Amended1 Malibu City Council
Administration and Finance Subcommittee
Special Meeting Agenda
Thursday, May 14, 2026
10:00 A.M.
City Hall – Surfrider Room
23825 Stuart Ranch Road
Mayor Bruce Silverstein
Councilmember Doug Stewart
Call to Order
Roll Call
Report on Posting of the Agenda – Friday, May 8, 2026; Amended Agenda Posted on May 12, 2026
Approval of Agenda
Public Comment This is the time for the public to comment on any items not appearing on this agenda.
Each public speaker shall be allowed up to three (3) minutes for comments. The Subcommittee may not discuss or act on any matter not specifically identified on this agenda, pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.
Discussion Items
1. Presentations/Staff Updates
None.
2. Old Business
None.
3. New Business
A. Adoption of New and Revised Job Classification to Support Departmental Reoganization and Operational Efficiencies
Recommended Action: Recommend that the Administration & Finance Subcommittee review and recommend City Council adoption of the proposed new and revised job classifications to support departmental reorganization and operational efficiencies.
Staff Contact: Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager, Ext. 239 1 See the corrected recommended action for 3.B. and 3.C.
AMENDED Administration and Finance Subcommittee
May 14, 2026, Special Meeting
B. Fiscal Year 2025-26 Third Quarter Financial Report
Recommended Action: Review Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Third Quarter Financial Report.
Staff Contact: Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager, Ext. 239 C. Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Workshop
Recommended Action: Review and provide direction on the FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget.
Staff Contact: Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager, Ext. 239 Adjournment
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing agenda was posted in accordance with the applicable legal requirements. Special meeting agendas may be amended up to 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Dated this 12th day of May 2026, at 5:30 p.m.
Alyssa Gonzalez, Executive Assistant
Agenda Item # 3.A.
Administration and Finance
Subcommittee Agenda Report
To: Mayor Silverstein and Councilmember Stewart
Prepared by: Alicia Freeman, Human Resources Manager
Reviewed by: Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Joseph Irvin, City Manager
Date prepared: May 6, 2026 Meeting date: May 14, 2026
Subject: Adoption of New and Revised Job Classifications to Support Departmental Reorganization and Operational Efficiencies RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recommend that the Administration & Finance Subcommittee review and recommend City Council adoption of the proposed new and revised job classifications to support departmental reorganization and operational efficiencies.
FISCAL IMPACT: The fiscal impact associated with the proposed classifications is included in the Proposed FY 2026-27 Budget and reflects the City’s reorganization and operational alignment efforts.
DISCUSSION: Human Resources, in coordination with the department leadership, conducted a review of job classifications to ensure alignment with current operational needs, organizational structure, and service delivery expectations.
The proposed updates:
• Align classifications with current duties and reporting structures • Clarify roles and responsibilities across departments • Support operational efficiency and interdepartmental coordination • Ensure consistency with industry standards and comparable agencies Administration &
Finance Subcommittee
Special Meeting
05-14-26
Item 3.A.
Agenda Item # 3.A.
Key Updates
Revised Classifications: Updates to reflect current reorganizational and operational needs.
City Clerk: Revised classification to align with Salary Range 34 ($194,138 – $253,306), reflecting scope of responsibilities and organizational impact of the position.
New Classifications
The following classifications are proposed to support operational needs and service delivery:
• Emergency Services Manager
• Senior Accounting Assistant
• Media Assistant, Part-Time, Regular
If the Administration and Finance Subcommittee recommend approval of the new and revised job classifications, the item will be presented to the City Council for review.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Assistant Planner – Revised Job Description
2. Associate Planner – Revised Job Description
3. City Clerk – Revised Job Description
4. Code Enforcement Manager – Revised Job Description
5. Deputy Building Official – Revised Job Description
6. Development and Operations Manager – Revised Job Description
7. Emergency Services Manager – New Job Description
8. Environmental Health Administrator – Revised Job Description
9. Environmental Programs Manager – Revised Job Description
10.Environmental Sustainability Analyst – Revised Job Description
11.Media Assistant, Part-Time, Regular – New Job Description
12.Planning Technician– Revised Job Description
13.Principal Planner – Revised Job Description
14.Public Information Officer – Revised Job Description
15.Public Safety Manager – Revised Job Description
16.Public Safety Specialist – Revised Job Description
17.Senior Accounting Assistant – New Job Description
18.Senior Planner – Revised Job Description
CITY OF MALIBU
ASSISTANT PLANNER
Class Description
Date Established: July 2013
Date Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction or supervision, performs a variety of professional and technical work in support of the City’s current and advance planning activities; reviews development and land use applications, zoning, and site plans; conducts research, compiles information, analyzes data, develops recommendations, and prepares written reports on various planning matters; provides professional advice and assistance to the public on planning, community development, zoning, permits, and environmental review; performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is the entry-level classification in the professional Planner series. Initially under supervision, incumbents learn and perform routine planning, redevelopment, zoning, and related functions while learning City policies and procedures. As experience is gained, assignments become more varied, complex, and difficult; close supervision and frequent review of work lessen as an incumbent demonstrates skill to perform the work independently. Positions at this level usually perform most of the duties required of the positions at the Associate Planner level but are not expected to function at the same skill level and usually exercise less independent discretion and judgment in matters related to work procedures and methods. Work is usually supervised while in progress and fits an established structure or pattern. Exceptions or changes in procedures are explained in detail as they arise.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Reviews commercial, industrial, and residential development proposals, plans, and applications for conformance with City policies and ordinances, the General Plan, and State and Federal laws.
• Confers with and provides information to property owners, contractors, developers, engineers, architects, and the public regarding conformance to standards, plans, specifications, and codes; explains codes, requirements, and procedures and evaluates alternatives. • Conducts site visits to assess property conditions and/or compliance with current City zoning codes and regulations; identifies corrective actions to be taken by owners; conducts follow-up inspections and rechecks as required.
• Serves as project manager for routine application projects, including analyzing and evaluating site and architectural plans, performing technical review, and making
Assistant Planner
recommendations, ensuring plans and applications receive appropriate signatures, coordinating in-house review with contractors, administering contracts, and giving approval for payment on projects.
• Receives and processes permit applications; reviews applications for completeness and conformity to policies and procedures; calculates appropriate permit fees and processes payments.
• Compiles information for a variety of studies and reports; researches, analyzes, and interprets social, economic, population and land use data and trends; develops recommendations and prepares written reports on various planning matters and elements of the City’s General Plan. • Assists with the revision, implementation, and administration of the City’s General Plan; assists in preparing draft ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items for council approval. • Prepares staff reports and various technical and informational reports; prepares presentations and presents to City Council, boards, commissions, committees, various groups, and other jurisdictions interested in or affected by City planning and development. • Participates in coordinating City planning and development related activities with other City departments and outside agencies.
• Maintains accurate records and files.
• Observes and complies with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in urban planning, community development, business or public administration or a related field.
Experience:
One (1) year of professional experience in planning, zoning, and related community development activities.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Municipal planning principles, techniques, practices, and procedures including knowledge of general plans, zoning ordinances, specific plans and development standards and practices.
• Methods and techniques of reviewing a diverse range of applications for accuracy and completeness.
• Geographic, socio-economic, transportation, political and other elements related to city planning.
• Local coastal planning.
• Site planning and architectural design principles.
• Researching and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures.
Assistant Planner
• Recent developments, current literature, and sources of information related to planning and zoning.
• Basic organization and function of public agencies, including the role of an elected City Council and appointed boards and commissions.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Basic project management techniques.
• Practices of researching planning issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective staff reports. • Methods and techniques of effective technical report preparation and presentation. • The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups, various business, professional, and regulatory organizations and with property owners, developers, contractors, and the public. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by dealing effectively with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Receive and respond to a variety of questions from the general public, contractors, and developers; interpret planning and zoning programs, policies, processes, codes, and regulations.
• Review applications for accuracy and completeness; process and/or submit to other planning staff for action.
• Read and understand technical drawings, plans and specifications and make conduct effective site visits.
• Conduct research, compile technical and statistical information to evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective technical staff reports. • Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Enforce ordinances and regulations effectively and tactfully. • Make effective public presentations.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Using tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
Assistant Planner
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodations that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
While working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
When performing work in the field, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions; the job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
ASSOCIATE PLANNER
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction or supervision, performs a variety of routine to complex professional and technical work in support of the City’s current and advanced planning activities, reviews development and land use applications, zoning, site plans, and environmental assessments; serves as project manager for development applications; conducts research, compiles information, analyzes data, develops recommendations, and prepares written reports on various planning matters; provides professional advice and assistance to the public on planning, community development, zoning, permits and environmental review; performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. May exercise technical and functional direction over and provide training to technical and administrative staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is the journey-level classification in the professional Planner series. Positions at this level are distinguished from the Assistant Planner by the performance of the full range of duties as assigned, working independently, and exercising judgment and initiative. Positions at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.
This class is distinguished from the Senior Planner in that the latter performs the more complex work assigned to the series, such as serving as the project manager for complex development applications and/or provides technical and functional direction over lower-level professional planning staff.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Reviews commercial, industrial, and residential development proposals, plans, and applications for conformance with City policies and ordinances, the General Plan, and State and Federal laws.
• Conducts site visits to assess property conditions and/or compliance with current City zoning codes and regulations; identifies corrective actions to be taken by owners; conducts follow-up inspections and rechecks as required.
• Serves as project manager for application projects, including analyzing and evaluating site and architectural plans, performing technical review and making recommendations, ensuring
Associate Planner
plans and applications receive appropriate signatures, coordinating in-house review with contractors, administering contracts, and giving approval for payment on projects. • Receives and processes permit applications; reviews applications for completeness and conformity to policies and procedures; calculates appropriate permit fees and processes payments.
• Compiles information for a variety of studies and reports; researches, analyzes, and interprets social, economic, population, and land use data and trends; develops recommendations and prepares written reports on various planning matters and elements of the City’s General Plan. • Assists with the revision, implementation, and administration of the City’s General Plan and development regulations; prepares draft ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items for council approval.
• Prepares staff reports and various technical and informational reports; prepares presentations and presents to City Council, boards, commissions, committees, various groups, and other jurisdictions interested in or affected by City planning and development. • Confers with and provides information to property owners, contractors, developers, engineers, architects, and the public regarding conformance to standards, plans, specifications, and codes; explains codes, requirements, and procedures and evaluates alternatives. • Conducts studies and needs assessments for the development of programs to address significant development issues.
• Participates in coordinating City planning and development related activities with other City departments and with outside agencies.
• Maintains accurate records and files.
• Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in urban planning, community development, business or public administration or a related field.
Experience:
Three (3) years of professional experience in planning, zoning, and related community development activities.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Municipal planning principles, techniques, practices, and procedures including knowledge of general plans, zoning ordinances, specific plans, and development standards and practices.
• Methods and techniques of reviewing a diverse range of applications for accuracy and completeness.
Associate Planner
• Geographic, socio-economic, transportation, political, and other elements related to city planning.
• Comprehensive plans and current planning processes and the development process. • Site planning and architectural design principles.
• Researching and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures. • Recent development, current literature, and sources of information related to information planning and zoning.
• Local coastal planning.
• Basic organization and function of public agencies, including the role of an elected City Council and appointed boards and commissions.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to assigned area of responsibility. • Project management techniques.
• Practices of researching planning issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective staff reports. • Methods and techniques of effective technical report preparation and presentation. • General principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area. • Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups, various business, professional, and regulatory organizations and with property owners, developers, contractors, and the public. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by dealing effectively with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Receive and respond to a variety of questions from the general public, contractors, and developers; interpret planning and zoning programs, policies, processes, codes, and regulations.
• Review applications for accuracy and completeness; process and/or submit to other planning staff for action.
• Conduct research, compile technical and statistical information to evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective technical staff reports. • Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Read and understand technical drawings, plans, and specifications and conduct effective site visits.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Enforce ordinances and regulations effectively and tactfully. • Make effective public presentations.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
Associate Planner
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
While working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
When performing work in the field, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions; the job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
CITY CLERK
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, directs, and participates in all City Clerk functions and activities, which include the conduct of elections, the custody and access of public records, including Council actions, the legal notification of various Council, commission and committee meetings, and the preparation of agenda materials and minutes for City Council meetings; provides assistance to the City Manager and management staff in areas of expertise; and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives administrative direction from the City Manager. Exercises direct supervision over management, supervisory, professional, technical, and administrative staff through subordinate levels of supervision.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a department director classification responsible for planning, organizing, reviewing, and evaluating the operations and activities of the City Clerk Department. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities which include serving as the City’s official record custodian, coordinating election activities, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This class provides assistance to the City Manager and/or Assistant City Manager in a variety of administrative, coordinative, analytical, and liaison capacities. Successful performance of the work requires knowledge of public policy, City functions and activities, including the role of the City Council, and the ability to develop, oversee, and implement projects and programs in a variety of areas. Responsibilities include coordinating the activities of the department with those of other departments and outside agencies and managing and overseeing the complex and varied functions of the department. The incumbent is accountable for accomplishing departmental planning and operational goals and objectives, and for furthering the City’s mission, goals, and objectives within general policy guidelines.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. • Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the City Clerk Department, including records management, coordination of public meetings, and administrative support for the City Council, boards, commissions, and committees.
City Clerk
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards for the City Clerk Department. • Provides for the selection of staff, trains staff in work procedures; authorizes discipline as required; provides policy guidance and interpretation to staff. • Participates in the administration and oversight of the operating budget for the department; determines funding needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; ensures compliance with budgeted funding.
• Serves as the official record keeper of the City, providing for the preparation, indexing and retention of meeting notifications, agendas, minutes, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, codes, deeds, easements, bonds, and related documents. • Attends City Council and related meetings; provides for and/or records and transcribes minutes of the proceedings.
• Follows-up on City Council actions, as required; attests, publishes, and posts ordinances and resolutions, executing legal contracts, overseeing the recording of documents, and preparing follow-up correspondence.
• Administers City elections for candidates and City ballot measures, including preparing candidate guidelines, administering the candidacy and nomination process, providing information to candidates regarding procedural and disclosure requirements and publishing election notices and results within legal guidelines. • Maintains the City’s Municipal Code by tracking ordinances and providing for their publication and distribution; administers in-house up-dates of Malibu’s Municipal Code • Responds to inquiries and provides guidance regarding public records, the Public Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Brown Act. • Administers the City’s records management program, including preparing records for off-site storage; oversees electronic records management systems and digitalization processes.
• May notarize documents for City business and the general public. • Conducts bid openings for municipal projects in excess of $5,000. • Receives claims presented to the City, responds and/or coordinates response with City’s claims adjustor and work with City attorney on necessary actions. • Serves as filing official and filing officer under the conflict of interest and campaign provisions of the Political Reform Act.
• Prepares a variety of correspondence, agendas, reports, procedures, ordinances, and other written materials.
• Monitors changes in laws, regulations and technology that may affect office operations; implements policy and procedural changes upon approval. • Ensures staff observe and comply with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public or business administration, or a related field.
City Clerk
Experience:
Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in the management or administration of a City Clerk’s or Elections Office, or a related administrative field, including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Possession of a valid Certified Municipal Clerk certification, to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Organization and management practices as applied to the development, analysis, and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs of the City Clerk Department.
• Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment review and evaluation, discipline, and the training of staff in work procedures.
• Principles and practices of leadership.
• Administrative principles, practices, and methods including goal setting, program development, implementation and evaluation, policy and procedure development, quality control, and work standards.
• Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Principles and practices of budget development and administration. • Principles, practices, and procedures related to public agency record keeping, municipal elections and the City Clerk function.
• Organization and function of public agencies, including the role of an elected City Council and appointed boards and commissions.
• Automated and manual records management principles and practices, including legal requirements for recording, retention, and disclosure. • General principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area.
• Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups and various business, professional, educational, and governmental organizations.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
City Clerk
Ability to:
• Select and supervise staff, provide training and development opportunities, ensure work is performed effectively, and evaluate performance in an objective and positive manner.
• Develop and implement goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Provide administrative, management, and professional leadership for the City Clerk Department.
• Meet all legal requirements of the City Clerk function in a timely and effective manner.
• Coordinate municipal elections within legal guidelines. • Oversee and coordinate maintenance of the official records of the City. • Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
City Clerk
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances.
Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing divisional policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work evenings to attend City Council meetings. May be required to work weekends and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER
Class Description
Established: January 2021
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, oversees, coordinates and manages the staff and operations of the Code Enforcement Division; participates in the development of policies and strategies for division operations; addresses and resolves complex and high profile code enforcement issues and complaints; manages the effective use of division resources to improve organizational productivity and public service; provides complex professional assistance to the department and City in areas of expertise; performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from the Public Safety Director. Exercises general and direct supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management classification responsible for planning, organizing, reviewing, and evaluating the staff and operations of the Code Enforcement Division. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities, which include developing and implementing policies and procedures for assigned programs, budget administration and reporting, and program evaluation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Incumbents serve as a professional-level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. • Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the Code Enforcement Division; manages and adjudicates high priority and sensitive code enforcement cases as directed.
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the division; continuously monitors the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned programs, service delivery methods, and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative, and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities and makes recommendations for improvement. • Participates in the development, administration, and oversight of division budget; determines funding needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; ensures
Code Enforcement Manager
compliance with budgeted funding; identifies and secures local, state, and federal funding opportunities for code enforcement activities.
• Participates in the selection of, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned personnel; works with employees to correct deficiencies; recommends and implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Manages and participates in the investigation of complaints from the public and City staff regarding violations of municipal codes, ordinances, standards, health and safety regulations, and water quality regulations.
• Convenes and leads multi-department code enforcement task force efforts; meets with City planning, building, and public works staff and legal counsel regarding complaints and coordinates activities with other staff and code enforcement personnel. • Oversees and participates in the preparation of “Stop Work” orders, notices of violation or noncompliance and citations according to applicable codes and regulations; issues and distributes letters to property owners notifying them of violation. • Coordinates and conducts follow-up abatement procedures including the preparation of additional correspondence, site visits, and communication with property owners and attorneys; ensures follow-up investigations are conducted for compliance with applicable codes and ordinances; prepares non-compliance cases for legal action; presents testimony at nuisance abatement hearings.
• Monitors progress of criminal complaints and maintains contact with the prosecutor regarding progress; makes decisions regarding plea agreements and orders sought; keeps prosecutor apprised of property owner’s progress or lack of progress regarding abatement.
• Reviews, interprets, and analyzes new and proposed legislation; determines effect of legislation on operations and programs of the organization served; advises superiors of findings; takes appropriate action in order to ensure compliance with existing rules and regulations; proposes legislation if appropriate.
• Ensures drive-by or on-site inspections of residential, industrial, and/or commercial areas regarding existence of violations and/or regarding verification of abatement are made; notes possible violations at other property sites during field investigations. • Provides information to violators, the general public, business community and other government agencies regarding codes, laws, and ordinances; responds to questions, complaints, and inquiries.
• Assists the Fire Department with code violations and acts as liaison between the Fire Department and City Attorney; works with Animal Control regarding joint enforcement issues.
• Assists the general public at the front counter regarding community services and code enforcement requests, complaints, and concerns.
• Maintains files and records related to citations and violations; prepares a variety of written reports, memoranda, and correspondence.
• Initiates contacts with residents, business representatives and other parties to explain the nature of incurred violations and to encourage compliance with municipal codes, ordinances, and community standards; initiates abatement of dangerous properties and vector control issues; provides confirmation to public regarding code regulations. • Serves as a liaison for the department with other City departments, divisions, and outside agencies; attends meetings, as necessary; provides staff support to commissions, committees, and task forces, as necessary; negotiates and resolves significant and controversial issues.
