risk Management Analyst, and Network Systems Engineer based on the classification study performed by Municipal Resource Group. These are new unrepresented positions that are not authorized or budgeted for Fiscal Year 2024/25. The reclassification of incumbents will be proposed during a future budget update and will result in a new title without a salary change. A 4% adjustment to the compensation range for the unrepresented part-time Accounting Technician classifications to maintain consistency and match the hourly rate of the full-time classification covered by the M&C Compensation Plan. This is a recommended clean-up edit to the Salary Schedule, as this part-time position is vacant and not authorized or budgeted for Fiscal Year 2024/25.
FISCAL IMPACT
The increases associated with the previously approved labor agreements and other adjustments and increases will be incorporated into the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Operating Budget during a future budget update.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution No. 24-4768