HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-15 - Modifying the Salary Ranges for the Police Chief and Fire ChiefRESOLUTION NO. 2022-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING THE
SALARY RANGES FOR POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE
CHIEF
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 2.28.010 authorizes the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City Council") to establish terms of employment,
including compensation and benefits, for City of Newport Beach ("City") employees;
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Resolution No. 2022-10, the Key
and Management Compensation Plan (the "2022 Plan"), establishing compensation and
benefits terms for unrepresented employees, including Executive Management,
Administrative Management, Division Management and Confidential employees for the
period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025;
WHEREAS, the 2022 Plan provides that the salary ranges for Police Chief and
Fire Chief are modified by any cost -of -living adjustments received by Key and
Management employees;
WHEREAS, the City Manager has evaluated the Police Chief and Fire Chief and
wishes to enter into multi-year agreements with them which provide for annual base wage
adjustments;
WHEREAS, the newly negotiated Police Chief and Fire Chief agreements contain
base wage adjustments which may exceed their current salary ranges, even as modified
by the cost -of -living adjustments set forth in the 2022 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the salary ranges for the Police
Chief and Fire Chief by the amount(s) needed to provide enough movement to
accommodate the base wage increases set forth in their respective employment
agreements, as adjusted from year to year.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 2: The salary range for the Police Chief and Fire Chief set forth in this
resolution shall prevail over any previously adopted salary range for the Police Chief or
Fire Chief that conflicts herewith.
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Section 3: The salary range for the Police Chief and Fire Chief shall be as
reflected in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
As noted in Exhibit A, effective July 1, 2023, the salary range for the Police Chief shall
be adjusted with any cost -of -living salary schedule adjustments provided to the Newport
Beach Police Management Association ("NBPMA") pursuant to an approved memoranda
of understanding between the City and NBPMA and the salary range for the Fire Chief
shall be adjusted with any cost -of -living salary schedule adjustments provided to the
Newport Beach Fire Management Association ("NBFMA") members pursuant to an
approved memoranda of understanding between the City and NBFMA.
Section 4: The City's Salary Schedule shall be modified as needed to be
consistent with this resolution.
Section 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 6: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
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Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 8th day of February, 2022.
ATTEST:
Leilani 1. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
C_ oN._�—
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
Kevin M on
Mayor
Attachments: Exhibit A — Salary Schedule adjustments
EXHIBIT A
NEWPORT BEACH SWORN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Annual Base Salary Ranges
Effective February 8, 2022
Police Chief' 02B $174,082 $261,088
Fire Chiee 01C $169,131 $253,661
'Effective July 1, 2023, the Annual Base Salary Range for the Police Chief will adjust with any cost -
of -living salary schedule adjustments provided to the Newport Beach Police Management
Association (NBPMA) pursuant to an approved Memorandum of Understanding between the City
and NBPMA.
'Effective July 1, 2023, the Annual Base Salary Range for the Fire Chief will adjust with any cost -of -
living salary schedule adjustments provided to the Newport Beach Fire Management Association
(NBFMA) pursuant to an approved Memorandum of Understanding between the City and
NBFMA.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2022-15 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 81h day of February, 2022; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Kevin Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tem Noah Blom, Council Member Brad Avery,
Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member
Duffy Duffield, Council Member Will O'Neill
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 91h day of February, 2022.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California