Code Enforcement Manager
• Develops and reviews staff reports related to code enforcement activities and services; presents reports to the City Council and various commissions, committees, and boards.
• Ensures staff observe and comply with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in criminal justice, public administration, communications, or a field related.
Experience:
Five (5) years of increasingly responsible municipal code enforcement experience, including two (2) years supervisory or management experience.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Possession of a California PC832 certification, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within twelve (12) months, a Certified Code Enforcement Officer designation (or equivalent), to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Organization and management practices as applied to the development, analysis, and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs of the assigned area of responsibility.
• Administrative principles, practices, and methods including goal setting, program development, implementation and evaluation, policy and procedure development, quality control, and work standards.
• Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Methods and procedures used in code enforcement including citation issuance procedures.
• Principles, practices, and techniques of code violation investigations. • Methods used to obtain various types of inspection warrants, and principles used to prepare documents used in the legal process.
• Practices for documenting inspections, correcting violations, and carrying through on enforcement options.
• Mediation and conflict resolution techniques.
• Principles and practices of leadership.
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• Recent developments, current literature and sources of information related to assigned functional areas.
• Advanced principles and methods of research analysis and reporting. • Advanced requirements of zoning, building and related codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Practices of researching related legal and technical issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective staff reports.
• Legal descriptions and boundary maps of real property and legal terminology as used in code enforcement.
• Occupational hazards and standard safety practices necessary in code enforcement.
• General principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area.
• Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation and the training of staff in work procedures. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Select and supervise staff, provide training and development opportunities, ensure work is performed effectively, and evaluate performance in an objective and positive manner.
• Develop and implement goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Provide administrative, management, and professional leadership for the Code Enforcement Division.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Explain codes and regulations to property owners, residents, and others. • Interact cooperatively with community members and groups. • Analyze, interpret, summarize, and present administrative and technical information and data in an effective manner.
• Make effective public presentations.
• Respond to inquiries, complaints, and requests for service in a fair, tactful, and timely manner.
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods, procedures, and techniques.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, and other written materials. • Read and interpret maps, plans and legal descriptions. • Maintain and update records, logs, and reports.
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• Analyze and compile technical information on code investigations and violations. • Effectively represent the City in meetings with governmental and regulatory agencies, community groups, property owners, contractors, developers, business owners and the public.
• Operate a variety of tools and equipment including small hand tools, pole prunes with a saw attachment, noise meters, 2-way radios, and cameras. • Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
When assigned to an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone; ability to stand and walk between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information.
When assigned to field inspection, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; possess the strength, stamina, and mobility to perform light to medium physical work; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend, to climb and descend ladders; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions and work in progress. The job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects averaging a weight of 40 pounds, or heavier weights, in all cases with the use of proper equipment and/or assistance from other staff.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances.
Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot
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temperatures, inclement weather conditions, road hazards, vibration, confining workspace, chemicals, mechanical and/or electrical hazards, and hazardous physical substances and fumes. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL
Class Description
Established: April 2021
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, supervises, coordinates and reviews building code activities and operations within the Building Safety Division of the Community Development Department; coordinates assigned activities with other departments and divisions, outside agencies and the general public; produces and maintains records as required; prepares and presents staff reports; assumes responsibilities of the Building Official in the absence of same; and performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises general and direct supervision over inspection, professional, technical, and clerical staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a single-position mid-management classification. The incumbent organizes and oversees day-to-day building safety public counter and inspection activities. Successful performance of the work requires an extensive building safety, construction, inspections, and plan review background, as well as skill in coordinating departmental work with that of other City departments. This class is distinguished from the Building Official in that the latter has overall responsibility for all department functions, including administration and professional staff, and for developing, implementing and interpreting public policy.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Coordinates the organization, staffing and operational activities for commercial, residential, and industrial inspections.
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and priorities; recommends and implements resulting policies and procedures. • Identifies opportunities for improving service delivery methods and procedures; identifies resource needs; reviews with appropriate management staff; implements improvements.
• Coordinates and reviews the work plan for all building inspection services and activities; assigns work activities and projects; monitors workflow; reviews and evaluates work products, methods and procedures; meets with staff to identify and resolve problems. • Reviews construction plans, drawings and specifications to ascertain compliance with
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building codes.
• Conducts field inspections of complicated or highly technical situations. • Ensures consistent and appropriate interpretation of the building codes and City ordinances.
• Meets with architects, engineers, contractors and property owners regarding preconstruction requirements. • Coordinates the development and enhancement of automated permit tracking and inspection tracking systems.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates management systems and procedures; develops program procedures and procedural manuals.
• Selects, trains, motivates and evaluates inspection personnel; provides or coordinates staff training; works with employees to correct deficiencies; implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Provides staff assistance to the Director/Building Official; participates on a variety of committees; prepares and presents staff reports and other correspondence as appropriate and necessary.
• Coordinates Building Safety Division activities with those of other divisions and outside agencies and organizations.
• Attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of building and zoning code enforcement. • Assumes management responsibility for all services and activities of the Building Safety Division with major emphasis on the public counter, plan check, building inspections, geology, grading and drainage.
• Manages and participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and priorities for assigned programs; makes recommendations within departmental policy.
• Continuously monitors and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; identifies opportunities for improvement and reviews with the director.
• Develops staff reports related to building safety activities and services; presents reports to the City Council and any necessary City commission, committees and boards; performs a variety of public relations and outreach work related to assigned activities. • Receives, investigates, and responds to problems and complaints from citizens in a professional manner; identifies and reports findings and takes necessary corrective action as approved by director.
• Supervises on-site inspections of residential and commercial structures in Malibu to determine compliance with local and California building codes, approved plans and product manufacturer instructions; maintains and adjusts inspection schedules and daily routes as needed; routes inspection requests to each inspector for their daily calls. • Identifies site safety concerns and works with job site supervisors to correct any deficiencies.
• Writes “stop work” notices for work being done without permits or in an unsafe manner. • Coordinates with Geology, Coastal Engineering, Environmental Health, County Fire and Health Departments for their final releases.
• Reviews plans for site inspection and answers questions; performs plan checks for residential and commercial projects.
• Attends pre-construction site meetings with engineers, architects, contractors, and property owners.
• Provides service for all permits and plan reviews on the phone, at the public counter
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and at the job site.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge of:
• Principles, practices and procedures related to California’s building code and permit compliance.
• Operational characteristics, services and activities of a municipal building code enforcement program.
• California building, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes. • Modern and complex principles and practices of construction plan checking. • Methods and techniques of building inspection.
• Automated permit tracking and workflow systems.
• Principles of supervision and training.
• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations. • Modern principles and practices, technical and legal issues, and research methods of construction projects, building code and permit compliance, and environmental management.
• General concepts of architecture, landscaping, grading, drainage, and engineering as they relate to the process of building inspection.
• Recent developments, current literature and sources of information related to assigned functional areas.
• Construction, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, framing, and associated trades. • Modern office methods, practices, procedures, and equipment, including computer hardware and software, including Microsoft Office, Project, City permitting software, and basic GIS concepts and applications.
• Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation and the training of staff in work procedures. • Techniques for dealing effectively with the public, vendors, contractors and City staff, inperson and over the telephone.
• Techniques for providing a high level of service to the public and City staff, inperson and over the telephone.
Skill in:
• Administering complex, technical and building code compliance programs in a cooperative manner.
• Interpreting, applying and explaining complex laws, codes, regulations and ordinances. • Planning, organizing, scheduling, assigning, reviewing and evaluating the work of staff. • Training staff in work procedures.
• Evaluating and developing improvements in operations, procedures, policies, or methods.
• Researching, analyzing, and evaluating new service delivery methods, procedures andtechniques.
• Identifying and responding to issues and concerns.
• Making effective public presentations.
• Effectively representing the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies, community groups and various business, professional, and regulatory organizations and in meetings with individuals.
• Interpreting building safety programs for the general public.
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• Preparing clear and concise reports, correspondence, policies, procedures and other written materials.
• Reading plans and specifications and making effective site visits. • Effectively communicating in person, over the telephone and in writing. • Using tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Recommending and implementing goals, objectives, and practices for providing effectiveand efficient services.
• Providing leadership for the Building Safety Division. • Planning, organizing, and carrying out assignments with minimal direction. • Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in thecourse of the work.
• Providing a high level of service to both in-house staff and the public.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience which would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in building trades, construction management, architecture, civil engineering community development, or public administration or a related field.
Experience
Five (5) years of responsible professional experience inbuilding trade and field inspection, including supervision.
LICENSE
Must possess and maintain a valid California class C driver license and have a satisfactory driving record.
Must possess registration in the State of California as a Civil Engineer or Structural Engineer or Architect.
Must also possess certification as a Building Inspector and one other related trade through the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) or International Code Council (ICC) and/or certification as a Combination Inspector by ICBO or ICC.
Possession of, or ability to obtain, certification as a Building Official within one year of employment.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
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Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to inspect City development sites, to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although the job involves field inspection work requiring frequent walking at inspection site areas to monitor performance and to identify problems or hazards; standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, typewriter keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, climb, push and pull drawers open andclosed to retrieve and file information. Positions in this classification occasionally lift, move, and carry objects that typically weigh up to 40 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions but may occasionally be exposed to loud noise levels, cold and/or hot temperatures, vibration, confining workspace, chemicals, mechanical and/or electrical hazards. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
MANA
CITY OF MALIBU
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS MANAGER
Class Description
Date Established: July 2022
Date Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, manages and coordinates the Community Development Department development services functions including public engagement, processing of applications and issuance of permits; participates in the development of policies and strategies for division operations; acts as a liaison between other City departments and outside agencies; manages the effective use of division resources to improve organizational productivity and public service; provides complex professional assistance to the Director and management in areas of expertise; and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises direct supervision over professional, technical, and administrative staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management classification responsible for planning, organizing, reviewing, and evaluating the staff and operations of the Department’s development services. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities, which include developing and implementing policies and procedures for assigned programs, budget administration and reporting, and program evaluation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Incumbents serve as a professional-level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies.
Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the Department’s development services; ensures timely, efficient, effective and high-quality service delivery of permit processing.
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the division; continuously monitors the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned programs, service delivery methods, and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative, and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities and makes recommendations for improvement. • Coordinates with information technology (IT) personnel to develop and implement technologybased applications for monitoring and evaluating the department’s workload and efficiency; evaluates and implements new electronic and web-based systems and procedures to improve efficiency and enhance service.
• Performs a variety of public engagement activities including meeting with community organizations, in-house committees and focus groups, and individual members of the public; investigates and resolves complaints and meets with clients to review status of permit activity
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as needed.
• Manages the department’s legal noticing and public outreach operations including website, brochures, handouts, forms, statistical performance reports, online databases, and other means to educate members of the public of the department’s performance and procedures. • Participates in the selection of, trains, motivates, and evaluates personnel; works with employees to correct deficiencies; recommends and implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Develops requests for proposals, scope of work statements, and technical specifications; analyzes proposals and recommends selection; manages work performed by consultants for the department; performs contract administration.
• Reviews, interprets, and analyzes new and proposed legislation; determines effect of legislation on operations and programs of the organization served; advises superiors of findings; takes appropriate action in order to ensure compliance with existing rules and regulations; proposes legislation if appropriate.
• Participates in the development, administration, and oversight of assigned budget; determines funding needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; ensures compliance with budgeted funding.
• Serves as a liaison for the department with other City departments, divisions, and outside agencies; provides staff support to commissions, committees, and task forces, as necessary; negotiates and resolves significant and controversial issues. • Develops and reviews staff reports related to permit processing activities and services; presents reports to the City Council and various commissions, committees, and boards. • Assists in the department’s efforts in responding to public records requests and provides guidance regarding public records, the Public Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Brown Act.
• Responds to inquiries regarding the Municipal Code and the Local Coastal Program and its applicability to various situations, the building and planning processes in general, the existence and scope of permits and plans in effect on specific properties. • Ensures staff observe and comply with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience which would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in planning, environmental science, business or public administration, or a related field.
Experience:
Five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional experience in community development or planning, including two (2) years in a lead or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Administrative principles, practices, and methods including goal setting, program
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development, implementation and evaluation, policy and procedure development, quality control, and work standards.
• Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Principles and practices of leadership.
• Principles, practices, and procedures related to processing planning and building permits. • Principles and practices of records management.
• Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs of the assigned area of responsibility. • Modern principles and practices, technical and legal issues, and research methods of building code and permit processing and compliance.
• Recent developments, current literature and sources of information related to assigned functional areas.
• Practices of researching related legal and technical issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective staff reports. • Principles of contract administration and general principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area.
• Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration. • Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review, and evaluation and the training of staff in work procedures. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols • Techniques for providing a high level service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Select and supervise staff, provide training and development opportunities, ensure work is performed effectively, and evaluate performance in an objective and positive manner. • Develop and implement goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Provide administrative, management, and professional leadership for the Development Services Division.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Analyze, interpret, summarize, and present administrative and technical information and data in an effective manner.
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods, procedures, and techniques.
• Making effective public presentations.
• Effectively represent the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies, community groups and various business, professional, and regulatory organizations and in meetings with individuals.
• Interpret permitting programs for the general public. • Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, and other written materials. • Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
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• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
When assigned to an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone; ability to stand and walk between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER
Class Description
July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, manages, and evaluates the City’s comprehensive emergency management program. The Emergency Services Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts, and ensures coordination and planning across departments for the City’s response to natural disasters and national security emergencies; manages the City’s emergency notification system; serves as liaison to public safety agencies, other governmental and external agencies; performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from the Public Safety Director. Exercises general and direct supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management-level classification responsible for program oversight, policy development, and strategic direction of the City’s emergency management function. Incumbents perform diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities, including development and implementation of policies and procedures, budget preparation and administration, contract and procurement management, program evaluation, and regulatory compliance. Performance of the work requires considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad policy guidelines.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Directs and manages the City’s emergency management program, including preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
• Establishes program goals, priorities, and performance metrics; evaluates program effectiveness and operational efficiency; and recommends and implements, upon approval, policy and procedural improvements to enhance program outcomes. • Participates in the development of the program budget; maintains fiscal records; and monitors expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgetary limits. • Researches, plans, develops, and implements emergency management plans and programs in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations; organizes and oversees emergency preparedness activities and related initiatives. • Serves as a liaison with City departments, divisions, and external agencies; provides staff support to commissions, committees, and task forces, as assigned; and facilitates resolution of complex and sensitive issues.
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• Coordinates with agencies, vendors, subject matter experts, and the public to support disaster preparedness, emergency operations, and public safety programs; provides information and guidance regarding assigned programs and services. • Directs and supports emergency response efforts during incidents, including activation and management of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), coordination of resource allocation, and deployment of personnel and equipment; may serve as the City’s Liaison Officer during emergency operations.
• Plans, coordinates, and oversees emergency management training programs for City staff and the public, including Emergency Operations Center procedures, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and fire extinguisher use. • Oversees and administers workplace safety programs for City staff, including development of training materials, guidance documents, and informational resources. • Prepares and presents staff reports and program updates to the Public Safety Commission, City Manager, and external agencies; conducts public outreach and engagement activities, including staffing and supervising emergency preparedness events and community education efforts.
• Represents the City in coordination with the local school district, business groups, and other community stakeholders to review and enhance emergency preparedness, evacuation planning, and resilience efforts.
• Develops, administers, and monitors grants and associated work plans; ensures compliance with funding requirements; and provides recommendations to management regarding program implementation and regulatory compliance. • Serves as a Director on the Board of Disaster Management Area B and represents the City in regional emergency management coordination efforts. • Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in emergency management, public or business administration, or a related field.
Experience:
Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in emergency management or public safety, disaster response, and/or other related emergency preparedness programs, including at least two (2) years in a lead or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Possession of a Professional Development Series certification issued by the State Office of Emergency Services to be maintained throughout employment • Completion of Standardized Emergency Management System training • Completion of FEMA ICS 100 & 200 and IS 700 & 800.
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Knowledge of:
• Advanced principles and practices of program planning, implementation, administration, and evaluation
• Principles and practices of public administration, including budgeting, fiscal management, and program oversight
• Principles and practices of grant development, administration, and compliance • Principles, practices, and procedures related to emergency management, including disaster preparedness, emergency operations, public safety administration, and special event coordination
• Incident Command System (ICS), Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines governing emergency management, disaster response, and reimbursement processes • Methods and techniques for developing, coordinating, and delivering training programs and exercises
• Recent developments, current literature, and emerging trends in emergency management and homeland security
• Principles and techniques for facilitating group collaboration and fostering effective team dynamics
• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of a comprehensive municipal emergency management program
• City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols • Techniques for providing a high level of service and effectively engaging with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff
• The structure and content of the English language, including grammar, composition, and business writing standards
• Modern office practices, methods, and equipment, including computers and software • applications used for program, project, and task coordination Ability to:
• Lead, direct, and manage complex emergency management programs encompassing preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate staff; provide leadership, training, and performance feedback to ensure effective program delivery
• Develop, implement, and evaluate policies, procedures, and strategic plans to enhance program effectiveness and organizational readiness
• Coordinate effectively with executive leadership, City departments, and external agencies to support Citywide emergency management objectives • Exercise sound, independent judgment and make effective decisions under emergency and high-pressure conditions
• Administer programs with a high degree of independence while fostering collaboration across departments and stakeholder groups
• Analyze operational needs and evaluate services, procedures, and practices; recommend and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness • Establish and implement program goals, objectives, and best practices aligned with organizational priorities
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods, technologies, and techniques to improve program outcomes
• Identify and respond to issues, concerns, and priorities of City management, the City Council, commissions, committees, and community stakeholders • Represent the department and the City effectively in meetings with governmental agencies, community organizations, businesses, and regulatory bodies
Emergency Services Manager
• Prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive reports, correspondence, and other written materials
• Deliver effective public presentations and communicate complex information to diverse audiences
• Exercise tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within established policies and procedures
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate grammar and professional standards
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Utilize computer systems, software applications, and modern business equipment to effectively perform assigned duties
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Participates in an after-hours emergency response program for on-call assignments.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2024
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, assists in planning, directing, administering and evaluating the City-wide Wastewater Management Program; develops and implements ordinances and regulations to promote the facilitation of decentralized wastewater treatment facilities, safety inspections, training and policy administration; administers and conducts plan check reviews of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems; provides complex professional staff assistance to the Community Development Department in areas of expertise; and performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises functional supervision over technical and clerical staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This journey-level classification is responsible for independently performing professional duties in support of a comprehensive wastewater management program, including program budget development and maintenance and administrative functions. Positions at this level exercise judgment and initiative in their assigned tasks, receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Assists in planning, organizing, managing, and directing the City’s Wastewater Management Program, which ensures the environmental compliance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS), including the Operating Permit program. • Reviews and evaluates OWTS submittals for conformance with applicable state, local, and City codes, regulations, and ordinance.
• Conducts inspections and investigations for compliance with applicable OWTS codes and ordinances.
• Assists in the City’s compliance with the Local Agency Management Plan development and Memorandum of Understanding with the Regional Water Quality Control Board. • Provides technical staff support in the review of OWTS documents, reports and legislation as needed.
• Supervises and directs the work of outside consultants to develop or implement projects related to the Wastewater Management Program and related OWTS projects.
Environmental Health Administrator
• Plans, develops, and coordinates public outreach and educational programs regarding OWTS issues for the community and interest groups; designs and creates educational materials, such as brochures and flyers.
• Represents the department and its environmental programs to other City departments, outside agencies, and the community; coordinates division activities with those of other departments and outside agencies and organizations.
• Participates in and makes presentations to the City Council and a variety of boards and commissions; attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of environmental programming. • Assists and participates in Technical Advisory meetings, Community Outreach Meetings, and related community and City boards and committees.
