HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-39 - Revising the Compensation Plan and Employees Unit Salary ScheduleRESOLUTION NO.2020-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, REVISING THE COMPENSATION
PLAN AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES UNIT SALARY
SCHEDULE.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby resolve, determine and order as
follows:
SECTION 1. The Compensation Plan and Salary Schedule for the Confidential
Employees Unit was last passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa on
March 7, 2017 as Resolution 17-17 and sets forth terms and conditions of employment for
covered classifications.
SECTION 2. As a result of the impacts of COVID-19 on the City, the following
modifications to Resolution 17-17 are effective the pay period including July 1, 2020 (i.e., June
21, 2020), as set forth in the Sections below:
SECTION 3. This Resolution is effective at 12:00 a.m. on June 21, 2020 (the first day of
the pay period including July 1, 2020) and sunsets at 11:59 p.m. on June 19, 2021. When this
Resolution sunsets, all of its terms end unless they are subsequently modified by action of the
City Council.
SECTION 4. During the term of this Resolution, employees covered by the
Compensation Plan and Salary Schedule for the Confidential Employees Unit are required to
take a total of one hundred and four (104) hours of unpaid furlough during the twenty-six (26)
consecutive pay periods between June 21, 2020 and June 19, 2021. The manner and method
in which furlough hours are taken will be determined by the City.
SECTION 5. During the term of this Resolution, the City agrees that employees covered
by the Compensation Plan and Salary Schedule for the Confidential Employees Unit cannot be
subject to layoff from City employment.
SECTION 6. Effective June 21, 2020, the vacation leave accrual plan described in
Article 8.2(C) of the Costa Mesa City Employees Association Memorandum of Understanding
and known as the "Tier 2" vacation accrual plan shall sunset. Current employees in the "Tier 2"
plan will be placed on the vacation leave accrual plan described in Article 8.2(B) and known as
the "Tier 1" vacation leave accrual plan according to their current years of service effective June
21, 2020. All new employees hired on June 21, 2020, or after, will be placed on the "Tier 1"
vacation leave accrual plan.
SECTION 7. During the term of this Resolution, employees covered by the
Compensation Plan and Salary Schedule for the Confidential Employees Unit are not permitted
to cash out any of their vacation leave.
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SECTION 8. If the City receives financial relief from the County of Orange, State of
California, or the Federal Government for any issues related to the impact of COVID-19 in
excess of $40.5 million for Fiscal Year 2020/2021, employees covered by the Compensation
Plan and Salary Schedule for the Confidential Employees Unit will receive a payment equivalent
to the dollar savings of the furlough hours already taken (base rate x furlough hours).
SECTION 9. Amendments made pertaining to the salary, fringe benefits, City Rules and
Regulations and other employment conditions for employees represented by the Costa Mesa
City Employees Association shall also apply to "Confidential' unpresented employees unless
specifically excluded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2020.
ATTEST:
Brenda Green, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kimberly Wall Barlow, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, Brenda Green, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2020-39 and was duly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 25th day
of June, 2020, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GENTS, MARK, REYNOLDS, STEPHENS, AND
FOLEY
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MANSOOR
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of
Costa Mesa this 26th day of June, 2020.
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