REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Michael E. Gates, City Attorney
PREPARED BY: Michael E. Gates, City Attorney
Subject:
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Create a new Chief Assistant City Attorney position; Adopt Resolution No. 2019-36 amending Non-Associated Salary Schedule for City Attorney and Chief Assistant City Attorney; Adopt Resolution No. 2019-35 increasing the salary of the City Attorney; and, delegate authority to execute employment agreements for Chief Assistant City Attorney
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Statement of Issue:
Following the Strategic Planning Meeting earlier this year, wherein the City set goals for succession planning, the City Attorney has identified an opportunity to modify the City Attorney's Office organizational structure. The proposal is to add a new position of Chief Assistant City Attorney for a Chief Trial Counsel position and retain the classification of Senior Trial Council as an unfunded position. As City Council knows, the City Attorney's Office has two distinct divisions, i.e., advisory/government law, and, litigation and trials. Both divisions, critical to defending the City and providing the best legal representation, would benefit from positions of high level leadership in both divisions, including a new Chief Assistant City Attorney for the litigation and trials team.
To that end, the City Attorney is proposing to create and fund a new Chief Assistant City Attorney, Chief Trial Counsel, to manage and oversee all trial matters, including management of all City trial work, and trial attorneys. It is proposed that both Chief Assistant City Attorneys enter into amended, updated, employment agreements with the City.
The City Attorney also takes this opportunity to adjust/set the Chief Assistant City Attorney class to a slightly more competitive compensation. Currently, the Chief Assistant City Attorney compensation range is $12,315.33 to $15,255.07/month.
The Non-Associated Resolution esta...
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