• Prepares, reviews, and completes various reports, including special reports as requested, and related memoranda and documents.
• Receives, investigates, and responds to citizen complaints, inquiries, and requests for services.
• Monitors changes in laws, regulations and technology that may affect the assigned program; implements wastewater policy and procedural changes as required. • Provides training for City staff upon request.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in environmental science, public health, biological science, chemistry, physical science, or a related field.
Experience:
Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in wastewater treatment system design, construction, inspection, and/or compliance, including experience with onsite treatment systems.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Must possess and maintain a valid California class C driver license and have a satisfactory driving record.
• Must possess and maintain a valid certificate of registration as an Environmental Health Specialist in the State of California, or a Registered Civil Engineer, or a Registered Geologist, or equivalent.
Knowledge of:
• Principles, practices, and methods of planning, developing, implementing, and administering municipal wastewater management programs. • Systems and other environmental issues relating to wastewater management programs • Methods of research, program analyses, product analyses, and report preparation. • Principles and practices of effective program management and coordination, including long and short-range planning.
Environmental Health Administrator
• Basic principles and practices of contract negotiation and administration. • Marketing, public information, and community relations concepts including negotiation techniques and presentation skills.
• Hazardous materials storage, treatment, and disposal. • Principles and procedures of record keeping and reporting. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Plan, develop, and implement a Wastewater Management Program and coordinate with other agencies.
• Recommend comprehensive wastewater planning policies and programs based upon community needs, available resources and overall City priorities and policies. • Coordinate the Wastewater Management Program with other departments and agencies and prepare sound, oral and written reports, and recommendations. • Identify and analyze complex technical, operational, and administrative problems and evaluate alternative solutions, and recommend or adopt effective changes; present ideas persuasively in both oral and written formats.
• Conduct cost analyses and administer program budgets. • Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Effectively represent the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies; community groups; various business, professional, and regulatory organizations; and in meetings with individuals.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
Environmental Health Administrator
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit and inspect various City and construction sites; stamina to walk on uneven terrain; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is partly a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. The job also involves field inspection work requiring frequent walking at inspection site areas to monitor performance and to identify problems or hazards. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Positions in this classification occasionally lift and carry equipment, objects, reports, and records that typically weigh less than 20 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS MANAGER
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, oversees, coordinates and manages the work of staff performing difficult and complex professional, technical, and office support related to all programs and activities of the Environmental Programs Division; participates in the development of policies and strategies for department operations; administers environmental services and compliance programs including stormwater, solid waste and recycling, water, and hazardous and toxic material control and disposal; provides professional assistance to the Public Works Department, the City Council and others in areas of expertise; oversees, reviews and performs a variety of studies and prepares and presents staff reports; and performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises direct supervision over professional, technical, and administrative staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management classification responsible for planning, organizing, reviewing, and evaluating the staff and operations of the Environmental Programs Division in the Public Works Department. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities, which include developing and implementing policies and procedures for assigned programs, budget administration and reporting, and program evaluation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Incumbents serve as a professional-level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the Environmental Programs Division; manages and administers environmental services and compliance programs including stormwater, solid waste and recycling, water, and hazardous and toxic material control and disposal.
• Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the division; continuously monitors the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned programs, service delivery methods, and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative, and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities and makes recommendations for improvement. • Participates in the development, administration, and oversight of division budget; determines funding needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; ensures compliance with
Environmental Programs Manager
budgeted funding; identifies and secures local, state, and federal funding opportunities for code enforcement activities.
• Participates in the selection of, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned personnel; works with employees to correct deficiencies; recommends and implements discipline and termination procedures.
• Continuously monitors and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities for improvement and reviews with the Public Works Director.
• Plans, directs, coordinates, and reviews the work plan for the Environmental Programs Division; meets with staff to identify and resolve problems; assigns work activities, projects, and programs; monitors workflow; reviews and evaluates work products, methods, and procedures.
• Oversees the planning and implementation of stormwater management and other clean water programs which encourage the flow of clean water into streams and the ocean. • Oversees the planning and implementation of solid waste management, integrated waste management, recycling and waste prevention, hazardous waste disposal, hazardous and toxic material control programs, safety inspections, training, and policy administration. • Plans, develops, oversees, and directs the implementation of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) policies and procedures; and public outreach or education campaigns for NPDES compliance; directs the preparation of the Annual NPDES Report. • Plans, organizes, oversees, and directs annual inspections of businesses and industry establishments for compliance with NPDES requirements; Integrated Waste Management Act and other regulatory and local environmental requirements; directs the provision of training. • Plans, develops, implements, and manages various environmental plans to meet regulatory requirements.
• Plans, organizes, manages, and directs programs which encourage environmentally sound and cost-effective methods for the disposal of garbage, recovery of recyclables and waste prevention.
• Plans, develops, and implements solid waste policies and procedures to comply with recycling laws and regulations.
• Prepares and monitors program grants and related proposals. • Plans, develops, and directs the coordination of public outreach and educational programs dealing with environmental issues of the community and interest groups. • Serves as a liaison for the Public Works Department with other City departments, divisions, and outside agencies; attends meetings, as necessary; provides staff support to commissions, committees, and task forces, as necessary; negotiates and resolves significant and controversial issues.
• Provides highly complex staff assistance to the Public Works Director; prepares and presents staff reports and other necessary correspondence.
• Conducts a variety of organizational studies, investigations, and operational studies; recommends modifications to environmental programs, policies, and procedures, as appropriate.
• Develops and reviews staff reports related to environmental programming activities and services; presents reports to the City Council and various commissions, committees, and boards; performs a variety of public relations and outreach work related to environmental program activities.
• Participates on a variety of boards, commissions, committees, and task forces; attends and participates in professional groups and committees; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of environmental programming.
Environmental Programs Manager
• Receives, directs, and conducts investigations, and responds to problems and complaints from citizens in a professional manner; identifies and reports findings and takes necessary corrective action.
• Monitors changes in laws, regulations and technology that may affect the City’s environmental programs; implements policy and procedural changes as required. • Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in environmental science, public health, biological science, chemistry, or a related field.
Experience:
Six (6) years of increasingly responsible experience administering and coordinating environmental programs, including two (2) years of lead or supervisory experience.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Must possess and maintain a valid California class C driver license and have a satisfactory driving record.
Knowledge of:
• Administrative principles, practices, and methods including goal setting, program development, implementation and evaluation, policy and procedure development, quality control, and work standards.
• Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs.
• Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation and the training of staff in work procedures. • Recent developments, current literature and sources of information related to environmental programs.
• Geographic, socio-economic, political, and other elements related to areas of assignment. • Practices of researching work-related issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective staff reports. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices in the management of solid waste practices, stormwater/NPDES, and other environmental issues.
• Environmental issues and concerns related to solid, hazardous, and recoverable waste collection and disposal; solid waste and recycling programs. • Principles of contract administration and general principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area.
• Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration.
Environmental Programs Manager
• Marketing, public information, and community relations concepts including negotiation techniques and presentation skills.
• City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Select and supervise staff, provide training and development opportunities, ensure work is performed effectively, and evaluate performance in an objective and positive manner. • Develop and implement goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Provide administrative, management, and professional leadership for the Environmental Programs Division.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Administer complex, technical, and sensitive environmental programs in an independent and cooperative manner.
• Plan, design, implement, and administer comprehensive environmental planning policies and programs based upon community needs, available resources and overall City priorities and policies.
• Conduct complex research projects, evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective technical staff reports. • Interpret, apply, and explain complex laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances. • Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods, procedures, and techniques.
• Identify and respond to City Council issues and concerns. • Make effective public presentations.
• Effectively represent the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies, community groups and various business, professional, and regulatory organizations and in meetings with individuals
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, policies, and procedures. • Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
Environmental Programs Manager
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to inspect various City sites, to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although the job may involve some field inspection work requiring walking at inspection site areas to identify problems or hazards; standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, typewriter keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, climb, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Positions in this classification occasionally lift, move, and carry objects that typically weigh up to 20 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions but may occasionally be exposed to loud noise levels, cold and/or hot temperatures, vibration, chemicals, mechanical and/or electrical hazards. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ANALYST
Class Description
Established: June 2017
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Non-exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction or supervision, plans, implements and coordinates specialized programs and projects within the City and the Public Works Department; conducts analytical studies and policy analysis and participates in budget preparation and administration; conducts inspections for illicit discharge and compliance with regulations and policies; develops and implements community education and outreach programs on environmental compliance, water and energy efficiency, conservation, and related sustainability programs; develops, summarizes and maintains programmatic and administrative records; fosters cooperative working relationships among City departments and acts as liaison to various community, public and regulatory agencies; performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives direction from the assigned supervisory or management personnel. May exercise functional supervision over technical and clerical staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This journey-level classification is responsible for independently performing professional duties in support of departmental programs, budget development and maintenance and administrative functions. Positions at this level exercise judgment and initiative in their assigned tasks, receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Develops, implements, coordinates, and administers programs and projects in areas such as clean water, energy efficiency, green building, solar, watershed management, sustainable procurement, and hazardous materials management. • Research environmental and sustainability issues, conducts studies and prepares reports recommending appropriate courses of action and strategies in support of the goals and objectives of the Public Works Department.
• Coordinates and/or assists in the preparation and administration of the environmental program budget.
• Conducts complex studies, statistical analysis, needs assessments and evaluations of sustainable programs and policies; prepares and presents written and oral reports recommending appropriate courses of action.
• Develops and implements community outreach and education program on environmental and sustainability topics and issues.
• As assigned, performs inspections for illicit discharge and compliance with NPDES and other regulations and policies; receive, investigate, and conduct site visits to citizen complaints, inquiries, and service requests regarding illicit discharges and other environmental concerns.
Environmental Sustainability Analyst
• Identifies best practices in specific program or service areas and composes reports, summaries, analyses, and recommendations.
• Serves as liaison to the City’s Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee. • Disseminates information and handles complaints and requests for information. • Participates in professional organizations to promote City programs and to stay current with the latest trends and innovations in sustainability and the environment. • Monitors changes in laws, regulations and technology that may affect the City’s regulatory obligations and environmental programs; implements policy and procedural changes as required.
• Interprets and applies rules, regulations, and policies to environmental and sustainability programs.
• Assists in the implementation of solar energy improvements to City Hall, the transition to an electric vehicle fleet, and the upgrading of City facilities for higher efficiency. • Researches potential outside funding sources for local programs and prepares grant applications and accompanying reports, as necessary.
• Trains and coordinates the work of support personnel in area of assignment, as assigned; direct the work of outside consultants.
• Represents the Public Works Department and its environmental programs to other City departments, outside agencies, and the community; coordinates department activities with those of other departments and outside agencies and organizations. • Participates in and makes presentations to the City Council and a variety of boards and commissions; attends and participates in professional group meetings. • Provides technical staff support in review of environmental documents and legislation; assists in preparation of ordinances and other supporting program documents; assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in environmental science, urban planning, biological science, chemistry, public or business administration, or a related field.
Experience:
Three (3) years of experience performing research and analysis, community education and outreach, or program administration and compliance related to sustainability and environmental programs.
License:
• Must possess and maintain a valid California class C driver license and have a satisfactory driving record.
Knowledge of:
• Principles, practices, and techniques of public administration and program management, with emphasis in sustainability and environmental programs and policy.
Environmental Sustainability Analyst
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to the environment and sustainability.
• Energy efficiency, green building standards, and building science. • Principles, practices and techniques of research and analysis • Professional report writing.
• Basic principles and practices of budget preparation. • Principles of program planning, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation. • Principles and procedures of record keeping and reporting. • Marketing, public information, and community relations concepts including negotiation techniques and presentation skills.
• Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups and various business, professional, educational, regulatory, and legislative organizations.
• City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Plan, implement, and coordinate a variety of environmental and sustainability programs and projects.
• Coordinate programs with other departments and agencies and prepare sound, oral and written reports, and recommendations.
• Identify and analyze complex technical, operational, and administrative problems and evaluating alternative solutions, and recommend or adopt effective changes; presenting ideas persuasively in both oral and written formats.
• Conducting cost analyses and administering program budgets. • Interpret and apply the policies, procedures, laws, and regulations pertaining to assigned programs and functions.
• Prepare and maintain accurate and complete records.
• Respond to requests and inquiries from the public.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Lead and train staff.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
Environmental Sustainability Analyst
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
When assigned to an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone; ability to stand and walk between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information.
When assigned to field work, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; possess the strength, stamina, and mobility to perform light physical work; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions and work in progress. The job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects averaging a weight of 20 pounds, or heavier weights, in all cases with the use of proper equipment and/or assistance from other staff.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
MEDIA ASSISTANT
Class Description
July 2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
DEFINITION
Under the general direction or supervision, the Media Assistant assists with the planning and implementation of audio-visual systems and media marketing plans for the City of Malibu, Community Services Department, and other City Departments. Performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This position is a mid-level position that assists with the creation of marketing and social media plans and content, designs graphics and other visual products, takes photographs of programs and events, and assists with the production of the Department Recreation Guide and City Newsletter.
The City is committed to providing community services in a professional manner with strong emphasis on providing a high level of service. The Media Assistant is expected to provide services in such a manner.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Creates marketing plans and content for social media platforms • Maintains content calendars and assists with creating media project timelines and deadlines
• Researches and compiles media marketing analytics information • Proofreads social media marketing materials for accuracy, completeness, compliance with departmental policies, formatting, and correct English usage, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Designs graphics and other visual products for City events and programs • Ensures all media materials follow City and Department guidelines • Conducts research on industry trends, platform updates, and campaigns • Takes photographs of City programs, facilities, and special events • Creates videos and edits voice-overs for Department events and programs • Attends Department events and programs to visually document participation, conduct interviews with instructors, artists, and participants
• Assists with the production of the Department Recreation Guide and City Newsletter • Organizes and maintains digital files
• Recommends equipment purchases or replacement pieces
• Performs other duties as assigned
Media Assistant
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
• Graphic design and illustrative social media marketing • Knowledge of using existing and emerging social media platforms • Understanding of principles of effective communication, messaging consistency, and storytelling basics
• Analytic and key performance indicator reporting for engagement and reach • Experience operating cameras and mics to produce b-roll and edit audio and video • Ability to recommend adjustments to existing technical operations to improve the quality or process of the social media marketing needs of a City event or program
Skill in:
• Prioritizing multiple projects and requests
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, and/or other design software programs • Operating modern office equipment, including telephone, computer equipment, and software programs
• Using English to effectively communicate in person and over the telephone • Strong foundational writing skills and ability to write captions, headlines, blurbs, and short articles.
• Ability to edit content for clarity, tone, and match City and Department guidelines • Using initiative and independent judgment with established policy and procedural guidelines
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with City employees and the public contacted in the course of the work
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
• Candidate must be at least 18 years of age by the time of employment • High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of one year of responsible prior experience in social media or marketing environment
• Currently enrolled in college or college degree is highly desirable
License/Certifications:
Certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and Standard First Aid upon hire. Must possess and maintain a valid California class C driver license and have a satisfactory driving record. Other certifications may be required depending on program assignment.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Media Assistant
Must possess mobility to safely operate a motor vehicle to visit various City and meeting sites; mobility to safely operate an all-terrain utility vehicle for programs and events; ability to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, typewriter keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. May walk up to several hundred yards to observe a program, assist participants and patrons, or inspect a facility. Employee will occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employee requires the ability to stand for long periods. Employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 75 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
PLANNING TECHNICIAN
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction or supervision, performs technical support duties to assist in the day-today operations of the Community Development Department; reviews and processes land use applications; reviews planning projects for consistency with City standards and applicable planning regulations; provides assistance to the public at the front counter, over the phone, or via email with planning issues, projects, policies and procedures; assists with gathering, reviewing and summarizing data required by professional planning staff; and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from the assigned supervisory or management personnel.
Exercises no direct supervision over staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This journey-level classification is responsible for independently performing technical duties in support of the City’s current and advanced planning functions and professional staff. Positions at this level exercise judgment and initiative in their assigned tasks, receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Provides appropriate information and assistance at the front counter, on the phone, and through email communication by answering questions and providing information regarding zoning, land use, the City’s General Plan, current projects, and departmental policies and functions.
• Provides administrative support to professional planners on basic current and advanced planning projects, coordination with project applicants, preparation and posting of legal notices, and conducting background research.
• Prepares charts, diagrams, and maps for illustration in planning studies, public hearings, presentations, and board and commission meetings.
• Performs routine plan check functions for various projects to ensure compliance with regulations, municipal code, and policies; identifies necessary corrections and notifies clients of required actions.
• Receives and reviews applications for planning permits for accuracy and completeness; routes applications to appropriate planning staff.
• Performs administrative duties including typing, filing, copying documents, and record keeping; prepares forms, studies, and staff reports, as assigned. • Maintains and updates zoning and General Plan maps.
• Performs site visits to verify site conditions with respect to plan checks or zoning compliance. • Observes and complies with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
Planning Technician
• Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Education:
Equivalent to an associate degree in urban planning, land development, or a related field.
Experience:
One (1) year of experience providing technical support to a planning or land development program.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver License, a satisfactory driving record, and a properly registered and insured vehicle, to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Municipal planning principles, techniques, practices and procedures including knowledge of general plans, zoning ordinances, specific plans and development standards and practices.
• Practices of researching planning issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective technical staff reports. • Researching and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures. • Operational characteristics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and their application to planning processes.
• Methods and techniques of reviewing a diverse range of applications for accuracy and completeness.
• Terminology, symbols, methods, techniques, and instruments used in planning and map drafting.
• Graphic illustration and presentation techniques.
• Basic organization and function of public agencies, including the role of an elected City Council and appointed boards and commissions.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Interpret and explain planning and zoning programs to the general public. • Receive and respond to a variety of questions from the general public, contractors and developers or refer to higher level planning staff.
• Review applications for accuracy and completeness; process and/or submit to planning staff for action.
• Conduct routine research on planning and zoning related matters and prepare findings. • Read and understand technical drawings and specifications.
Planning Technician
• Interpret topographic maps and site plans.
• Deal constructively with conflict and develop creative solutions. • Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy and procedural guidelines.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
While working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
When performing work in the field, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions; the job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
Planning Technician
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
PRINCIPAL PLANNER
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, the Principal Planner handles complex activities, projects, and programs within the Community Development Department; provides professional assistance to the department, the City Council, the Planning Commission and others in areas of expertise; oversees, reviews and performs a variety of studies and prepares and presents staff reports; performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from the assigned supervisory or management personnel.
Exercises general and direct supervision over professional, technical, and administrative staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
The Principal Planner is the advanced journey-level class in this professional planning series with responsibilities spanning the entire spectrum of the planning function, but with a primary emphasis on current and advanced planning and issues in a developing City.
Successful performance of the work requires a broad professional background as well as skill in coordinating assigned work with that of other City departments and public agencies.
Responsibilities may include assisting with performing specified departmental day-to-day administrative functions. This class requires the frequent use of independent judgment as well as a knowledge of departmental and City activities. This class is distinguished from Planning Manager in that the latter provides full supervisory review to staff in addition to handling the most complex and sensitive planning projects.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. • Works with the director or designee to develop and implement policies and regulations relating to land use, including the City’s General Plan and Local Coastal Plan, specific plans, zoning annexations and other pertinent ordinances and policies.
• Manages applications and permit review on residential and commercial projects • Assists with tasks assigned to the director or designee in the Municipal Code and LCP, including conducting hearings as required.
• Manages preparation of environmental impact reports.
Principal Planner
• Coordinates compliance with CEQA for complex City activities/projects. • Assists with activities of the department and planning division • With the director or designee, develops, recommends, and implements technical and operational procedures and systems to improve efficiency in the City’s planning operations.
