REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Marissa Sur, Assistant City Manager
PREPARED BY: Marissa Sur, Assistant City Manager
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-77 Modifying Salary and Benefits for Non-Represented Employees by Adding the Assistant Chief of Police Classification and Establishing the Compensation and Amending the Non-Elected Non-Represented Employees Pay Schedule to Update the Job Title of Deputy Director of Administrative Services to Deputy Director of Human Resources
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Statement of Issue:
This Request for Council Action covers two proposed personnel-related changes: Add classification of Assistant Chief of Police to the Non-Associated Resolution Salary Schedule and update to Job Title of Deputy Director of Administrative Services to Deputy Director of Human Resources.
Financial Impact:
Not applicable.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-77, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Modifying Salary and Benefits for Non-Represented Employees by Adding the Assistant Chief of Police Classification and Establishing the Compensation and Amending the Non-Elected Non-Represented Employees Pay Schedule to Update the Job Title of Deputy Director of Administrative Services to Deputy Director of Human Resources” and authorize the City Manager or designee to take all administrative actions necessary to implement the personnel changes.
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt Resolution No. 2025-77 and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
This Request for Council Action and the attached Resolution No. 2025-77 cover two proposed personnel-related changes, which are explained below:
Add Classification of Assistant Chief of Police and Establishing Compensation
The Police Department is requesting to add the classification of Assistant Chief of Police back to the Non-Associated Appointed Executive Management salary schedule. This classification was created in 2018 following a comprehensive review of HBPD operations in 2017 which yielded a recommendation for a “second in command” sworn executive position to improve department operational efficiency. Sometime after the position was vacated, it was removed from the Non-Associated Resolution’s salary schedule as a covered position. Adding this position back to the master salary schedule would give the Police Department the flexibility to evaluate whether there is a departmental need for this position to be utilized again. The pay is recommended to be approximately 10% above that of Police Captain. By way of this RCA and the attached Resolution No. 2025-77, staff requests the Council’s approval to add the Assistant Chief of Police classification back to the Non-Associated Appointed Executive Management salary schedule and set the compensation accordingly.
Council approval of this addition does not add an FTE to the Police Department’s budget. In order for the department to proceed with filling this position, they would need to either make other organizational changes that result in 0 FTE changes or return to Council to request the additional FTE for their budget.
Update Job Title of Deputy Director of Administrative Services to Reflect Current Department Name
The Human Resources Department currently has one budgeted Deputy Director of Administrative Services, a title that was created when Human Resources and Information Technology Services were merged several years ago into an Administrative Services Department. By way of this RCA and Resolution No. 2025-77, staff requests to update the title to Deputy Director of Human Resources to reflect the accurate department title and placement of the position within the City. There is no fiscal impact to this change; Council approval is required to update the job title on the Non-Associated Appointed Executive Management Salary Schedule.
Environmental Status:
This action 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.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable - Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution 2025-77 “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Modifying Salary and Benefits for Non-Represented Employees by Adding the Assistant Chief of Police Classification and Establishing the Compensation and Amending the Non-Elected Non-Represented Employees Pay Schedule to Update the Job Title of Deputy Director of Administrative Services to Deputy Director of Human Resources”
2. Exhibit A - Assistant Chief of Police Job Class Specification
3. Exhibit B - Non-Associated Appointed Executive Management Salary Schedule