DATE:
June 7, 2022
TO:
Mayor and Council Members
Chair and Board Members Hesperia Housing Authority
Chair and Board Members, Hesperia Water District
FROM:
Nils Bentsen, City Manager
BY:
Rachel Molina, Assistant City Manager
Casey Brooksher, Director of Administrative Services
Rita Perez, Deputy HR/RM Director
SUBJECT:
Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION
It is recommended that the City Council, the Board of Directors of the Hesperia Housing Authority, and the Board of Directors of the Hesperia Water District, adopt Joint Resolution No. 2022-45, HHA 2022-04, and HWD 2022-09, modifying the Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan.
BACKGROUND
On June 15, 2021, the City Council adopted the following Joint Resolution No 2021-26, Resolution HHA 2021-04, and Resolution HWD 2022-11, which established the Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan (Non-Rep Plan). The Non-Rep Plan establishes salaries, benefits and other related policies for employees not represented by an employee labor relations organization and may be modified in its entirety or by section.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
The following amendments are proposed to the Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan.
Section 6: Salary
In June 2022, each non-represented full-time and part-time employee who is actively employed with the City of Hesperia on June 17, 2022, shall receive a one-time employee retention payment as follows:
$1,750
Part-Time Classification
$3,500
General
$4,000
Professional/Supervisory
$4,500
Management and above
This one-time payment will be included in the last paycheck received in the month of June 2022 and will not be reported to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System as special compensation.
Section 9: Health Insurance
Effective July 1, 2022, for the August 2022 insurance premiums, the City shall pay up to $1,450 per month, with no difference received as cash; the employee shall be responsible for paying the difference, or the amount greater than $1,450 through payroll deduction.
Effective July 1, 2023, for the August 2023 insurance premiums, the City shall pay up to $1,550 per month, with no difference received as cash; the employee shall be responsible for paying the difference, or the amount greater than $1,550 through payroll deduction.
Section 19: Vacation
On June 30, if an employee exceeds the maximum accrual allowable, the vacation hours in excess of 499 will be paid at the employee’s current hourly rate: Employees will have a maximum of 399 hours carry-over of vacation hours per fiscal year. The vacation buyback program shall be subject to a pre-designation provision whereby employees have the ability to designate annually in October up to 240 hours of leave for the next calendar year.
During the month of October, an employee may elect to convert up to two hundred and forty (240) hours of vacation into cash payment(s) at the base rate of pay in effect at the time of the cash-out, as long as the employee has eighty (80) hours of vacation remaining on the books at the time of the pre-designation. To cash-out vacation, an employee must make an irrevocable election (i.e., pre-designation) during the month of October, specifying the total number of hours to be cashed-out from next year’s vacation leave accrual. During the calendar year following the pre-designation, an employee may choose increments of vacation to cash-out in March, May and August; the minimum increment for vacation cash-out is twenty (20) hours. If no cash-out occurs during the year and/or any remaining balance of the pre-designated amount will be cashed out in November. If the employee does not have the vacation hours available to satisfy the amount pre-designated for cash-out, the employee will be precluded from making an irrevocable election and cashing out for the following calendar year.
Other:
Minor language change to observance of Columbus Day,
FISCAL IMPACT
The monetary implications of the Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan is reflected in the FY 2022-23 Budget in both the Revised FY 2021-22 and Proposed FY 2022-22. The FY 2022-23 Budget will be presented to the City Council for adoption on June 7, 2022.
ALTERNATIVE(S)
Provide alternative direction to staff.
ATTACHMENT(S)
Joint Resolution No. 2022-45, HHA 2022-04, HWD 2022-09
Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan Page PAGE 2 of NUMPAGES 2
Staff Report to the Mayor and City Council/Board Members Non-Represented Employees’ Compensation and Benefit Plan June 7, 2022
City of Hesperia
STAFF REPORT