• Acts as back-up liaison to the City’s Planning Commission. • Assists the director or designee with preparation and presentation of staff reports. for the City Council, commissions, committees, and City Advisory group agendas • Assists the director or designee with interpretations of applicable planning regulations and policies.
• Responds to citizen inquiries and requests for service; facilitates positive resolutions to planning issues and problems.
• Acts as liaison to boards and study groups.
• Represents the City at various regional planning meetings. • Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
• Urban planning principles and practices, including extensive working knowledge of municipal planning, zoning, subdivision, conservation, environmental quality, permit, and project development issues.
• Site design principals, geography, basic architecture, basic landscape architecture and environmental implications.
• Geographic Information System (GIS).
• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
• State housing law.
• Local coastal planning.
Skill in:
• Managing and supervising professional and administrative support staff. • Preparing and presenting written and oral reports and other planning related documents.
• Problem solving and dispute resolution.
• Managing multiple complex cases.
• Interpreting land use, topographic, physical, and natural land features on planning maps, plans and other documents.
• Balancing competing land use goals.
• Performing research and statistical analysis relative to urban planning, zoning, and community development.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with City staff, elected officials, and the public.
• Using English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone and in writing.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience which would provide the required knowledge,
Principal Planner
skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in urban planning, geography, landscape architecture, or a closely related field. Possession of a Master’s degree in either city planning or public administration with emphasis in city planning and certification by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) are highly desirable.
Experience:
Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional level experience in urban planning, including two (2) years of supervisory experience Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
While working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
When performing work in the field, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions; the job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances.
Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset
Principal Planner
staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Class Description
Established: July 2024
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, develops, and implements comprehensive public information, public relations, communications, media relations, marketing, and outreach programs for the City; collaborates with executive and senior management staff and elected officials to develop strategic approaches to public information; oversees city-wide strategic and ongoing communications, social media, branding, and media efforts to ensure consistent and effective management of information; proactively identifies emerging communications issues and recommends strategies to address them; serves as the media liaison and responds to requests from the media; provides complex and responsible support to the City Manager’s Office, and provides professional assistance to the City and others in areas of expertise and performs related duties as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises direct supervision over professional, technical, and administrative staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management classification responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the internal and external communications for the City. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities, which include developing policies, procedures, priorities, and standards and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Incumbents serve as a professional level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Serves as key City spokesperson and coordinates two-way information flow with the media, community, businesses, non-profit organizations, and other agencies to ensure effective and efficient media relations.
• Develops, implements, and coordinates the City’s communication’s strategies and policies to foster understanding among the public and City employees of City-wide vision, strategic priorities, program goals, and services; synthesizes vision, mission, strategic goals, and key issues into concrete messages for educational, informational, and marketing purposes; establishes and maintains unified City messaging, communications, and branding. • Plans, designs, produces, oversees, and implements a wide variety of public information, communications, marketing, and outreach programs and initiatives; coordinates programs and activities with other divisions or departments; confers with representatives of other agencies, vendors, and the public.
Public Information Officer
• Develops and implements a comprehensive media relations program and acts as City spokesperson with media representatives; drafts press releases and provides information in response to news media inquiries; facilitates interviews with staff and City Council; coordinates media coverage through press releases and news conferences. • Serves as an advisor for executive management and City Council on media, communications, and marketing matters; assists in preparing for public presentations, including drafting speeches, presentations, and background information.
• Manages the City’s social media channels to ensure strong communication flow between the City and residents; assists in maintaining the City’s website; provides guidance and oversight to City departments regarding online content.
• Oversees and participates in the development of a variety of informational and promotional materials, including newsletter, website content, informational presentations, and related public information and outreach materials for the City. • Oversees and coordinates emergency communications to the public and the media as part of the city's emergency response, ensures emergency instructions and critical information is disseminated to the public and other audiences. Represents the City in meetings and community and special events.
• Responds to a variety of questions and provides information to the public and outside organizations; investigates and responds to complaints and inquiries; recommends corrective actions to resolve issues.
• Develops and monitors the division’s annual budget; identifies resource needs and prepares cost estimates; monitors expenditures.
• Attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in media relations, communication, and marketing; research emerging products and enhancements and their applicability to City needs. • Maintains files, databases, and records related to public information and community outreach; prepares a variety of written reports, memoranda, and correspondence. • Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in journalism, media relations, communications, media production, or related field.
Experience:
Five (5) years of increasingly responsible communications, marking, public information, and/or community outreach work experience, including two (2) years of lead or supervisory experience.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.
Public Information Officer
Knowledge of:
• Organization and management practices as applied to the development, analysis, and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs of the assigned area of responsibility.
• Administrative principles, practices, and methods including goal setting, program development, implementation and evaluation, policy and procedure development, quality control, and work standards.
• Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Principles, practices, and emerging trends of effective public communications, public relations, marketing communications, and community outreach. • Principles and practices of strategic communications planning. • Methods and techniques for advertising, marketing, branding, and media planning. • Techniques for preparing effective written and visual materials. • Principles and techniques of contemporary communications channels, including social media, video production (visual storytelling), advertising, publications, public access broadcast operations, etc.
• Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with the media, governmental agencies, community groups, and various business, professional, and regulatory organizations.
• Principles and practices of television production, camera systems, editing systems, web page design, ftp, computer graphics and digital photography. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Principles and practices of public sector budget development and administration. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Develop and implement goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Effectively represent the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies; community groups; various business, professional, and regulatory organizations; and in meetings with individuals.
• Provide effective public communications, public relations, marketing communications, and community outreach services.
• Prepare effective written and graphic informational, educational, and interpretive materials.
• Make effective presentations to individuals and groups of varying ages, interests, and backgrounds.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, media content, correspondence, procedures, and other written materials.
• Maintain a variety of filing, recordkeeping, and tracking systems. • Handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately. • Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
Public Information Officer
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to inspect various City sites, to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although the job may involve some field inspection work requiring walking at inspection site areas to identify problems or hazards; standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, typewriter keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, climb, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Positions in this classification occasionally lift, move, and carry objects that typically weigh up to 20 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. May work out-of-doors in all weather conditions to direct the operation of telecasts and operate equipment. May travel to sites outside of the City. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER
Class Description
Established: January 2017
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, manages complex professional and administrative functions related to the City’s public safety programs and contract services for law enforcement, parking enforcement, and homeless outreach; serves as liaison to public safety agencies, other governmental and social service agencies; coordinates City and outside agency resources to address public safety concerns, and performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from the Public Safety Director. Exercises general and direct supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management classification responsible for planning, organizing, reviewing and evaluating programs within the Public Safety Services Division. Successful performance of the work requires an extensive professional background as well as skill in coordinating departmental work with that of other City departments and outside agencies.
Responsibilities include addressing a variety of public safety concerns in the community and managing the City’s public safety contract services .
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. • Manages the development and implementation of public safety-related goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned programs; recommends and administers policies and procedures.
• Conducts research and analysis to develop strategies to address current and emerging public safety concerns.
• Manages the City’s parking enforcement program including managing contract services; analyzing critical issues; identifying solutions; implementing new strategies; and evaluating program effectiveness.
• Manages the cities response to homelessness including overseeing contract services for homeless outreach; coordinating with outside agencies to address encampments; working with outside agencies to obtain grants to support homeless outreach efforts; conducting the annual homeless count; and responding to requests from residents and businesses for assistance with issues related to unhoused individuals.
Public Safety Manager
• Serves as the lead for the City’s Homeless Working Group and represent the City on regional homeless working groups and committees.
• Oversees the implementation of the PCH safety programs including the Automatic License Plate Reader cameras, speed cameras, and PCH safety public education. • Manages and assists in the development and administration of Public Safety Services Division budget, including monitoring contract services expenditures. • Serves as the liaison to the City’s Volunteers on Patrol (VOP) program. • Develops staff reports and presentations to provide information to, and obtain approval from, the City Council for a variety of public safety programs and issues. • Provides staff support to the Public Safety Commission, other committees, and task forces, as necessary.
• Coordinates with the City’s Media Information Office for proper dissemination of public safety information.
• Prepares, maintains, and updates program documents, reports, records, and files. • Confers with a variety of agencies, vendors, subject matter experts, and the general public in acquiring information and coordinating public safety programs. • Performs a variety of public relations and outreach work related to assigned activities, including staffing and supervising Public Safety booths at public events. • Represents the City in the community and with local organizations to review public safety efforts and strategies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in public administration or closely related field, and five (5) years of responsible professional experience in managing and administering public safety programs and contract services in a municipal setting.
License:
Must possess and maintain a valid California class C driver license and have a satisfactory driving record.
Knowledge of:
• Modern law enforcement procedures and practices.
• Principals of homeless outreach and services.
• Principles of contract procurement and management.
• Modern principles and practices of program development, research methods of assigned programs and administration.
• Ability to establish and facilitate cooperative working relationships with employees and community groups to work effectively and collaboratively. • Ability to develop and standardize procedures and methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness the City’s public safety priorities.
Public Safety Manager
• Practices of researching program issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective reports. • Modern office methods, practices, procedures, and equipment, including computer hardware and software.
• Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration. • Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations • General principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area.
• Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups, various business, professional, educational, and regulatory organizations, and with the public.
• Techniques for dealing effectively with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff, in person and over the telephone.
• Techniques for providing a high level of service to public and City staff, in person and over the telephone.
Skill in:
• Administering complex programs in an independent and cooperative manner. • Providing administrative and professional leadership and direction for the City of Malibu’s public safety programs.
• Providing leadership and guidance during emergency situations. • Conducting complex research projects, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing effective and complex written reports. • Interpreting, applying, and explaining complex laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances.
• Evaluating and developing improvements in operations, procedures, policies, or methods
• Identifying and responding to issues and concerns of City management, the City Council and a variety of professional groups, commissions, and committees. • Effectively representing the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies, community groups and various businesses, professional, and regulatory organizations and in meetings with individuals. • Planning, organizing, scheduling, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating the work of staff.
• Making effective public presentations.
• Providing exceptional service to City staff, department, stakeholders, and the general public.
• Operating modern office equipment including computer equipment and software programs.
• Using English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone and in writing.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with employees and those contacted in the course of the work.
Public Safety Manager
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle, to visit various meeting sites; strength, stamina, and mobility to perform medium to heavy physical work, operate varied hand and power tools and construction equipment; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. The job involves field inspection work requiring frequent walking at inspection site areas to monitor performance and to identify problems or hazards. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification bend, stoop, kneel, reach, and climb to perform work and inspect work sites; lift, move, and carry materials and equipment weighing up to 75 pounds and heavier weights with the use of proper equipment; and push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information.
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
Employees primarily work in an office environment with moderate noise levels and controlled temperature conditions, although there may be occasional exposure to inclement weather conditions, noise, dust, and potentially hazardous materials.
Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, road hazards, and may interact with difficult individuals. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Participates in an afterhours emergency response program for on-call assignments.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIALIST
Class Description
Date Established: July 2018
Date Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction or supervision, is responsible for assisting in the implementation and coordination of the City’s Public Safety Programs.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a journey-level position in the Public Safety Department. Successful performance of the work requires some professional background as well as skill in coordinating departmental work with that of other City departments and public agencies. Responsibilities include performing many of the department’s day-to-day administrative functions.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Coordinate public safety public education events.
• Assist in implementing the Community Emergency Response Team program. • Assist in maintaining the City’s Emergency Operations Center. • Assist in maintaining the City’s emergency supplies and equipment. • Represent the Public Safety Department at special events. • Prepare, maintain, and update program documents, reports, and records. • Responds to public inquiries for information.
• Assist in updating Public Safety website and posting information to social media. • Assist in posting public safety alerts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, or related field.
Public Safety Specialist
Experience:
One (1) to two (2) years of professional experience in in emergency management or public safety programs, preferably within a local government environment. Completion of Incident Command System and Standardized Emergency Management System coursework.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Principles, practices, and procedures related to emergency management, emergency operations, public safety administration, and special event coordination. • Community Emergency Response Team program management and implementation. • Computer applications related to the work, including word processing, spreadsheet, and website and social media applications.
Skill in:
• Planning and coordinating programs, community meetings and training. • Planning, scheduling, assigning, directing, and reviewing the work of volunteers. • Preparing clear and concise reports, correspondence, and other written materials. • Operating modern office equipment including computer equipment and software programs including Microsoft Office.
• Using tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. • Public speaking
• Providing exceptional service to coworkers, internal stakeholders, and members of the public.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodations that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
While working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
When performing work in the field, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions; the job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations.
Public Safety Specialist
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Aca (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
SENIOR ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT
Class Description
Established: July 2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction or supervision, performs technical and clerical accounting support duties requiring specialized knowledge related to processing financial transactions, record keeping and the preparation and reconciliation of financial and accounting records and reports; provides technical support to City staff and the public; and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This journey-level classification in the Accounting Assistant series is responsible for independently performing routine clerical accounting work in support of the Finance/Accounting Division. Positions at this level exercise judgment and initiative in their assigned tasks, receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodation so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Reviews, verifies, posts, and records various financial transactions; prepares and maintains databases and records; generates reports and summaries from the automated fiscal management system
• Receives and enters cash, credit card, or check payments into the financial software or accounting system; balances cash drawer and reconciles at the end of the day • Calculates and verifies totals; ensures accuracy of claims, warrants, vouchers, or deposits; checks and corrects accounts or numerical records for errors or proper coding. • Assist with posting and reconciling journals; journal entries related to accruals, reversals, corrections, expense transfers, prepaid expenses, wire transfers, encumbrance liquidations, labor reallocations, and invoice adjustments • Accesses computerized account files to obtain or update information/data; enters data (standard or coded) from forms or documents into assigned systems • Prepares and maintains financial records; processes and inputs purchase orders; posts information to records; balances accounts and inputs journal entries • Performs general office support duties such as opening and routing mail and deliveries; preparing correspondence; filing and record keeping; and duplicating and distributing various written materials
• Assists clients, departments, and employees by providing answers and information regarding specific accounts, discrepancies, and/or general accounting procedures. • Observes and complies with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols
Senior Accounting Assistant
• Performs related duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.
Experience:
Two years of increasingly responsible technical and clerical experience in accounting support activities and accounting reconciliations.
License/Certifications:
None.
Knowledge of:
• Basic terminology and practices of financial and account document processing including accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, and cash receipts and disbursements • Methods and techniques of preparing and maintaining records of financial transactions • Methods and techniques of researching and resolving transactional discrepancies • City policies and procedures with respect to receiving and/or processing monetary transactions
• Methods and techniques of generating transaction reports in assigned fiscal area • Business arithmetic and basic financial techniques.
• Recordkeeping principles and procedures
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols • Techniques for providing a high level of service for effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions, programs, projects, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed
Ability to:
• Perform routine technical and clerical accounting support work • Perform detailed account and financial office support work accurately and in a timely manner
• Respond to and effectively prioritize multiple phone calls and other requests for service • Understand and comply with City financial transaction standards, policies, and procedures • Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials
Senior Accounting Assistant
• Make accurate arithmetic and financial computations
• Enter and retrieve data from a computer with sufficient speed and accuracy to perform assigned work
• Establish and maintain a variety of filing, recordkeeping, and tracking systems • Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy and procedural guidelines
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks • Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required.
Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information.
Employees must possess ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to ten pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
CITY OF MALIBU
SENIOR PLANNER
Class Description
Established: July 2013
Revised: July 2026
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, administers current and advanced planning activities including zoning, redevelopment, housing and advanced planning; serves as project manager for complex development applications; provides information and assistance to property owners, developers, contractors and the public; provides professional assistance to the Community Development Department, the City Council, the Planning Commission and others in areas of expertise; oversees, reviews and performs a variety of studies and prepares and presents staff reports; performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises technical and functional supervision over and provides training to lower-level professional planning and administrative staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
The Senior Planner is the advanced journey-level class in this professional Planner series responsible for the most complex work assigned to the series. Incumbents regularly work on tasks which are varied and complex, requiring considerable discretion and independent judgment.
Positions in this class rely on experience and judgment to perform assigned duties. Assignments are given with general guidelines and incumbents are responsible for establishing objectives, timelines, and methods to complete assignments. Work is typically reviewed upon completion for soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only) Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Reviews complex residential, commercial, and industrial development proposals, plans. and applications for conformance with City policies and ordinances, the General Plan, the Local Coastal Program, and state and federal laws.
• Confers and coordinates assigned planning and development activities with those of City departments, public utilities, and public agencies to solicit comments regarding projects and ensures that the comments are satisfactorily addressed by the project applicant. • Provides day-to-day technical support and direction to lower-level professional, technical, and administrative staff.
• Prepares and processes California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance documents.
• Confers with and provides information to property owners, contractors, developers, engineers, architects, and the public regarding conformance to standards, plans, specifications, and codes; explains codes, requirements and procedures and evaluates alternatives.
Senior Planner
• Prepares or oversees preparation of modifications to General Plan elements and/or Local Coastal Program and development regulations; prepares draft ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items for council approval.
• Compiles information for a variety of studies and reports; researches, analyzes, and interprets social, economic, population and land use data and trends; develops recommendations and prepares written reports on various planning matters and elements of the City’s General Plan. • Prepares staff reports and various technical and informational reports; prepares presentations and presents to City Council, boards, commissions, committees, various groups, and other jurisdictions interested in or affected by City planning and development. • Serves as project manager for complex planning projects, including analyzing and evaluating site and architectural plans, performing technical review and making recommendations; manages consultant contracts including determining scope of work and budgets, tracking budgets and approving contract payments.
• Conducts site inspections, including determining if projects are in compliance with laws, regulations, and ordinances; makes recommendations regarding changes. • Conducts studies and needs assessments for the development of programs to address significant development issues.
• Maintains accurate records and files.
• Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Any combination of training and experience which would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Education:
Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in urban planning, community development, business or public administration or a related field.
Experience:
Four (4) years of professional experience in planning, zoning, and related community development activities.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver License and a satisfactory driving record to be maintained throughout employment.
Knowledge of:
• Principles and practices of leadership.
• Principles of providing functional direction and training. • Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Municipal planning principles, techniques, practices, and procedures including knowledge of general plans, zoning ordinances, specific plans and development standards and practices.
• Geographic, socio-economic, transportation, political and other elements related to City planning.
• Site planning and architectural design principles.
Senior Planner
• Local coastal planning.
• Researching and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures. • Recent development, current literature, and sources of information related to information planning and zoning.
• Basic organization and function of public agencies, including the role of an elected City Council and appointed boards and commissions.
• Practices of researching planning issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting effective staff reports. • Methods and techniques of effective technical report preparation and presentation. • General principles of risk management related to the functions of the assigned area. • Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility. • City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. • Techniques for effectively representing the City in contacts with governmental agencies, community groups, various business, professional, educational, and regulatory organizations and with property owners, developers, contractors, and the public. • Techniques for providing a high level of service, by dealing effectively with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to:
• Plan, organize, and coordinate the work of assigned staff. • Effectively provide staff leadership and work direction. • Assist in developing and implementing goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
• Receive and respond to a variety of questions from the general public, contractors and developers; interpret planning and zoning programs, policies, processes, codes and regulations.
• Review applications for accuracy and completeness; process and/or submit to other planning staff for action.
• Conduct research, compile technical and statistical information to evaluate alternatives, make sound recommendations, and prepare effective technical staff reports. • Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, documentation, and other written materials.
• Effectively representing the department and the City in meetings with governmental agencies, community groups and various businesses, professional, and regulatory organizations and in meetings with individuals.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
• Enforce ordinances and regulations effectively and tactfully. • Read and understand technical drawings, plans, and specifications and make effective site visits.
