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Adopt a Resolution Approving City of Lodi Pay Schedule Dated October 2, 2024 (HR)
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MEETING DATE:
October 2, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Andrew Keys, Assistant City Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution approving City of Lodi pay schedule dated October 2, 2024.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL) Government Code sections 20636 and 20636.1 define earnable compensation for State, School, and Public Agency members. Only compensation that meets the provisions and regulations of the PERL will be considered by CalPERS for calculating retirement benefits. Government Code section 20636 and 20636.1 require pay schedules to be publicly available. Compensation earnable is further clarified by California Code of Regulations (CCR) Section 570.5.
CCR 570.5 specifies the required elements necessary to meet the definition of a publicly available pay schedule as follows:
1. Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meeting laws;
2. Identifies the position title for every employee position;
3. Shows the payrate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4. Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually;
5. Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6. Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions;
7. Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8. Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the payrate.
All eight (8) requirements must be met in one schedule for each member’s pay for CalPERS to approve the pay amount as payrate and reportable compensation earnable. If an agency cannot provide a document meeting the requirements for a publicly available pay schedule, the CalPERS Board, in its sole discretion, may determine an amount that will be considered to be payrate. CCR 570.5 outlines the process by which CalPERS may determine a member’s payrate when there is no publicly available pay schedule.
As such, and in accordance with the above regulations, an updated pay schedule is presented for City Council adoption on a quarterly basis to incorporate any changes approved by City Council during the previous quarter. The act of approving this pay schedule does not change any compensation. Individual or labor group changes to compensation will be recommended for approval by City Council as part of the regular agenda as needed.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution approving the attached City of Lodi salary schedule effective October 2, 2024.
STRATEGIC VISION:
3A. Fiscal Health: Promote City's transparency & fiscal fluency.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Not Applicable.
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Scott R. Carney
City Manager