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6.G. - Page 2 of 13 Minimum Wage Adjustment On April 9, 2018, the City Council adopted an Ordinance to add Chapter 46, "Minimum Wage Ordinance," to the Redwood City Code, adopting an increase of the minimum wage for employees working within the City of Redwood City to no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by 2020. On December 10, 2018, the City Council approved an amendment to the City's salary plan to comply with the subject ordinance's first increase to the minimum wage in Redwood City, which increased the local minimum wage to thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per hour. The subject ordinance's next increase will be effective January 1, 2020, and will increase the minimum wage in Redwood City to $15.38 ($15.00 plus the prior year's increase, if any, in the consumer price index [CPI] ending August). CPI for the year ending August 2019 was 2.5 percent. Staff recommends adjustments to the salary ranges for certain classifications to ensure compliance with increased local minimum wage. City Clerk Salary Range In November 2018, Redwood City voters approved a change to the City Charter that provided for the City Clerk to report the City Manager rather than the City Council. Consistent with other Executive Management classifications that are appointed and report directly to the City Manager, staff is proposing to set a salary range for the City Clerk classification. City appointees have a single salary, set by the City Council and modified periodically. Taking into account factors such as the cost -of -living, recruitment and retention goals, internal alignment, and compensation survey data from comparable Bay Area cities, as well as the current financial condition of the City, and any anticipated fiscal challenges, the proposed salary range for the City Clerk is $10,380-$14,013/month to be effective July 8, 2019. FISCAL IMPACT Funding for the minimum wage increase required by the ordinance, estimated to be $530,000 annually, including adjustments to wages for certain classifications and an annual contract for third party enforcement of the minimum wage ordinance, was previously approved by City Council and is included in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget. Creation of a salary range for the classification of City Clerk will result in an estimated total annual cost impact of $21,000 for salary and salary -related benefits, which will be budgeted in subsequent budget cycles. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Page 2 of 3 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 319