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods, procedures, and techniques.
Senior Planner
• Make effective public presentations.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Subject to any reasonable accommodation that is required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) or California Disabled Persons Act (CDPA).
While working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various City and meeting sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 20 pounds.
When performing work in the field, must possess mobility to work in changing site conditions; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; to reach, twist, turn, kneel, and bend; and to operate a motor vehicle and visit various City sites; vision to inspect site conditions; the job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards, with exposure to hazardous materials in some site locations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, and inclement weather conditions. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Senior Planner
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Malibu employees are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
Agenda Item # 3.B.
Administration &
Finance Subcommittee
Special Meeting
05-14-26
Item 3.B.
Administration and Finance
Subcommittee Agenda Report
To: Mayor Silverstein and Councilmember Stewart
Prepared by: Renée Neermann, Financial Controller
Approved by: Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Joseph Irvin, City Manager
Date prepared: May 4, 2026 Meeting date: May 14, 2026
Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Third Quarter Financial Report RECOMMENDED ACTION: Review Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Third Quarter Financial Report.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action. As of March 31, 2026, the projected General Fund Unassigned Reserve at June 30, 2026, is $48.6 million.
DISCUSSION: The attached report provides revenue, expenditure and fund balance totals for the third quarter of FY 2025-26.
The Revenues by Fund Report reflects General Fund revenues received of $35.3 million or 55.7% of the amended budgeted amount for the fiscal year. Total revenue for all funds received through the third quarter is $43.3 million or 50.2% of the amended budgeted amount for the fiscal year. Many revenue sources are received on a quarterly or annual basis, creating a lag in receipt, and as such, will be reflected when the year-end report is presented. For example, property taxes are remitted by the County after they are paid by property owners in December and April; Property Tax – In Lieu payments typically come at the end of the year; and Transient Occupancy Tax – Private Rentals is remitted quarterly. Sales Tax is remitted quarterly to the State and then passed along to the City.
The level of revenues to date for the third quarter is consistent with past year’s performance.
The Expenditure by Fund Report reflects any budget carryovers from FY 2024-25, as well as the appropriations approved by the City Council for the current fiscal year in the Amended Budget column. Budget Adjustments, Carryovers and Council Appropriations total $12.4 million as of March 31, 2026. General Fund expenditures for the third quarter total $54.5 million or 54.5% of the amended budget. Expenditures for all funds total $62.9 million or 51.3% of the amended budget.
Projected Fund Balances for the end of the fiscal year are reflected on page A-13. The projected Unassigned Fund Balance at June 30, 2026, includes all expenses appropriated as of March 31, 2026, by the Council. The City ended FY 2024-25 with $56.7 million in the Unassigned General Fund Reserve. As of March 31, 2026, the projected General Fund Unassigned Reserve at June 30, 2026, is $48.6 million. This includes the use of $6.5 million in Contingency that was available at the discretion of the Council and was used to support the City’s disaster recovery efforts following the Broad and Palisades Fires.
Third Quarter Budget Amendments
The Revenue and Expenditure amendments for this period are corrections and detailed on pages A-5 and A-11 through A-12, respectively.
The only adjustment for Q3 pertains to Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) grant proceeds. This is revenue granted from the state General Fund for supplemental public safety services and is used to fund the City’s Public Safety Department operations, including front-line law enforcement. A reduction in revenue of $75,000 has been recorded at October 31, 2025, to reflect actual revenue received.
The FY 2025-26 Third Quarter Financial Report will be presented to the City Council on May 26, 2026.
ATTACHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Third Quarter Financial Report
Object Description
2025-26
Adopted
Amended
Budget
Actual thru
03/31/2026
Percentage
Received
2025-26
Estimated
100, 101, 102 & 103 General Fund
3111 Current Year Secured Property Tax $ 16,000,000 $ 17,000,000 $ 9,812,520 57.7% $ 17,000,000 3112 Current Year Unsecured Property Tax 500,000 500,000 518,856 103.8% 518,856 3113 Homeowner's Exemption 60,000 60,000 28,780 48.0% 60,000 3114 Prior Year Secured Property Tax - - 40,887 0.0% 40,887 3115 Prior Year Unsecured Property Tax 20,000 20,000 24,252 121.3% 24,252 3118 Property Tax In-Lieu 2,800,000 2,800,000 1,463,501 52.3% 2,800,000 Revenue from Property Taxes 19,380,000 20,380,000 11,888,796 58.3% 20,443,995 3131 Documentary Transfer Tax 800,000 1,200,000 444,050 37.0% 1,200,000 3132 Utility User's Tax 3,000,000 3,000,000 1,912,045 63.7% 3,000,000 3133 Transient Occupancy Tax - Hotels and Motels 2,500,000 2,500,000 1,513,866 60.6% 2,500,000 3133-01 Transient Occupancy Tax - Private Rentals 4,200,000 3,200,000 1,382,023 43.2% 2,500,000 3134 Franchise Fees 800,000 800,000 147,968 18.5% 800,000 3137 Sales and Use Tax 8,800,000 8,203,596 4,731,840 57.7% 8,203,596 3138 Parking Occupancy Tax 500,000 500,000 286,758 57.4% 500,000 Revenue From Other Taxes 20,600,000 19,403,596 10,418,549 53.7% 18,703,596 3201 Alarm Permits 30,000 30,000 10,681 35.6% 30,000
3202 Film Permits 300,000 300,000 253,923 84.6% 339,000 3203 Building Permits 1,200,000 1,200,000 994,392 82.9% 1,326,000 3203-01 Code Enforcement - Special Investigations 15,000 15,000 2,855 19.0% 15,000 3204 Wastewater Treatment System Permits 45,000 45,000 45,967 102.1% 61,000 3205 Plumbing Permits 170,000 170,000 148,451 87.3% 198,000 3207 Mechanical Permits 120,000 120,000 113,849 94.9% 152,000 3208 Electrical Permit Fees 250,000 250,000 285,245 114.1% 380,000 3209 Grading/Drainage Permit Fees 105,000 105,000 97,177 92.5% 130,000 3210 Miscellaneous Permits 8,000 8,000 3,734 46.7% 5,000 3418 OWTS Operating Permit Fees 400,000 400,000 302,750 75.7% 404,000 3420 Parking Permits 1,000 1,000 544 54.4% 1,000
3421 Planning Review Fees 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,005,175 83.8% 1,340,000 Revenue From Licenses and Permits 3,844,000 3,844,000 3,264,742 84.9% 4,381,000 3250 Parking Citation Fines 2,000,000 2,500,000 1,707,009 68.3% 2,500,000 Revenue From Fines and Forfeitures 2,000,000 2,500,000 1,707,009 68.3% 2,500,000 3316 Motor Vehicle In-Lieu Fees 15,000 15,000 16,414 109.4% 16,414 3318 Street Sweeping Reimbursements 50,000 50,000 38,172 76.3% 50,000 3313/3341 FEMA/OES Reimbursements 3,434,136 7,131,678 1,459,598 20.5% 1,500,000 3373 Proposition A Recreation - - - 0.0% -
3383 Measure A Recreation - - - 0.0% -
3381 LA County EWMP Reimbursement - - - 0.0% -
Revenue From Other Governments 3,499,136 7,196,678 1,514,183 21.0% 1,566,414 3408 Biology Review Fees 235,000 235,000 154,694 65.8% 206,000 3409 Document Retention Fees 20,000 20,000 17,994 90.0% 24,000 3410 Building Plan Check Fees 1,000,000 1,000,000 906,776 90.7% 1,209,000 3410-01 Administrative Plan Check Processing Fee 70,000 70,000 73,952 105.6% 99,000 3410-03 Building Plan Check Fees - Dark Sky 100,000 - - 0.0% - 3410-04 Building Plan Check Fees - Exterior Elevated Elements 100,000 - - 0.0% - 3411 Inspector Plan Check Fees 200,000 200,000 210,174 105.1% 280,000 3412 Geo Soils Engineering Fees 1,000,000 1,000,000 839,073 83.9% 1,119,000 3413 Other Plan Check Fees 30,000 30,000 82,414 274.7% 110,000 3414 Environmental Health Review Fees 400,000 400,000 380,365 95.1% 507,000 3415 Grading/Drainage Plan Review Fees 50,000 50,000 59,829 119.7% 80,000 3416 Code Enforcement Investigation Fees 80,000 80,000 53,076 66.3% 71,000 3419 Credit Card Fees 130,000 130,000 124,252 95.6% 166,000 3422 OWTS Practitioners Fees 8,000 8,000 10,175 127.2% 14,000 3425 CA Building Standards Surcharge 2,000 2,000 (217) -10.8% 2,000 3427 Technology Enhancement Fee 120,000 120,000 114,080 95.1% 152,000
REVENUES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
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Object Description
2025-26
Adopted
Amended
Budget
Actual thru
03/31/2026
Percentage
Received
2025-26
Estimated
REVENUES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
General Fund (Continued)
3431 Public Works/Engineering Fees 375,000 375,000 393,580 105.0% 525,000 3432 WQMP Fees 35,000 35,000 14,924 42.6% 20,000
3434-01 Short-Term Rental Permit Fee 114,000 114,000 82,170 72.1% 114,000 3434-02 Short-Term Rental Violation Fines 10,000 10,000 - 0.0% 10,000 3435 Admin Permit Processing Fees 75,000 75,000 95,810 127.7% 128,000 3436 Electric Vehicle Charger Fees 5,000 5,000 3,336 66.7% 4,000 3441 Sale of Publications and Materials 50 50 102 204.6% 102 3444 Returned Check Service Fees 200 200 360 180.0% 400 3446 Vehicle Impound Release Fees 75,000 75,000 58,470 78.0% 78,000 3447 Election Fees 1,000 1,000 - 0.0% 1,000
3448 Subpoena Fees 3,000 3,000 1,265 42.2% 3,000
3449 False Alarm Service Charge 2,000 2,000 2,673 133.7% 4,000 3450 Residential Decals 500 500 75 15.0% 500
3461 Municipal Facility Use Fees 80,000 80,000 19,716 24.6% 32,000 3464 Sports Program Fees 50,000 50,000 18,660 37.3% 20,000 3466 Aquatics Program 150,000 150,000 99,897 66.6% 120,000 3467 Day Camp 70,000 70,000 16,012 22.9% 40,000
3468 Senior Adult Program 30,000 30,000 16,485 55.0% 20,000 3469 Skate Park 40,000 40,000 15,395 38.5% 24,000
3470 Recreation/Community Class Registration 80,000 80,000 38,643 48.3% 55,000 3471/3472 Special Events 7,500 7,500 10,355 138.1% 8,000 Revenue From Service Charges 4,748,250 4,548,250 3,914,563 86.1% 5,246,002 3501 Interest Earnings (General Fund - 101, 103, 104, 105) 3,500,000 2,800,000 1,828,299 65.3% 2,438,000 3505 City Hall Use Fees 20,000 20,000 7,836 39.2% 15,000 Use of Money and Property 3,520,000 2,820,000 1,836,135 65.1% 2,453,000 3342 Insurance Reimbursements 2,000,000 2,000,000 36,600 1.8% 36,600 3600 Proceeds from Grants 500,000 700,000 645,949 92.3% 750,000 3602 Proposition A Transportation Funds Exchange - - - 0.0% - 3901 Settlements - 50,000 50,000 100.0% 50,000
3902 Legal Fees - - - 0.0% -
3904 TOT Private Rental Penalties 10,000 10,000 17,531 175.3% 21,000 3905 Miscellaneous Reimbursements 15,000 15,000 1,647 11.0% 2,000 3920 Donations - 10,000 10,000 100.0% 10,000
3940 Sale of Surplus Property 3,000 3,000 5,929 197.6% 5,929 3930/3943 Miscellaneous Revenue 10,000 10,000 23,692 236.9% 10,000 Miscellaneous Revenue 2,538,000 2,798,000 791,348 28.3% 885,529 60,129,386 63,490,524 35,335,325 55.7% 56,179,536
Special Revenue Funds
201 Gas Tax Fund
3315 Highway User's Fees 305,347 305,347 200,956 65.8% 305,347 3501 Interest Earnings 6,000 6,000 6,888 114.8% 9,000
Total Gas Tax Fund 311,347 311,347 207,844 66.8% 314,347 202 Traffic Safety Fund
3312 Fines & Forfeitures 225,000 225,000 212,345 94.4% 225,000 3501 Interest Earnings 18,000 18,000 15,216 84.5% 20,000 Total Traffic Safety Fund 243,000 243,000 227,561 93.6% 245,000 Total General Fund
A2
Object Description
2025-26
Adopted
Amended
Budget
Actual thru
03/31/2026
Percentage
Received
2025-26
Estimated
REVENUES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
203 Proposition A Fund
3371 Prop A Funds 274,739 274,739 213,560 77.7% 274,739 3501 Interest Earnings 38,000 38,000 22,831 60.1% 30,000 Total Proposition A Fund 312,739 312,739 236,391 75.6% 304,739 204 Proposition C Fund
3372 Prop C Funds 227,889 227,889 177,142 77.7% 227,889 3501 Interest Earnings 19,000 19,000 11,204 59.0% 15,000 Total Proposition C Fund 246,889 246,889 188,346 76.3% 242,889 205 Measure R Fund
3374 Measure R Funds 170,917 170,917 132,832 77.7% 170,917 3501 Interest Earnings 14,000 14,000 8,048 57.5% 11,000 Total Measure R fund 184,917 184,917 140,880 76.2% 181,917 206 Air Quality Management Fund
3377 AQMD Funds 14,000 14,000 6,912 49.4% 14,000
3501 Interest Earnings 9,000 9,000 6,356 70.6% 8,000
Total Air Quality Management Fund 23,000 23,000 13,268 57.7% 22,000 207 Solid Waste Management Fund
3311 Solid Waste Management Surcharge 120,000 120,000 35,343 29.5% 120,000 3434 Recycling Fees 18,000 18,000 7,691 42.7% 18,000
3501 Interest Earnings 1,000 1,000 - 0.0% 500
3600 Grant Proceeds 70,925 70,925 73,433 103.5% 70,925
Total Solid Waste Management Fund 209,925 209,925 116,467 55.5% 209,425 208 Parkland Development Fund
3135 Parkland Development Fees 15,000 15,000 24,840 165.6% 15,000 3501 Interest Earnings 10,000 10,000 7,878 78.8% 11,000 Total Park Development Fund 25,000 25,000 32,718 130.9% 26,000 209 Quimby Fund
3501 Interest Earnings 500 500 155 31.0% 200
Total Quimby Fund 500 500 155 31.0% 200
211 COPS (Brulte) Grant Fund
3600 Proceeds From Grants (Brulte) 175,000 201,537 201,537 100.0% 201,537 Total COPS (Brulte) Fund 175,000 201,537 201,537 100.0% 201,537 212 Measure M Funds
3375 Measure M Funds 193,706 193,706 150,453 77.7% 193,706 3501 Interest Earnings 27,000 27,000 12,159 45.0% 16,000 Total Measure M Fund 220,706 220,706 162,612 73.7% 209,706 213 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Act (RMRA) Fund 3319 SB1 Annual Allocation 281,678 281,678 170,321 60.5% 281,678 3501 Interest Earnings 36,000 36,000 25,652 71.3% 34,000 Total RMRA Fund 317,678 317,678 195,973 61.7% 315,678
214 Art in Public Places Fund
3135 Art in Public Places Fees - - - 0.0% -
3501 Interest Earnings 2,000 2,000 1,453 72.7% 2,000
Total Art in Public Places Fund 2,000 2,000 1,453 72.7% 2,000 Special Revenue Funds (Continued)
A3
Object Description
2025-26
Adopted
Amended
Budget
Actual thru
03/31/2026
Percentage
Received
2025-26
Estimated
REVENUES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
215 Community Development Block Grant Fund
3320/3320-01 Proceeds From Grants 148,436 148,436 20,558 13.8% 148,436 Total Comm. Dev. Block Grant Fund 148,436 148,436 20,558 13.8% 148,436 218 Measure W - LA County Stormwater Fund
3379 Measure W Annual Allocation 382,000 382,000 754,085 197.4% 382,000 3501 Interest Earnings 44,000 44,000 43,240 98.3% 58,000 Total Measure W - LA County Stormwater 426,000 426,000 797,325 187.2% 440,000 225 Grants Fund
3376 TDA - - - 0.0% -
3600 Proceeds From Grants 8,808,396 9,746,762 96,992 1.0% 6,482,895 Total Grants Fund 8,808,396 9,746,762 96,992 1.0% 6,482,895 290 Big Rock LMD Fund
3116 Big Rock Mesa Assessment 382,035 382,035 151,052 39.5% 382,035 3501 Interest Earnings 10,000 10,000 5,311 53.1% 7,000
Total Big Rock LMD Fund 392,035 392,035 156,363 39.9% 389,035 291 Malibu Road LMD Fund
3116 Malibu Road Assessment 69,269 69,269 34,090 49.2% 69,269 3501 Interest Earnings 3,000 3,000 1,791 59.7% 2,000
Total Malibu Road LMD Fund 72,269 72,269 35,881 49.6% 71,269 292 Calle Del Barco LMD Fund
3116 Calle Del Barco Assessment 94,965 94,965 56,159 59.1% 94,965 3501 Interest Earnings 6,000 6,000 4,488 74.8% 6,000
Total Calle Del Barco LMD Fund 100,965 100,965 60,647 60.1% 100,965 715 Civic Center Water Treatment Facility AD
3501 Interest Earnings 344,000 344,000 237,263 69.0% 316,000 3915 Civic Center Water Treatment Facility AD 2,573,173 2,573,173 1,243,994 48.3% 2,573,173 Total Civic Ctr Water Treatment Facility AD 2,917,173 2,917,173 1,481,258 50.8% 2,889,173 517 Civic Center Water Treatment Facility - Phase Two
3501 Interest Earnings 117,000 117,000 82,228 70.3% 110,000 3950 CCWTF - Phase Two Construction - Bond Proceeds - - - 0.0% - 2080 CCWTF - Phase Two Contributions - - - 0.0% -
Total Civic Ctr Water Treatment Facility AD 117,000 117,000 82,228 70.3% 110,000 712 Carbon Beach Undergrounding CFD Fund
3915 Carbon Beach Undergrounding Assessment 256,789 256,789 84,563 32.9% 256,789 3501 Interest Earnings 9,000 9,000 4,770 53.0% 6,000
Total Carbon Beach Undergrounding CFD 265,789 265,789 89,333 33.6% 262,789 713 Broad Beach Assessment District
3915 Broad Beach Undergrounding Assessment 140,397 140,397 65,701 46.8% 140,397 3501 Interest Earnings 11,000 11,000 6,944 63.1% 9,000
Total Broad Beach Undergrounding AD 151,397 151,397 72,645 48.0% 149,397 Total Special Revenue Funds 15,672,161 16,637,064 4,618,432 27.8% 13,319,397 Special Revenue Funds (Continued)
A4
Object Description
2025-26
Adopted
Amended
Budget
Actual thru
03/31/2026
Percentage
Received
2025-26
Estimated
REVENUES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
500 Legacy Park Project Fund
3501 Interest Earnings 60,000 60,000 34,536 57.6% 46,000 3505 Proceeds from Rent 1,561,176 1,535,478 1,146,026 74.6% 1,535,478 3600 Proceeds from Grants - 2,000 2,000 100.0% 2,000
3373 Prop A Recreation - - - 0.0% -
3383 Measure A Recreation - - - 0.0% -
3905 Miscellaneous Reimbursements 65,740 150,740 (36,381) -24.1% 235,740 3943 Other Miscellaneous Revenue - - - 0.0% -
Total Legacy Park Project Fund 1,686,916 1,748,218 1,146,181 65.6% 1,819,218 Total Legacy Park Project Fund 1,686,916 1,748,218 1,146,181 65.6% 1,819,218 515 Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility O&M
3501 Interest Earning 5,000 5,000 14,050 281.0% 19,000
3510 Sewer Service Fees 2,400,000 2,400,000 1,208,688 50.4% 2,400,000 3915 Contributions-Property Owners - - - 0.0% -
Total CCWTF O&M 2,405,000 2,405,000 1,222,738 50.8% 2,419,000 Total CCWTF O&M Funds 2,405,000 2,405,000 1,222,738 50.8% 2,419,000 601 Vehicle Fund
3501 Interest Earnings 10,000 10,000 13,626 136.3% 18,000 3951 Vehicle Charges 144,000 144,000 72,000 50.0% 144,000 Total Vehicle Fund 154,000 154,000 85,626 55.6% 162,000 602 Information Technology Fund
3501 Interest Earnings 1,000 1,000 - 0.0% 1,000
3952 Information Technology Charges 1,756,262 1,756,262 885,560 50.4% 1,756,262 Total Information Technology Fund 1,757,262 1,757,262 885,560 50.4% 1,757,262 Total Internal Service Funds 1,911,262 1,911,262 971,186 50.8% 1,919,262 Total Revenue - All Funds $ 81,804,725 $ 86,192,068 $ 43,293,862 50.2% $ 75,656,413 Total 2024-25 Adopted budget: $ 81,804,725
Account Description Amount Comment Date
500-0000-3505-06 Super Care Drugs - One-time 50% Rent Reduction Budget Amendment (25,698) Council Action 8/11/2025 100-0000-3920-00 SCE Donation for 2025 Safety & Preparedness Fair Budget Amendment 10,000 Council Action 8/25/2025 100-0000-3901-00 Cross Creek Ranch Settlement Agreement Settlement Reimb 50,000 Budget Adjustment 8/21/2025 211-0000-3600-00 COPS (Brulte) Grant Proceeds Proceeds from Grants 101,537 Budget Adjustment 10/31/2025 211-0000-3600-00 COPS (Brulte) Grant Proceeds Proceeds from Grants (75,000) Budget Adjustment 10/31/2025 500-0000-3600-00 Legacy Park Project Fund - Water Bottle Filling Stations Proceeds from Grants 2,000 Budget Adjustment 7/23/2025 100-0000-3111-00 Property Tax - Current Year Secured 1,000,000 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-0000-3131-00 Documentary Transfer Tax 400,000 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-0000-3133-01 Transient Occupancy Tax - Private Rentals (1,000,000) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-0000-3137-xx Sales and Use Tax (596,404) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-0000-3250-00 Parking Citation Fines 500,000 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-0000-3501-00 Interest Earnings (700,000) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 101-0000-3410-03 Building Plan Check Fees - Dark Sky (100,000) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 101-0000-3410-04 Building Plan Check Fees - Exterior Elevated Elements (100,000) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-0000-3313/41-00 FEMA/OES Reimbursements 3,697,542 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-0000-3600-00 Proceeds from Grants 200,000 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 225-0000-3600-00 Measure M Subregional Highway Funds 1,500,000 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 225-0000-3600-00 Measure M Subregional Highway Funds (175,812) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 225-0000-3600-00 Proceeds from Grants (185,822) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 225-0000-3600-00 Proceeds from Grants (200,000) Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 500-0000-3905-00 Miscellaneous Reimbursements 85,000 Mid-Year Amendment 12/31/2025 Total Amendments 4,387,343
Total Amendment Budget $ 86,192,068
Internal Service Funds
Reconciliation of adopted to amended budget
A5
Adopted Budget Amended
Budget (1)
Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
General Fund
Management and Administration
7001 City Council
Salaries & Benefits $ 70,754 $ 70,754 $ 53,544 75.7% $ 71,392 Operating 709,292 713,292 1,198,936 168.1% 1,364,478
Total City Council 780,046 784,046 1,252,480 159.7% 1,435,870 7002 Media Operations
Salaries & Benefits 274,959 307,959 199,999 67.4% $ 266,665 Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 23,713 23,713 23,713 23,713 Operating 653,567 963,567 237,191 24.6% 363,216
Total Media 952,239 1,295,239 460,902 35.6% 653,594
7003 City Manager
Salaries & Benefits 1,229,163 1,824,163 1,267,553 69.8% $ 1,690,071 Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 18,861 18,861 18,861 18,861 Operating 507,367 492,367 340,162 69.1% 539,960
Total City Manager 1,755,391 2,335,391 1,626,576 69.6% 2,248,892 7005 Legal Counsel
Salaries & Benefits - - - n/a -
Operating 1,393,000 1,393,000 1,380,444 99.1% 2,070,666 Total Legal Counsel 1,393,000 1,393,000 1,380,444 99.1% 2,070,666 7054 Finance
Salaries & Benefits 1,119,020 1,176,020 658,659 56.1% 878,212 Salaries & Benefits - Franklin Fire 60 60 60 60
Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 2,575 2,575 2,575 2,575 Operating 843,509 868,509 635,314 73.2% 914,364
Total Finance 1,965,164 2,047,164 1,296,609 63.3% 1,795,211 7058 Human Resources
Salaries & Benefits 524,773 524,773 321,756 61.3% 429,008 Operating 333,575 333,575 288,197 86.4% 443,439
Total Human Resources 858,348 858,348 609,953 71.1% 872,447 7059 Non Departmental Services
Salaries & Benefits 78,729 78,729 55,066 69.9% 73,421
OPEB/Retiree Health/Unfunded Liability 1,762,017 1,762,017 1,642,211 93.2% 1,749,838 Operating 2,564,377 2,609,377 1,513,967 58.0% 1,662,806 Total Non Departmental Services 4,405,123 4,450,123 3,211,244 72.2% 3,486,065 103-9050 City Hall
Salaries & Benefits 163,966 163,966 121,120 73.9% 161,493 Operating 1,410,865 1,660,865 762,989 45.9% 1,012,684
Total City Hall 1,574,831 1,824,831 884,109 48.4% 1,174,177 9088 Vacant Land
Salaries & Benefits - - - n/a -
Operating 502,700 553,700 426,190 77.0% 514,806
Total Vacant Land 502,700 553,700 426,190 77.0% 514,806 9050/9074/9088 Debt Service (City Hall / Trancas / Vacant Land) 3,299,701 3,299,701 2,308,413 70.0% 3,299,701 3,299,701 3,299,701 2,308,413 70.0% 3,299,701
Total Management & Administration 17,486,543 18,841,543 13,456,919 71.4% 17,551,430 City Clerk
7007 City Clerk
Salaries & Benefits 652,092 652,092 456,953 70.1% 609,270 Operating 203,963 213,963 133,023 62.2% 216,250
Total City Clerk 856,055 866,055 589,975 68.1% 825,520
Total City Clerk 856,055 866,055 589,975 68.1% 825,520
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
A6
Adopted Budget Amended
Budget (1)
Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
General Fund (Continued)
Public Safety
7021 Public Safety Services
Salaries & Benefits 923,543 953,500 647,065 67.9% 862,753 Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 822 822 822 822
Operating 15,743,421 15,752,384 10,207,706 64.8% 15,191,434 Total Public Safety 16,667,786 16,706,706 10,855,594 65.0% 16,055,010 Total Public Safety 16,667,786 16,706,706 10,855,594 65.0% 16,055,010 Community Services
4001 General Recreation
Salaries & Benefits 787,380 787,380 588,983 74.8% 785,310 Operating 233,834 235,850 141,586 60.0% 239,420
Total General Recreation 1,021,214 1,023,230 730,569 71.4% 1,024,730 4002 Aquatics
Salaries & Benefits 345,072 345,072 229,353 66.5% 305,805 Operating 124,520 124,520 58,228 46.8% 80,850
Total Aquatics 469,592 469,592 287,582 61.2% 386,655
4003 Outdoor Recreation
Salaries & Benefits 33,419 33,419 34,153 102.2% 45,537
Operating 14,550 14,550 6,955 47.8% 11,769
Total Outdoor Recreation 47,969 47,969 41,108 85.7% 57,306 4004 Day Camps
Salaries & Benefits 48,105 48,105 32,243 67.0% 42,991
Operating 60,000 60,000 25,324 42.2% 54,500
Total Day Camps 108,105 108,105 57,568 53.3% 97,491
4005 Skate Park
Salaries & Benefits 42,238 42,238 26,680 63.2% 35,573
Operating 89,485 89,485 6,929 7.7% 44,000
Total Skate Park 131,723 131,723 33,609 25.5% 79,573
4006 Sports
Salaries & Benefits 77,694 77,694 57,651 74.2% 76,867
Operating 48,845 48,845 15,527 31.8% 23,200
Total Sports 126,539 126,539 73,178 57.8% 100,067
4007 Community Programs
Salaries & Benefits 115,812 115,812 73,463 63.4% 97,951 Operating 81,700 81,700 33,470 41.0% 54,700
Total Community Programs 197,512 197,512 106,933 54.1% 152,651 4008 Senior Adult Programs
Salaries & Benefits 104,332 104,332 100,760 96.6% 134,346 Operating 166,435 166,435 61,605 37.0% 121,950
Total Senior Adult Programs 270,767 270,767 162,365 60.0% 256,296 4010 Park Maintenance
Salaries & Benefits 338,288 338,288 215,233 63.6% 286,977 Operating 1,409,682 1,429,682 640,407 44.8% 1,186,162
Total Park Maintenance 1,747,970 1,767,970 855,640 48.4% 1,473,139 4011 Special Events
Salaries & Benefits 117,907 117,907 78,709 66.8% 104,945 Operating 225,658 225,658 121,832 54.0% 230,188
Total Special Events 343,565 343,565 200,540 58.4% 335,133 4012 Malibu Arts
Salaries & Benefits 187,598 187,598 92,637 49.4% 123,516 Operating 93,302 93,302 42,740 45.8% 76,802
Total Malibu Arts 280,900 280,900 135,377 48.2% 200,318 Total Community Services 4,745,856 4,767,872 2,684,466 56.3% 4,163,359 A7
Adopted Budget Amended
Budget (1)
Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
General Fund (Continued)
Environmental & Sustainability Development
2004 Building Safety & Sustainability
Salaries & Benefits 1,994,598 1,994,598 1,129,678 59.7% 1,506,237 Salaries & Benefits - Broad Fire 236 236 236 236
Salaries & Benefits - Franklin Fire 1,176 1,176 1,176 1,176 Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 151,252 151,252 151,252 151,252 Operating 4,481,440 4,481,440 1,874,225 41.8% 3,206,936 Total Building Safety & Sustainability 6,628,702 6,628,702 3,156,566 47.6% 4,865,836 2010 Wastewater Management
Salaries & Benefits 333,897 333,897 116,334 35.0% 155,110 Salaries & Benefits - Franklin Fire 8 8 8 8
Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 723 723 723 723
Operating 338,931 338,931 188,951 55.7% 294,931
Total Wastewater Management 673,560 673,560 306,017 45.4% 450,773 3003 Clean Water Program
Salaries & Benefits 547,750 547,750 253,082 47.4% 337,430 Salaries & Benefits - Franklin Fire 49 49 49 49
Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 12,801 12,801 12,801 12,801 Operating 1,728,858 1,728,858 1,266,846 73.3% 1,963,609 Total Clean Water Program 2,289,457 2,289,457 1,532,777 66.9% 2,313,888 Total Env. & Sustainability Development 9,591,719 9,591,719 4,995,361 52.1% 7,630,498 Planning Department
2001 Planning
Salaries & Benefits 3,479,631 3,479,631 2,227,814 64.6% 2,970,460 Salaries & Benefits - Franklin Fire 36 36 36 36
Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 55,854 55,854 55,854 55,854 Operating 2,306,660 2,316,660 951,940 41.1% 1,734,412
Total Planning 5,842,181 5,852,181 3,235,643 55.3% 4,760,762 2012 Code Enforcement
Salaries & Benefits 713,010 713,010 524,764 73.6% 699,685 Operating 215,950 215,950 169,335 78.4% 225,365
Total Code Enforcement 928,960 928,960 694,098 74.7% 925,050 Total Planning Department 6,771,141 6,781,141 3,929,742 58.0% 5,685,812 Public Works/Engineering
3001 Street Maintenance
Salaries & Benefits 526,973 526,973 370,262 70.3% 493,682 Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 796 796 796 796
Operating 2,818,700 4,291,646 2,285,320 53.3% 3,632,928 Total Street Maintenance 3,346,469 4,819,415 2,656,378 55.1% 4,127,406 3005 Fleet Operations
Salaries & Benefits - - - n/a -
Operating 21,000 95,703 85,139 89.0% 122,345
Total Fleet Operations 21,000 95,703 85,139 89.0% 122,345 3007 Stormwater Facilities
Salaries & Benefits - - - n/a -
Operating 220,500 220,500 69,081 31.3% 214,911
Total Stormwater Facilities 220,500 220,500 69,081 31.3% 214,911 3008 Public Works
Salaries & Benefits 1,867,682 1,867,682 1,193,727 64.8% 1,591,635 Salaries & Benefits - Franklin Fire 776 776 776 776
Salaries & Benefits - Palisades Fire 47,208 47,208 47,208 47,208 Operating 646,946 818,785 312,108 38.1% 671,806
Total Public Works 2,562,612 2,734,451 1,553,819 56.8% 2,311,426 Total Public Works /Engineering 6,150,581 7,870,069 4,364,416 55.5% 6,776,088 A8
Adopted Budget Amended
Budget (1)
Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
General Fund (Continued)
Disaster Response
3002 Woolsey Fire Rebuilds and Storm Response 1,061,000 1,081,000 399,441 37.0% 659,063 9200 Woolsey Fire & Storm Response CIP Projects 5,200,000 5,200,000 1,492,693 28.7% 2,966,003 Total Woolsey Fire Response 6,261,000 6,281,000 1,892,134 30.1% 3,625,066 3100 Broad Fire - Emergency Response/Recovery - - 421 0.0% 421 Total Broad Fire Response - - 421 0.0% 421
3101 Franklin Fire - Salaries & Benefits - - 8 0.0% 8
3101 Franklin Fire - Emergency Response/Recovery 1,217,017 1,217,017 28,492 2.3% 65,108 3101 Franklin Fire - CIP Projects - 11,974 11,974 0.0% 11,974 Total Franklin Fire Response 1,217,017 1,228,991 40,474 3.3% 77,090 3102 Palisades Fire - Salaries & Benefits 152,739 152,739 50,067 32.8% 73,728 3102 Palisades Fire - Emergency Response/Recovery 7,635,852 8,595,852 5,013,994 58.3% 7,312,731 3102 Palisades Fire - CIP Projects 3,192,271 7,766,498 4,818,863 62.0% 5,806,825 Total Palisades Fire Response 10,980,862 16,515,089 9,882,924 59.8% 13,193,284 General Fund CIP
9000 General Fund CIP 8,476,107 10,525,041 1,785,970 17.0% 6,121,719 9000 Case Crummer Reserved for CIP - - - 0.0% -
Total General Fund CIP 8,476,107 10,525,041 1,785,970 17.0% 6,121,719 Total General Fund 89,204,667 99,975,226 54,478,396 54.5% 81,705,296 Special Revenue Funds
203-3009 Transportation Services 571,468 571,468 376,132 65.8% 571,468 207-3004 Solid Waste Management 583,871 643,871 285,826 44.4% 406,133 211-7021 Public Safety - Brulte 175,000 201,537 197,560 98.0% 201,537 215-7070 Community Development Block Grant 60,454 127,954 100,426 78.5% 331,824 290-6002 Big Rock Mesa LMD 389,177 389,177 175,875 45.2% 213,406 291-6003 Malibu Road LMD 83,371 83,371 52,094 62.5% 82,114 292-6004 Calle del Barco LMD 87,381 87,381 50,643 58.0% 74,079 712-9048 Carbon Beach Undergrounding CFD 238,276 238,276 225,032 94.4% 237,915 713-9052 Broad Beach Undergrounding AD 142,680 142,680 136,309 95.5% 142,680 715-9049 Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Plant AD 2,319,386 2,319,386 2,038,638 87.9% 2,318,879 CCWTF Phase Two - - - 0.0% -
Total Special Revenue Funds 4,651,064 4,805,101 3,638,533 75.7% 4,580,035 A9
Adopted Budget Amended
Budget (1)
Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
Capital Project Funds
310 Capital Improvement Fund
9002 Annual Street Overlay 800,000 1,000,000 66 0.0% 66 9115 Big Rock Drive & Tuna Canyon Resurfacing Deferred Deferred - n/a Deferred 9058 PCH Intersection Improvements - 132,504 132,504 0.0% 132,504 9065 MCLE Office Trailer 900,000 900,000 22,886 2.5% 594,352 9066 PCH Signal Synchronization Imp. 4,155,904 5,655,904 73,032 1.3% 5,090,313 9075 Civic Center Way Treatment Facility Ph 2 670,000 670,000 173,367 25.9% 271,478 9078 City Hall Solar Power On Hold On Hold - n/a On Hold 9090 Permanent Skate Park 5,053,111 5,393,111 1,348,485 25.0% 4,853,800 9100 PCH/Trancas Right Turn Lane 1,130,000 1,130,000 44,354 3.9% 47,075 9101 PCH Crosswalk Improvements 290,000 290,000 167,702 57.8% 290,000 9102 PCH Median Imp at Paradise Cove/Zuma 221,670 221,670 45,858 20.7% 45,858 9103 Kanan Dume Biofilter 530,000 530,000 3,631 0.7% 3,631 9105 Traffic Signals Backup Power - 19,670 19,670 0.0% 19,670 9108 Harbor Vista Curb Return Modifications - 350,000 - n/a - 9109 PCH at Las Flores & Rambla Pacifico 400,000 400,000 168,903 42.2% 300,375 9110 Encinal Canyon 60" Storm Drain Repairs 844,300 865,238 12,812 1.5% 20,938 9114 PCH Ped Undercrossing at Malibu Seafood 350,000 350,000 70,900 20.3% 180,000 9116 Stuart Ranch Road Walkway Deferred Deferred - n/a Deferred 9118 Legacy Park Arbors Renovations 150,000 150,000 - 0.0% - 9120 Pt. Dume Storm Drain Improvements - Ph 1 Deferred Deferred - n/a Deferred 9121 Charmlee Park Nature Center Renovations 185,000 185,000 - 0.0% - 9122 Legacy Park Irrigation Improvements Deferred Deferred - n/a Deferred 9123 Malibu Bluffs Park Snack Shack 425,000 425,000 76,181 17.9% 197,000 9124 Land Management System 75,000 875,000 - 0.0% -
9125 PCH Quick Build Roundabouts 1,875,000 1,875,000 124,388 6.6% 329,274 9126 City Hall Audio Visual and Broadcast System 500,000 500,000 - 0.0% 172,393 912X City Hall Fire Supression - 150,000 - 0.0% -
912X Busch Drive Roundabouts - - - 0.0% -
CIP General Fund Expenses (funding offset) (8,476,107) (10,525,041) (1,785,970) 17.0% (6,121,719) CIP Case Crummer Reserve (funding offset) - - - 0.0% -
Total Capital Project Funds 10,078,878 11,543,056 698,768 6.1% 6,427,008 Legacy Park Project Fund
500 7004 Legacy Park Debt Service 1,085,419 1,085,419 825,927 76.1% 1,085,419 7008 Legacy Park - Salaries & Benefits 133,983 133,983 90,390 67.5% 120,519 7008 Legacy Park - Operations 923,007 923,007 567,639 61.5% 687,569 Total Legacy Park Project Fund 2,142,409 2,142,409 1,483,955 69.3% 1,893,507 Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility Fund
515 3010 CCWTF Sewer Svcs - Salaries & Benefits 112,015 112,015 67,420 60.2% 89,894 3010 CCWTF Sewer Svcs - Operations 2,196,222 2,196,222 1,260,949 57.4% 1,948,994 Total CCWTF Fund 2,308,237 2,308,237 1,328,369 57.5% 2,038,888 Internal Service Funds
3005 Vehicle 89,000 89,000 48,606 54.6% 74,000
7060 Information Technology
Salaries & Benefits 748,915 748,915 550,291 73.5% 733,721 Operating 1,096,500 1,096,500 687,331 62.7% 1,002,628
Total Information Technology 1,845,415 1,845,415 1,237,622 67.1% 1,736,349 Total Internal Service Funds 1,934,415 1,934,415 1,286,227 66.5% 1,810,349 Total All Funds $ 110,319,670 $ 122,708,444 $ 62,914,249 51.3% $ 98,455,083 (1) The amended budget column includes the original budget amount plus encumbrance carryovers and any additional appropriations.
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Adopted Budget Amended
Budget (1)
Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
Reconciliation of adopted to amended budget
Total 2025-26 Adopted budget: $ 110,319,670
Account Description Project Amount Comment Date
100-7021-7800-00 Public Safety - Equipment LA-RICS Radios for Emergency Comms 35,500 Budget Carryover 7/1/2025 102-9225-5100-00 Capital Improvement Projects - Palisades Fire Burn Area Guardrail Replacement 64,227 Budget Carryover 7/1/2025 310-9105-5100-00 Capital Improvement Projects CIP 9105 - Traffic Signals Backup Power 19,670 Budget Carryover 7/1/2025 310-9110-5100-00 Capital Improvement Projects CIP 9110 - Encinal Canyon 60" Stormdrain 20,938 Budget Carryover 7/1/2025 601-3005-7700-00 Fleet Operations - Equipment - Fleet Vehicles F-24 VOP Vehicle (Ford Explorer SUV) 74,703 Budget Carryover 7/1/2025 100-4010-7300-00 Park Maintenance - Capital Outlay - Parkland Dev Bluffs Park - Telescope installation 20,000 Council Appropriation 8/11/2025 100-7002-5100-00 Media Operations - Professional Services Tripepi Smith on-call communications svcs 300,000 Council Appropriation 8/11/2025 100-4001-5107-00 General Recreation - Contract Personnel Malibu Film Society - Audio-visual Consult. 2,016 Council Appropriation 8/11/2025 100-4010-7300-00 Park Maintenance - Capital Outlay Non-Natve Tree Removal Expenses (20,000) Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 100-4010-5130-00 Park Maintenance - Parks Maintenance Non-Natve Tree Removal Expenses 20,000 Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 100-7021-5116-00 Public Safety - Beach Team LA-RICS Radios for Emergency Comms (100,000) Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 100-7021-7800-00 Public Safety - Equipment LA-RICS Radios for Emergency Comms 100,000 Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 102-9204-5100-00 Disaster CIP - Clover Heights Storm Drain Imp Move funding source from HMGP Program (416,778) Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 102-9204-5100-00 Disaster CIP - Clover Heights Storm Drain Imp Move funding source to SCE Escrow Settlmt 416,778 Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 102-3102-5100-02 Disaster Response - Palisades Fire Recognize HCD Recovery Grant funding (210,000) Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 102-0000-3600-00 Proceeds from Grants - HCD Recovery Grant Recognize HCD Recovery Grant funding 210,000 Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 310-9090-5100-00 CIP - Permanent Skate Park Move funding from OGALS to General Fund (185,822) Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 310-9090-5100-00 CIP - Permanent Skate Park Move funding from Settlement to General Fnd (150,000) Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 310-9090-5100-00 CIP - Permanent Skate Park Move funding source to General Fund 335,822 Budget Transfer 7/1/2025 100-7003-5100-00 City Manager's Office - Professional Services Tripepi Smith Amend 2-Vacant Land Outreach (50,000) Budget Transfer 7/14/2025 105-9088-5100-00 Vacant Properties - Professional Services Tripepi Smith Amend 2-Vacant Land Outreach 50,000 Budget Transfer 7/14/2025 500-7008-5130-00 Legacy Park - Maintenance Water Bottle Filling Stations (Grant Funded) (2,000) Budget Transfer 7/23/2025 500-7008-7300-00 Legacy Park - Improvements Water Bottle Filling Stations (Grant Funded) 2,000 Budget Transfer 7/23/2025 211-7021-5115-00 Special Revenue Fund-Law Enforcement Svcs COPS/Brulte Grant-Expend addl revenue rcvd 26,537 Budget Correction 10/31/2025 100-7021-5115-00 Special Revenue Fund-Law Enforcement Svcs COPS/Brulte Grant-Expend addl revenue rcvd (26,537) Budget Correction 10/31/2025 100-3001-5120-00 Street Maintenance - Routine Street Maintenance Increase for routine maint (repairs, labor costs, & 300,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3001-5123-00 Street Maintenance - Storm Response Increase for potential expenses through the rainy 1,000,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3001-5127-00 Street Maintenance - Weed Abatement Increase due to high rainfall and resulting vegeta 55,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3001-7800-00 Street Maintenance - Equipment To remove/replace bollards and replace City ent 25,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3001-7800-00 Street Maintenance - Equipment To purchase 3 portable changeable message sig 61,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3001-8500-00 Street Maintenance - Information Systems AllocationTo correct Internal Service charges for this divisi 31,946 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3008-5107-00 Public Works/Engineering - Contract Personnel For temporary administrative staff to ease worklo 50,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-3008-8500-00 Public Works/Engineering - Information Systems AlloTo correct Internal Service charges for this divisi 121,839 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7001-6160-00 City Council - Operating Supplies Additional funding for operating expenses 4,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7002-4xxx-00 Media Operations - Salaries & Benefits To fund a Media Assistant position 33,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7002-6120-00 Media Operations - Computer Software For teleprompter and access card cloud service 10,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7003-4xxx-00 City Manager - Salaries & Benefits For existing salary & benefit compensation 450,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7003-4xxx-00 City Manager - Salaries & Benefits To fund an Assistant City Manager Position in th 145,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7003-5100-00 City Manager - Professional Services Athenian Group - Strategic Plan Modernization/C 35,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7007-5100-00 City Clerk - Professional Services Consultant assistance with records managemen 10,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7054-4xxx-00 Finance - Salaries & Benefits For existing salary & benefit compensation 17,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7054-4xxx-00 Finance - Salaries & Benefits Part-time Temporary Staff for Budget planning s 40,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7054-6120-00 Finance - Computer Software For financial software increased pricing 25,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7059-5107-00 Non-Departmental Services - Contract Personnel For temporary administrative staff 15,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 100-7059-5720-00 Non-Departmental Services - Offsite Storage Add'l offsite storage due to reconfiguration of City 30,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 101-2001-5401-00 Planning - Advertising & Noticing For increase in public noticing of planning applica 10,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-7021-4101-00 Public Safety - Full-Time Salaries Public Safety Specialist to implement & operate a 29,957 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 103-9050-7300-00 City Hall Operations - Leasehold Improvements Architectural space design services for City Hall 250,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 105-9088-5401-00 Vacant Properties - Advertising & Noticing Advertisements for Community Lands project 1,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-3002-5100-04 Disaster Response - Professional Services - Public WFor DCM Partners to begin closeout of Woolsey 20,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 A11
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Actual thru
3/31/26 % Spent 2025-26
Estimated
EXPENDITURES BY FUND
March 31, 2026
102-3102-5100-02 Disaster Response - Professional Services - PlanninFor Permitting Liaison - Fundedy by HCD Planni 110,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-3102-5100-02 Disaster Response - Professional Services - ESD Geotechnical, coastal engineering, & environme 50,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-3102-5100-04 Disaster Response - Professional Services - Public WFor various consultants/contractors to assist with 800,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 207-3004-5100-00 Solid Waste Management - Professional Services Increase for expanded workload and SB 1383 & 45,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 207-3004-5100-01 Solid Waste Management - Dumpster Lid EnforcemeIncrease for expanded scope of Clean Bay inspe 15,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 215-7070-7800-00 CDBG - Other Equipment Increase for continued rental of trailer and restro 67,500 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-9002-5100-00 CIP - Annual Street Overlay Increased costs to asphalt 200,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-9058-5100-00 CIP - PCH Intersection Improvements Final costs due to disallowed expenses 132,504 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-9066-5100-00 CIP - PCH Signal Synchronization (Measure M Hwy Additional METRO Measure M funding 1,500,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-9090-5100-00 CIP - Permanent Skate Park To perform required materials inspection 340,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-9108-5100-00 CIP - Harbor Vista Curb Return Modifications Increase curb return radius 350,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-9124-5100-00 CIP - Land Management System Replace current system/provide project support 800,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 310-XXXX-5100-00 CIP - City Hall Fire Suppression System (IS) To protect sensitive IT equipment 150,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-9223-5100-00 Disaster CIP - Big Rock Drainage Infrastructure Replacement of drainage system 4,500,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-9224-5100-00 Disaster CIP - Rambla Vista Retaining Walls Repair of retaining walls damaged by fire 10,000 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 102-9226-5100-00 Disaster CIP - Malibu Canyon Guardrails ReplacemeReplacement of guardrails damaged by fire 11,974 Mid-year Amendment 12/31/2025 12,388,774
Total 2025-26 Current Amended Budget: $ 122,708,444
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Budget Estimated Estimated Transfers In/Out Other 2025-26 Estimated Non-Current/ Budget Fund Balance Revenues Expenditures Fiscal Year Activity & Fund Balance Unavailable Fund Balance FUND July 1, 2025 6/30/2026 6/30/2026 2025-26 PY Non-current 6/30/2026 Revenue June 30, 2026 General Fund - Unassigned $ 56,730,812 $ 54,679,536 $ 51,473,753 $ (12,571,202) $ 1,244,964 $ 48,610,357 $ - $ 48,610,357 General Fund - Committed - Contingencies 6,500,000 - 6,500,000 - - - - - General Fund - Committed - CIPs 10,525,041 - 6,121,719 - (1,244,964) 3,158,358 - 3,158,358 General Fund - Assigned - SCE Settlement-Woolsey 3,230,798 - - (1,746,086) - 1,484,712 - 1,484,712 Committed - Deferred Maintenance 1,023,138 - 332,017 - - 691,121 - 691,121 Committed - Water Quality Settlement 51,076 - - - - 51,076 - 51,076 Restricted - Case (Crummer) Parcel - - - - - - - -
Restricted - Housing Element Program 123,306 - 65,000 - - 58,306 - 58,306 Restricted - City Facilities - La Paz 550,000 - - - - 550,000 - 550,000 Unassigned - FEMA Disaster Projects & CIP - 1,500,000 17,212,807 15,466,721 - (246,086) - (246,086) Total General Fund 78,734,171 56,179,536 81,705,296 1,149,433 - 54,357,844 - 54,357,844 201 Gas Tax Fund 87,948 314,347 - (300,000) - 102,295 - 102,295 202 Traffic Safety Fund 330,305 245,000 - (300,000) - 275,305 - 275,305 203 Proposition A Fund 683,771 304,739 571,468 - - 417,042 - 417,042 204 Proposition C Fund 210,620 242,889 - (65,000) - 388,509 - 388,509 205 Measure R Fund 155,596 181,917 - (100,000) - 237,513 - 237,513 206 Air Quality Management Fund 173,187 22,000 - - - 195,187 - 195,187 207 Solid Waste Management Fund 3,011 209,425 406,133 193,697 - - - - 208 Parkland Development In-Lieu Fund 205,306 26,000 - - - 231,306 - 231,306 209 Quimby Fund 4,278 200 - - - 4,478 - 4,478
211 COPS Brulte Grant Fund - 201,537 201,537 - - - - -
212 Measure M Fund 259,612 209,706 - (140,000) - 329,318 - 329,318 213 RMRA (SB1) Fund 632,364 315,678 - - - 948,042 - 948,042 214 Art in Public Places In-Lieu Fund 39,849 2,000 - - - 41,849 - 41,849 215 Community Development Block Grant Fund - 148,436 331,824 183,388 - - - - 218 Measure W LA County Stormwater 686,805 440,000 - (565,631) - 561,174 - 561,174 225 Grants Fund - 6,482,895 - (6,482,895) - - - -
290 Big Rock LMD 139,811 389,035 213,406 - - 315,440 - 315,440 291 Malibu Road LMD 51,005 71,269 82,114 - - 40,160 - 40,160 292 Calle Del Barco LMD 115,451 100,965 74,079 - - 142,337 - 142,337 712 Carbon Beach Undergrounding CFD 493,257 262,789 237,915 - - 518,131 - 518,131 713 Broad Beach Assessment District 305,753 149,397 142,680 - - 312,470 - 312,470 715 CCWTF AD Phase One 8,147,598 2,889,173 2,318,879 - - 8,717,892 - 8,717,892 517 CCWTF Phase Two 454,503 110,000 - - - 564,503 - 564,503 Total Special Revenue Funds 13,180,030 13,319,397 4,580,035 (7,576,441) - 14,342,951 - 14,342,951 Capital Improvements Fund - - 6,427,008 6,427,008 - - - - Total Capital Improvement Funds - - 6,427,008 6,427,008 - - - - Legacy Park Project Fund 783,836 1,819,218 1,893,507 - - 709,547 - 709,547 Total Legacy Fund 783,836 1,819,218 1,893,507 - - 709,547 - 709,547 Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility 574,153 2,419,000 2,038,888 - - 954,265 - 954,265 Total Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Fac. 574,153 2,419,000 2,038,888 - - 954,265 - 954,265 601 Vehicle 419,606 162,000 74,000 - - 507,606 - 507,606 602 Information Technology 196,329 1,757,262 1,736,349 - - 217,242 - 217,242 Total Internal Service Funds 615,935 1,919,262 1,810,349 - - 724,848 - 724,848 Total All Funds $ 93,888,125 $ 75,656,413 $ 98,455,083 $ 0 $ - $ 71,089,455 $ - $ 71,089,455 FY 2025-26 ESTIMATED BUDGET FUND BALANCES
March 31, 2026
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Agenda Item # 3.C.
Administration and Finance
Subcommittee Staff Report
To: Mayor Silverstein and Councilmember Stewart
Prepared by: Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager
Renée Neermann, Financial Controller
Reviewed by: Joseph D. Irvin, City Manager
Approved by: Joseph D. Irvin, City Manager
Date prepared: May 1, 2026 Meeting date: May 14, 2026
Subject: Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Review and provide direction on the FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget.
FISCAL IMPACT: On April 15, 2026, the Malibu City Council held its annual budget workshop and provided staff with the direction to build the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget. This direction was provided after reviewing the impacts of the disasters, particularly the Palisades Fire, on the City’s economy and budget and their impacts on the City’s five-year fiscal forecast, which identified the need to realign City expenditures with revenue streams. This direction included:
• Attaining a 10% budget offset (combination of expenditure reductions and new revenues) to preserve the General Fund-fund balance
• Funding for the Bluff’s Park Enhancements, including the Snack Shack as well as deferral of three other capital projects
• Updating the City’s fees and fines
• Supporting staff exploration of new revenue opportunities This framework, along with the focus on community rebuilding and recovery efforts and the City of Malibu’s Strategic Plan, informed this year’s budget and departmental workplans. This report outlines the measures staff are recommending to achieve these goals and their impacts on City operations. The result is the FY 2026-27 proposed budget Administration &
Finance Subcommittee
Special Meeting
05-14-26
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includes a reduction of $33.60 million ($27.89 million in the General Fund) and 11.9 fulltime equivalent (FTE) positions from the FY 2025-26 amended budget.
The Proposed Budget totals $80.64 million in revenue and $90.13 million in expenses.
Within the General Fund, which comprises the majority of the overall budget, the City’s operating budget is fully funded by anticipated revenues. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Program is supported through the use of General Fund reserves.
An outline of the City’s General Fund revenues and expenditures is as follows:
General Fund Revenue/Expense FY 2026-27
Ongoing Revenue $63,307,140
Disaster Capital $1,900,000
Total Revenue $65,207,140
Ongoing Operating Expenditures $59,691,376
Disaster Projects $5,186,054
Operating Budget Expenditures $64,877,430
Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) $6,540,620
Disaster CIPS $450,000
CIP Expenditures $6,990,620
Total Expenditures $71,868,050
General Fund-Net Financial Gain/(Loss) ($6,660,946)
These cost-saving measures combined with new revenues modestly improve the City’s five-year forecast outlook, which remains strong. New businesses continue to open, homeowners are working through the processes to repair and rebuild their homes, and It is important, if not obvious, to acknowledge that while staff are presenting their best-faith recommendations on the budget, Malibu continues to recover from a once-in-a-century disaster. And while Malibu has weathered other disasters with strong resilience in key revenue streams, there is increased uncertainty about the recovery from the Palisades Fire. The impacts of the Palisades Fire on homes, businesses, and tourism are all unparalleled and the City has already seen a different impact in property, sales and transitoccupancy taxes as it has after previous fires. Staff will continue to monitor City revenues and make any necessary adjustments as part of the mid-year budget.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: This item is part of the day-to-day operations of the City.
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DISCUSSION:
Developing the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Budget:
Aligning Operating Revenues and Expenditures
Following Council’s direction to achieve a budget that, at minimum, preserved the City’s General Fund-fund balance at current levels, staff undertook a review of all City revenues and expenditures. The result of the changes outlined below is that the City’s ongoing operating expenditures of $64.88 million, including disaster operations of $5.1 million, are supported by anticipated revenues of $65.21 million. As stated above, the proposed budget does leverage General Fund reserves to fund one-time Capital project costs of $6.99 million.
Revenues
Staff reviewed projections for City revenues as part of the Council budget workshop. Staff utilized information from the City’s tax consultant HdL as well as past and current year performance to establish these projections. Property, sales, and transit occupancy taxes, as well as City fees and fines, are the General Fund’s predominant revenue streams. A breakout of General Fund revenues is included below.
Distribution of General Fund Revenues
Property Taxes,
33%
Transient
Occupancy Tax,
11%
Sales Tax, 14%
Other Taxes, 9%
Licenses and
Permits, 9%
Fines and
Forfeitures, 7%
Revenue from
other
Governments, 3%
Revenue from
Service Charges, 9%
Use of Money and
Property, 4% Miscellaneous,
2%
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Type Amount
Property Taxes $21,380,000
Transient Occupancy Tax $7,000,000
Sales Tax $8,946,000
Other Taxes $5,830,000
Licenses and Permits $6,038,250
Fines and Forfeitures $4,621,000
Revenue from other Governments $1,716,414
Revenue from Service Charges $5,579,285
Use of Money and Property $2,815,000
Miscellaneous $1,281,191
TOTAL $65,207,140
Since the budget workshop, staff have made the following adjustments to General Fund revenues:
• Sales Tax – Staff anticipate a modest uptick in Sales Tax to $8.9 million next fiscal year. This is $0.1 million more than initially projected in anticipation of new businesses opening across the City.
• City Licenses, Permits and Services – Council’s direction on City fees will increase revenues for City fees and services from an anticipated $10 million to $11.6 million. • Parking Citation Fines – Council’s direction on parking fines will increase revenues by approximately $0.3 million.
• Speed Cameras – Staff anticipate being able to allocate $1.3 million in speed camera revenue to offset direct program costs, including staff costs and CHP services, which the City is required to maintain as part of the speed camera pilot.
Staff are currently engaging with the State to confirm eligible uses for these revenues and may return with future budget changes based on those conversations. • Grants – Revenue from grants was increased because staff identified ways to leverage these funds to support the City’s street repaving Capital project.
