HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-60 - Amending the Staffing Structure in the Public Works DepartmentRESOLUTION NO. 2018-60
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE
STAFFING STRUCTURE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, City of Newport Beach ("City") Charter Section 601 requires the City
Council to provide the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties and compensation of
all officers and employees;
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 2.28.010 requires, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, that the City Council establish by resolution the
classification of positions in City employment and a salary range or rate for each class of
position;
WHEREAS, the City's Public Works Department ("Department") staffing structure
presently includes one (1) Engineering Technician position assigned to the Department's
Administration Division;
WHEREAS, the person who held the Engineering Technician position recently
retired. The duties that had been assigned to and performed by that person are consistent
with those performed by a Records Specialist;
WHEREAS, due to changing operational needs and to promote efficiency of the
Department, the City Council, upon the recommendation of the City Manager, desires to
amend the staffing structure of the Department by eliminating one (1) Engineering
Technician position and replacing it with the addition of one (1) Records Specialist
position assigned to the Department's Administrative Division,
WHEREAS, City representatives have consulted with representatives from the
City's Professional and Technical Employees Association regarding the elimination of the
Engineering Technician position from the Department's staffing structure.
Representatives from that bargaining unit have indicated their concurrence with such
change; and
WHEREAS, the Records Specialist classification and salary range were
established through adoption of Resolution No. 2016-3, a Memorandum of Understanding
between the City of Newport Beach and the Newport Beach City Employees Association;
and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed the position classification and salary
range provided in this resolution and recommends approval.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: One (1) Engineering Technician position assigned to the
Department shall be eliminated and one (1) Records Specialist position shall be added to
the Department's staffing structure.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative partof this resolution. Any previously adopted resolution,
or portion thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this resolution is hereby repealed to
the extent it conflicts.
Section 3: 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 4: The City Council finds that 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, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the
environment, directly or indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
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ADOPTED this 14th day of August, 2018.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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Po'Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
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Marshall "Doy" Duffield
Mayor
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. 2018-60 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 1411 day of August, 2018; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Herdman, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Kevin
Muldoon, Council Member Scott Peotter, Council Member Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem
Will O'Neill, Mayor Duffy Duffield
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 251h day of July, 2018.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California