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BY
C17Y MANAGER
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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BY: JAMES MCQUEEN, DIRECTOR •RESOURCE
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution:
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Historically the differential between the Fire Chief and the highest paid Downey Fire
Management Association (DFMA) subordinate classification has been approximately 9%.
City Council Resolution No. 5290 establishes the Management Performance Compensation
Plan, which states that cost -of -living (COLA) increases granted to management employees
will be no less than that granted to the rank and file employees in their respective
departments. In recent years the Fire Chief position has received the same COLA
increases approved for the DFMA classifications. However, in recent years the DFMA
positions have also received a number of non -COLA compensation adjustments which have
diminished the pay differential between these two positions.
As approved in the 2015-2016 DFMA MOU, on January 1, 2015, the Education Incentive
Pay for eligible classifications increased by 1 %. Additionally on July 4, 2016, DFMA
classifications became eligible for longevity pay up to the 20 year amount of 8.402%. The
addition of these two compensation increases further decreased the differential between
these two positions. As a result, on June 26, 2018, City Council adopted salary range
adjustments for the Fire Chief position establishing a 5% differential between the highest
paid subordinate.
On November 27, 2018, a side letter agreement was approved with the DFMA to grant its
members with overtime pay in the amount of time and one-half (1.5) their salary for
overtime when serving as a "first responder" or in an "emergency response" capacity. The
addition of this overtime pay has further decreased the compensation differential between
these two positions. To address this impact, staff recommends an additional salary
increase to the Fire Chief position in the amount of 5% to establish a 10% differential
between the Chief and the highest paid subordinate.
SALARY RANGE ADJUSTMENTS FOR FIRE CHIEF
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
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As part of the City Council's approval, Senate Bill (SB) 1436, signed by Governor Brown on
August 22, 2016, mandates that effective January 1, 2017, local agencies report out certain
information before changing the compensation or benefits of their "executives". Under this
law, legislative bodies for agencies must orally report a summary of a recommendation for
changes in salaries or benefits before voting for the changes. The votes must be taken in
the open session portion of the meeting.
The current monthly salary range for the positon of Fire Chief is $15,297.25 to $18,662.65.
The new proposed monthly salary range for the Fire Chief position is $16,062.11 to
$19,595.78 effective the pay period that includes November 12, 2019. All other benefits
payable to the positon of Fire Chief remain in accordance with Resolution No. 18-7799.
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Fiscal Responsibility
The salary range adjustment increases personnel costs by approximately $12,954.57 in
Fiscal Year 2019-20. Sufficient funding is included in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget.
Attachment A: Resolution
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONOF FIRE
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 budget includes funding for salary range
adjustments for the executive classification of Fire Chief due to salary compaction with the Fire
Battalion Chief classification assigned as Assistant Fire Chief,
WHEREAS, a 5% salary range to appropriately address salary compaction,
WHEREAS, there are no changes to benefits payable to the classification of Fire Chief
which are currently represented in Resolution No. 18-7799, which from time to time will be
updated by formal City Council action,
NOW, •-E, THE CITY COUNCIL OF OF DOWNEY DOES
RESOLVE• •
SECTION 1. The following pay range for the classification of Fire Chief shall take effect
as follows:
Effective the pay period that includes November 12, 2019 - $16,062.11 to $19,595.78
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of November, 2019.
RICK RODRIGUEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 12th day of November, 2019, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members:
NOES:
Council Member:
ABSENT:
Council Member:
ABSTAIN:
Council Member:
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk