Joint Special Council/BFPD
12/16/25 05:30 PM
Administrative Services
Darcy Wigington
Resolution
Doc ID: 6217
AGENDA ITEM
AGENDA MATTER:
AMENDMENT #5 TO THE FY 2025-2026 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE (PAPS) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City of Barstow's governing body must approve a publicly available pay schedule (PAPS) in order to comply with the requirements of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Section 570.5
DISCUSSION:
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), pursuant to California Code of Regulations Section 570.5, requires that CalPERS employers bring forth an item before its governing body any time an amendment or modification to the PAPS occurs.
An amendment to the FY 2025/2026 PAPS is required due to the approval of an increase to the State of California’s minimum wage that will increase from $16.50/hour to $16.90/hour effective January 1, 2026.
To follow the City’s established pay table, the hourly maximum wage for the following part-time (PT) positions will be increased to meet the minimum wage requirements as set forth by the State of California:
This mandated increase will impact the City's following positions:
Recreation Leader/Lifeguard
Recreation Leader
Maintenance Worker I
Paid Call Firefighter
The current salary range for the aforementioned position is 10460/$16.62 per hour (maximum). The new salary range is 10730/$17.04 per hour (minimum).
Additionally, the following part-time positions wages will be increased to avoid salary compression:
Senior Lifeguard
Senior Recreation Leader
Joint Special Council/BFPD
12/16/25 05:30 PM
Administrative Services
Darcy Wigington
Resolution
Doc ID: 6217
AGENDA ITEM
Senior Recreation Leader/Lifeguard
Pool Manager
The Senior Lifeguard, Senior Recreation Leader, and Senior Recreation Leader/Lifeguard will receive a corresponding increase from the current salary range of 10580/$18.74 per hour (maximum) to the new salary range of 10850/$19.20 per hour (minimum).
The Pool Manager salary will move from salary range 10800/$23.32 per hour (maximum) to 10820/$22.74 per hour (minimum).
The amended PAPS will become effective on December 21, 2025, which is the first day of the pay period in which January 1, 2026, is contained.
The amended PAPS will be made available on the City of Barstow’s website. The amended PAPS that is presented to the City Council for approval is compliant with the requirements of CalPERS.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The projected increase to the minimum hourly rates for the part-time positions will have a minimal impact on the Parks & Recreation and Open Space Maintenance Department FY25/26 budgets based upon hours worked through the remainder the the fiscal year.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. ___-2025 approving the amended publicly available pay schedule (PAPS) (Attachment A) for FY 2025-2026 with an effective date of December 21, 2025.