TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Diego Chavez, Administrative Services Director
PREPARED BY: Michelle Tamez, Senior Human Resources Analyst
SUBJECT:
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Amending and Restating the Comprehensive Pay Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025/26
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 25-4902 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Amending and Restating the Comprehensive Pay Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On June 17, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 25-4844, Approving the Comprehensive Pay Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025/26 (Vote: 5-0).
On August 19, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 25-4880, Amending and Restating the Comprehensive Pay Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025/26 (Vote: 5-0).
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.
DISCUSSION
The City of Murrieta (City) maintains a Comprehensive Pay Schedule (Pay Schedule) that is regularly presented to the City Council for review and consideration. Employees of the City receive a rate of pay within the established pay range for their job classification. The Pay 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 Pay 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," that is used to calculate retirement benefits.
The positions listed in the Pay Schedule may not necessarily be budgeted or funded in any given fiscal year. The City Council authori...
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