Requested Agenda Date:
1/23/2024
Requested Agenda Title:
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Budget Adjustment: This budget adjustment is to allocate $251,716 from the $3M set aside and $154,502 from other funding sources to satisfy the Council's compensation adjustment recommendation from Jan 9th to address 3 compensation issues: the $15/hour minimum compression issue, the alignment issue with Flood Control positions, and the internal equity issue with IT Software Engineers.
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Requested Agenda Item Description: This budget adjustment is for HR recommended equity and market related compensation adjustments as follows:
? $262k - Equity adjustment due to living wage implementation
--> $111k - Library
--> $78k - Sheriff*
--> $30k - Human Services*
--> $15k - Parks & Recreation*
--> $14k - Solid Waste
--> $7k - Eccles Theater/UPACA
--> $4k - Public Works
--> $2k - Admin Services*
--> $1k - District Attorney*
? $109k - Equity adjustments for Software Engineer group* ? $36k - Alignment of Public Works Ops to Flood Control - $24k - Public Works - $12k - Solid Waste
*This budget adjustment includes the following for all organizations noted above with an asterisk (excluded the Library, Enterprise, and Internal Service funds):
? an offsetting reduction in the $3M Compensation Set-aside budget, totaling $252k.
? a 3% cut to this budget adjustment by entering an ongoing negative budget amount in the personnel contra-accounts, totaling $8k, to be consistent with the 3% cut implemented in the 2024 Adopted Budget.
? fund transfers for organizations in the Flood Control, Health, and Grant funds, totaling $49k from the General Fund
Requested Action: Discussion - Vote Needed
Presenter(s) (with titles): Hoa Nguyen, Council Budget and Policy Analyst
Time Needed: Less than 5 MINS
Is this Item Time-Sensitive and/or Requesting a Time-Certain? No
Requesting Staff Member: Sharon Roux, Director, Human Resources Division
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