HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-21 - Modifying the Salary Range for the City AttorneyRESOLUTION NO. 2022-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING THE
SALARY RANGE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY
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. 2021-8, which
revised the salary ranges for the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk;
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the City Attorney's employment
agreement and wishes to enter into a multi-year employment agreement with the City
Attorney, which will provide for annual base wage adjustments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the salary range for the City Attorney
by the amount needed to provide enough movement to accommodate the base wage
increases set forth in his employment agreement, 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 City Attorney set forth in this resolution shall
prevail over any previously adopted salary range for the City Attorney that conflicts
herewith.
Section 3: The salary range for the City Attorney shall be as reflected in Exhibit
A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Thereafter, the
salary range for the City Attorney will be adjusted by two percent (2%) at the time of the
City's annual budget adoption.
Section 4: The City's Salary Schedule shall be modified as needed to be
consistent with this resolution.
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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.
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 22nd day of March, 2022.
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Attachment: Exhibit A — Salary Schedule Adjustment
Exhibit A
NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEE
Annual Base Salary Range
Effective March 26, 2022
City Attorney 18 $180,301 $270,428
Note: This salary range will adjust 2% at the time of the City's annual budget adoption in accordance with
Section 3 of this Resolution.
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. 2022-21 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 22nd day of March, 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 23rd day of March, 2022.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California