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426 -I REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From Vice Mayor Ira and Council Member Hartnett January 27, 2003 Subject City Attorney Compensation Adjustment Recommendation Adjust the salary of the position of City Attorney Background As you know, we have been behind schedule in compensation adjustments for our Executive Team (city manager, city clerk and city attorney). We have recently, belatedly completed the adjustments for the city manager and city clerk. We similarly need to adjust the city attorney's compensation. At the time we did the city attorney's adjustment as of July 2002, we informed the council that we would recommend a bonus program that would apply to the executive team which would, based on performance, provide the opportunity for the compensation substantially above median. The Bonus Program would have been in the 5% to 10% range. However, as you know, due to the economy, we no longer intend to recommend a bonus program. As such, we have reviewed the comparator cities and in order to properly adjust the City Attorney's compensation to the median range, we recommend a 3% increase to his base compensation as of the last pay period of July 2002. For reference purposes, this adjustment still leaves the City Attorney below the compensation level of the just departed San Mateo City Attorney. The City Attorney has had the challenge and opportunity to establish and organize from scratch a legal department for the City of Redwood City, all the while attending to the tremendous demand for legal services and advice. Based upon his performance and level of responsibilities, the City Attorney would be entitled to compensation through a bonus system far in excess of the median. However, the City Attorney understands the state of the economy and agrees to forgo a bonus program and simply be adjusted to the median range as recommended. JefG Akliartneft, Council Member