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6.3.B. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Personnel Subcommittee February 27, 2012 SUBJECT City Clerk compensation adjustment RECOMMENDATION Adjust the salary of the position of City Clerk. BACKGROUND The City Clerk's anniversary for compensation adjustment is January of each year. However, the Executive Services group last received salary increases in 2008. This position receives a salary set by City Council and does not have the traditional "step" but rather the compensation is set by Council resolution, typically after considering the comparable market and a review of the employee's performance. The last compensation adjustment for the City Clerk classification occurred in December 2007. In November 2011, a salary survey of comparable cities was conducted. The City Clerk's compensation was 7.98% below market median when comparing base salary, 7% employee PERS contribution paid by City, and 5% bilingual pay the Clerk is receiving. On February 6, 2012, the City Council conducted a performance evaluation on the City Clerk. Based on that survey and the employee's performance evaluation, it is recommended that the City Clerk's base salary be increased by seven percent (7 %). If approved, the City Clerk's base monthly salary will increase from $8,429 to $9,019 per month effective the first day of the first pay period following February 7, 2012. If approved, it would bring the salary to 1.54% below market median. ALTERNATIVES The following are alternatives to the recommendation: 1. Not grant a salary increase at this time; 2. Grant a lower salary increase at this time; 3. Grant a higher salary increase at this time. FISCAL IMPACT The cost of the salary increase and salary related benefit costs is $10,690 per fiscal year.