REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, Interim City Manager
PREPARED BY: Alisa Backstrom, City Treasurer
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2019-33 to modify the compensation of the Elected City Treasurer to more appropriately align it with the responsibilities and duties of the position and bring it into alignment with comparable positions within the City
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Statement of Issue:
The City Charter for the City of Huntington Beach calls for an Elected City Treasurer. The current City Treasurer was appointed to the position in March 2011, elected in November 2012, and then re-elected in November 2016. During the past eight years, the City Treasurer has not received a step increase from the original hiring date. The City Charter requires that the compensation of the Elected City Treasurer be modified only by an action of the City Council. City Council authorization is requested to modify the compensation of the City Treasurer to more appropriately align it with the responsibilities and duties, and bring it into alignment with comparable positions within the City.
Financial Impact:
The current salary of the City Treasurer is capped by Resolution at $51,812, representing an hourly rate of $49.82, for 20 hours per week (part-time) for 52 weeks per year. This hourly rate is far below the Starting Point of the current formal Salary Schedule for the City Treasurer of $74.64, which was the hourly rate for the previous full-time City Treasurer. The proposed adjustment will: 1) reduce the hourly rate of $74.64 on the current salary schedule to more appropriately align it with its duties and responsibilities, and align it with other comparable positions in the City, such as the Elected City Clerk, at an hourly rate of $69.94; and, 2) remove the salary cap to be consistent with other positions citywide. This action will increase annual compensation from $51,812 to $72,738 (r...
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