Other Elements of Note:
• Transit Occupancy Tax – Staff anticipate some level of recovery back to a total of $7 million in revenue for both hotels and short-term rentals. This is an area that staff will watch very closely as the number of permitted short-term rentals has fallen by 45% since the Palisades Fire (from 307 in 2024 to 170 permitted units in 2025).
Staff anticipate that some of that loss will be made up by reduced vacancy rates and the ability to charge premium rates for stays.
• Investments – The City continues to realize lower than anticipated revenues from the City’s investments. The City is currently in the RFP process to contract with investment advisors with the hope the City can better maximize these revenues.
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• Reimbursements from Other Governments (primarily Federal Reimbursements)– With the recent funding of the Department of Homeland Security there is some hope that federal reimbursements for City disaster expenditures will increase. However, this will take some time, and that combined with the complicated political environment, meant staff kept the revenue projections in this area steady at $1.7 million ($1.5 million for federal reimbursement).
Expenditures
While increasing revenues helped balance the City’s General Fund budget, additional cost saving measures were required. As part of rightsizing departments’ budgets, every department reviewed their proposed budgets against previous years’ actuals, identified areas where they could stop funding activities because they were no longer needed, and identified areas where City operations could be streamlined. Departments also reviewed all vacant positions to identify those that were not immediately critical to fill.
Following these actions, the City’s projected expenditures include:
Type Amount
General Fund Operating $64,877,430
General Fund Capital Improvement $6,540,620
Disaster Capital Improvement $450,000
TOTAL $71,868,050
The City’s General Fund expenditures are distributed across staffing, department operations, disaster services, debt service, capital improvement, and non-departmental (insurance, retiree benefits). Major components of department operating budgets include significant contracts for public safety, including California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriff, as well as contracts for public works and planning review services. The following chart illustrates how General Fund expenditures are distributed within the budget.
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Distribution of General Fund Expenditures
To achieve the necessary reductions in expenditure budgets, staff have proposed the following adjustments:
• Align departmental line-item budgets to past years’ actual expenditures with some variation where needed. To provide context, the City is on track to expend about 80% of its General Fund budget this year across operating, disaster and CIP. This is a delta of approximately $19 million, allowing for considerable room to realign budgets more closely with projected program costs.
• Defund 11.9 FTE in the budget. This reduces staffing numbers across the City.
This includes defunding 3.0 positions in Management and Administration, 0.5 position in City Clerk, 2.4 positions in Community Services, and 6.0 positions in Community Development. However, staff believe that impacts to services will be mitigated by existing contract services, streamlining processes, and other operational efficiencies. Vacant positions deemed essential by staff remain funded in the proposed budget and recruitment will continue to take place for those positions and as positions become vacant.
• Modify the Beach Team – This proposal eliminates some onsite supervision and the traffic investigator from the Beach Team but maintains the same level of deputy presence on the beach.
• Modify the Homeless Outreach team from 3 to 2 outreach workers – With the significant reduction in those experiencing homeless in Malibu, the team will still be able to affectively engage individuals and connect them to services.
Staffing
24%
Public Safety
19%
Capital
Improvement
8%
Disaster Response
6%
Non-Departmental
10%
Public Works
10%
Administration
14%
Community
Development
5%
Recreation & Arts
4%
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• Reduce funding for the General Fund grant program – As part of achieving the goal of a balanced budget, staff recommend reducing the General Fund grant program from $200,000 to $150,000 for FY 2026-27.
• Reduce contract services for planning and plan check services and environmental program inspections – After reviewing prior year activities and anticipated planning needs, Community Development believes these reductions are appropriate for current service levels.
• Reduce funding for park capital repairs – While money for day-to-day park maintenance remains in place, the budget for capital repairs has been reduced, including repairs at the Equestrian Park. However, the proposed budget still exceeds recent year’s actuals so priority issues and repairs can be addressed. • Reduce funding for City Hall maintenance – Reductions in the budget for City Hall maintenance will mean that programmed repairs and replacement of equipment will happen on a slower timeline than previously planned.
• Reduce funding for recruitment and staff development – These reductions are done, in part, because the City anticipates having fewer recruitments in the next fiscal year and because there are opportunities to leverage vacancy savings for recruitment costs where needed. Staff are also looking at leveraging JPIA and other resources to continue to provide staff development opportunities at no additional cost to the City.
• Reduce funding for new computer equipment – The City’s computer fleet is relatively new and staff believe the City can reduce the budget for computer equipment in the near-term.
With these changes, the City’s operating budget is entirely supported by anticipated revenues. However, as stated above, the Capital Improvement Program does continue to rely on reserves for those projects funded by the General Fund.
Impact on Five Year Financial Forecast
At the April 15, 2026 Budget Workshop, staff presented the five-year forecast that showed that the City would continue to heavily rely on General Fund reserves to sustain current operations. If no action were taken, General Fund reserves were expected to diminish to $14.1 million by the end of FY 2030-31. Staff also presented how offsetting current expenditures and revenues by an additional 10% would help sustain General Fund reserves over the forecast, leaving a final General Fund-fund balance of $50.4 million as of June 30, 2031.
Following review of the City’s revenue and expenditure projections, the five-year forecast shows a slightly improved picture. By reducing staffing costs, which grow at the highest rate, it modestly limits the growth of expenditures. And through the implementation of the updated fees and fines, the forecast shows additional growth in revenues over the forecast
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period. The result is the City General Fund balance is projected to stand at $54.68 million at the end of FY 2030-31.
Updated Five Year Forecast Model
An Option for Council
If the Council would like to further enhance City revenues, Council could revisit the City’s fee schedule and consider adoption of the fee study recommendations. This would be in line with Council Policy #2: Budget Basic Principles that states, in part, “The cost of services which are subsidized by the general fund and are not of community-wide benefit (e.g., planning approvals, building services) shall be reviewed annually to be fully recouped” (Adopted April 8, 1997, amended November 28, 2011).
Adoption of the fee study fee schedule would fully recoup those costs associated with planning and building safety services and fees. This would result in an estimated $690,000 in additional revenue. These funds could be used to restore select high-value items that were reduced in the budget, enhance the City’s Capital Improvement Program, or be dedicated to rebuilding the City’s General Fund reserve. A copy of the City’s fee schedule is attached.
Department Overviews and Workplans
Beyond balancing the City’s operating budget, the FY 2026-27 budget strives to advance the work set out in the strategic plan, support disaster response, and ensure good governance. Below is an overview of key elements of each department’s budgets and key workplan items. Departments’ complete workplans are attached.
FY 2025-26
(est) FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 FY 2028-29 FY 2029-30 FY 2030-31 Total Revenues $56,179,536 $65,207,140 $66,895,448 $68,857,311 $79,378,031 $81,459,371 Total Expenditures $81,003,043 $71,887,050 $66,993,995 $69,458,665 $73,113,891 $76,970,155 General Fund Balance $51,199,486 $44,519,576 $44,421,029 $43,819,675 $50,083,814 $54,573,030 $0
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Agenda Item # 3.C.
Management and Administration
Budget: $16,301,549 FTE: 22.0 (not including Council)
The Management and Administration Department includes the City Council, City Manager’s Office, Legal Services, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Media, Vacant Properties, and Non-Departmental expenditures. Funds for the community facilities district, assessment districts, debt service, retiree costs, and insurance are also budgeted here.
Personnel Changes
The streamlined department has reduced five positions from 27 FTE to 22 FTE. The budget includes the following proposed changes:
• Defund 3.0 positions: 1.0 Human Resources Technician, 1.0 Sr. Accounting Technician, and 1.0 Communications Assistant.
• Transfer 1.0 Management Analyst and 1.0 Sr. Maintenance Technician to Public Works.
• Transfer of 1.0 Sr. Management Analyst to Public Safety. • Transfer 1.0 Administrative Assistant from Public Works to Human Resources. • Reclassify 1.0 Media Information Officer to Public Information Officer. • Reclassify 1.0 Accounting Assistant to Sr. Accounting Assistant. • Change the salary range for the Assistant to the City Manager from Range 25 to Range 28 in recognition of assuming management functions of the City communications team.
Operational Efficiencies
• The department has reduced funding for employee recruitment and training as well as new technology.
• Budgets for communications have been reduced to align with previous years’ expenditures.
• The General Fund Grants Program has been reduced by $50,000 from $200,000 to $150,000.
New Operational Demands
• Increased legal costs require increasing the budget for legal services by $325,000.
This is the result of increased litigation, increase in the number of Council meetings, and an uptick in employment matters.
• While the budget for technology hardware has been reduced, the costs for technology software have continued to sharply increase, requiring an additional investment of $210,000.
• Insurance costs have grown by $300,000, rising from a projected $1.2 million this year to $1.5 million next year.
Agenda Item # 3.C.
• The City Manager’s Office budget includes funding to restore the internship program, funding one intern for up to eight weeks for each department at a cost of $50,000.
FY 2026-27 Priorities
• Establish a Disaster Recovery District in Eastern Malibu • Establish an Economic Recovery Strategy and make associated policy updates • Digitize City policies and recruitment and payroll processes City Clerk
Budget: $903,365 FTE: 4.0
The City Clerk, the smallest City’s department, is responsible for the City’s public meetings, records and elections. The staff of four support all Council meetings, support departments in other public meetings, respond to all public records requests, and conduct Malibu’s local elections.
Personnel Changes
• The budget reduces the Clerk’s budget by 0.5 FTE, eliminating a part-time position to support public records requests. Staff have identified ways to streamline the process using existing staff.
• Adjust the City Clerk salary from Salary Range 31 to Salary Range 34 in recognition of the expansion of duties modernizing City policies and additional demand from increasing Public Records Requests and Council meetings. This aligns the position with the Community Services Director and Public Safety Director salaries.
Efficiencies
• The department reduced its travel and training budget for staff and operating supplies.
New Operational Demands
• The budget includes funding for this year’s local election of $40,000.
FY 2026-27 Priorities
• Conduct the November 3, 2026 General Election
• Add/Update City polices on artificial intelligence and digital signature • Modernize the City’s Procurement code and policies
Community Development
Budget: $11,418,023 FTE: 40.5
The Community Development Department, the City’s largest department, includes comprehensive services for planning, building and safety, and wastewater management through a combination of staff and contractual services.
Agenda Item # 3.C.
Personnel Changes
Through budget efficiencies and reorganizations, the budgeted FTE for Community Development has reduced the number of budgeted FTE from 55.5 to 40.5. Staff believe these reductions are feasible because of the consolidation of planning and building and safety services last year, process streamlining, and the strategic use of contractual services. The budget includes the following changes:
• Transfer Code Enforcement Division’s 6.0 positions to Public Safety • Transfer Environmental Programs Division’s 4.0 positions to Public Works. • Defund 5.0 positions: 1.0 Planning Manager, 1.0 Principal Planner, and 3.0 Permit Technicians.
• Reclassify 2.0 Permit Services Technicians to Senior Permit Services Technicians. • Reclassify 2.0 Administrative Assistants to Management Analysts. • Reclassify 1.0 Senior Plan Check Engineer to Deputy Building Official. • Reclassify 1.0 Office Assistant (Rebuild Center) to a general Office Assistant.
Efficiencies
• The department has been able to achieve a significant amount of savings through process streamlining, allowing the department to reduce its budget for professional services by $2.2 million. However, this will require that the existing planning staff must manage a larger number of active matters amongst fewer people. • The budget eliminates further funding for debris removal as that activity is now complete. The prior year budget had been $137,317.
New Operational Demands
• Recruiting for key vacant positions remains challenging, placing an additional burden on existing staff for managing the department’s administrative functions and increasing reliance on contractual services for environmental health. • Community Development also continues to be on the frontlines of the City’s disaster response, engaging with community members, design professionals, and other stakeholders to support applicants through the rebuild process and identifying opportunities to improve City policy to support these efforts where feasible.
FY 2026-27 Priorities
• Administer the City’s Rebuild Center, including integrating the Center into City Hall Public Counter.
• Continue to streamline City permitting processes leveraging the Baker Tilly report. • Implement Housing Element programs through amendments to the Malibu Local Coastal Program and Malibu Municipal Code.
Agenda Item # 3.C.
Community Services
Budget: $4,557,093 FTE: 21.98
The Community Services Department is responsible for the City’s parks and facilities, open space, senior services, and recreation and art programming.
Personnel Changes
Community Services relies on a combination of full-time staff as well as part-time seasonal staff to deliver community recreation programming. The budget reduces department staffing from 24.38 to 21.98 FTE, including the following proposed changes:
• Defund 1.0 Recreation Supervisor and 1.0 Parks Maintenance Technician. • Reduce part-time staffing hours by the equivalent of 0.4 FTE.
Efficiencies
• The department reduced its budget for capital improvements at City parks, including the Equestrian Park. This budget is reduced from $188,000 to $140,000 next fiscal year, which remains well above previous years’ actuals.
New Operational Demands
• The full opening of the City’s Skate Park will add an enhanced asset to the City’s park inventory. Budget has been allocated for general park operations and programming as well as potential revenues from permitted use of the space.
FY 2026-27 Priorities
• Finalize an agreement with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District for facility use (current agreement expires April 2027).
• Complete engineering design and necessary permitting for the Malibu Bluffs Park Enhancements and Snack Shack.
• Create a non-profit 501c3 for park and program donations, memorial benches and trees, and naming rights.
Public Safety
Budget: $18,138,958 FTE: 13.5
The Public Safety Department is responsible for all City public safety programming, including the City’s contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff, California Highway Patrol, parking enforcement, fire mitigation, and emergency management and response.
Personnel Changes
The proposed budget presents an evolved Public Safety Department that includes a Public Safety team, an Emergency Management team, and a Code Enforcement team. These changes are designed to better structure the department for the increasing scope of responsibilities and community priorities around public safety and emergency prevention.
Agenda Item # 3.C.
The result is the department is growing from 7.5 FTE to 13.5 FTE, however this growth is all through transfers or reclassifications of positions. The proposed budget includes:
• Transfer the Code Enforcement Division’s Team of 6.0 FTE from Community Development.
• Transfer of one Sr. Management Analyst from the City Manager’s Office. • Reclassify 1.0 Senior Management Analyst position to Public Safety Manager. • Reclassify 1.0 Emergency Services Coordinator to Emergency Services Manager. • Reclassify 1.0 Administrative Assistant to Public Safety Specialist.
Efficiencies
• The department has worked with the LA County Sheriff to restructure the summer Beach Team to maintain a consistent presence on the beach but costs by reducing the onsite supervision and the onsite traffic investigator, achieving savings of $300,000.
• With the reduction in people experiencing homelessness in Malibu, the budget reduces the number of Homeless Outreach workers from three to two. This third position has been largely vacant, and staff feel the two positions can meet the current demand, saving $85,000.
• The department has reduced its professional services budget by bringing more of the emergency operations planning and training in-house and eliminating preliminary funding for a Fire Prevention Hazard Mitigation Grant Program grant the City has applied for but not yet received. If that grant is approved, staff will return to Council to restore any necessary funding.
New Operational Demands
• The City’s speed camera pilot will be a major new focus for the department this year, with installation of five cameras along the Pacific Coast Highway in key locations that must be processed in part by City staff.
• The integration of Code Enforcement will include additional support by Code Enforcement for parking enforcement and graffiti prevention and clean up along with business code violations.
FY 2026-27 Priorities
• Launch the Malibu speed camera pilot at five locations along PCH. • Formalize EOC readiness through upgrades to the emergency operation center and establish an Incident Management Team.
• Increase towing capabilities by identifying a location for a year-round impound lot and contracting with a tow company.
Agenda Item # 3.C.
Public Works
Budget: $9,261,784 FTE: 17.5
The Public Works Department is responsible for the installation and maintenance of the City’s infrastructure and roads as well as the City’s capital improvement projects through a combination of staff and contractual services.
Personnel Changes
The budget includes no changes to existing positions but does propose the transfer of existing positions to the department. This increases Public Works staffing from 12.5 FTE to 17.5 FTE. The proposed changes include:
• Transfer Environmental Programs Division and its four positions from Community Development.
• Transfer 1.0 Management Analyst from the City Manager’s Office.
Efficiencies
• The City’s Street Maintenance budget has been reduced to $1.25 million. While this is a decrease from the past year, this amount provides a small growth from previous years’ actual expenditures. If maintenance work beyond what is planned is necessary because of storms or other causes, staff will return to Council to seek additional budget authority.
• The budget for maintenance of City Hall has been reduced from $400,000 to $200,000 requiring the replacement of the City’s HVAC systems and other maintenance to be phased out over a longer period of time.
New Operational Demands
• Staff continue to work through the administrative processes required to achieve a commitment from the federal government on disaster response reimbursement.
FY 2026-27 Priorities
• Implement two temporary roundabouts in Western Malibu • Advance designs and funding strategies for sewer systems along PCH and Civic Center Phase 2
• Implement new audio-visual equipment in the City Hall Theater/Council Chambers New and Updated Job Classifications
The personnel changes are outlined within each department’s summary above. In addition to specific position changes, a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.9% has been included for all staffing positions. A separate staff report outlines the new and updated job classifications.
The recommended changes in positions and salaries have been incorporated into the proposed budget.
Agenda Item # 3.C.
Disaster Response
The City continues to respond to community needs after the Palisades Fire as well as make infrastructure enhancements as a result of the Woolsey and Franklin fires. In FY 2025-26, the City is anticipated to spend $17.2 million on the Woolsey, Broad, Franklin, and Palisades Fires. In turn, the City has received a total of $1.5 in reimbursements during FY2025-26 for the Woolsey Fire, while reimbursements remain pending for the other disasters.
Next fiscal year, the City plans to expend an additional $5.18 million in disaster services and $0.45 million in disaster capital improvements. These services focus on the operation of the Rebuild Center and associated contractual services to support the rebuilding and reoccupation of homes in the damaged areas.
Capital Improvement Program
The Proposed Budget for the FY 2026-27 Capital Improvement Program advances key community priorities and maintenance needs within the City’s limited financial position.
The budget leverages non-General Fund sources to the greatest extent possible to advance many of these projects, limiting the General Fund obligation to $6,990,620 Project Budget
Annual Street Overlay $1,264,388
PCH Signal Synchronization System Improvements $565,591 CCWTF - Phase Two $825,000
Permanent Skate Park $539,311
PCH at Trancas Canyon Road Right Turn Lane $1,104,560
PCH at Big Rock Drive Intersection Improvements $393,219 Kanan Dume Biofilter $491,300
Harbor Vista Curb Return Modifications $200,000
PCH at Las Flores & Rambla Pacifico Intersection Improvements $750,000 Encinal Canyon 60-inch Storm Drain Repairs $844,300
PCH Pedestrian Crossing at Malibu Seafood $712,556
Malibu Bluffs Park Snack Shack/Storage Building $3,449,747 PCH Quick Build Roundabouts $1,522,074
City Hall Audio Visual and Broadcast System $200,000
City Hall Fire Suppression $150,000
Pacific Coast Highway Wastewater Connection $100,000
Busch Drive Roundabout $500,000
Emergency & Disaster Management Capital Projects $450,000 Total Capital Project Funds $14,062,046
Agenda Item # 3.C.
Not included in the budget are the three projects deferred or canceled as a result of the April 15 budget workshop: Latigo Canyon Retaining Wall, Land Management System, and Labor Exchange Trailer Project.
City Enterprise Funds
The City of Malibu adopts an annual budget for two proprietary funds: the Commercial Real Estate Rental Fund and the Wastewater Treatment Fund. Operating revenues and expenses result from activities related to renting commercial real estate to customers in the Commercial Real Estate Rental Enterprise fund and from activities relating to the collection, treatment, and disposal of wastewater in the Wastewater Treatment Enterprise Fund.
Commercial Real Estate Rental Enterprise Fund
This fund is used to account for commercial real estate rental activity. All revenues and expenses are for the commercial real estate rental program. Activity does not vary much from year to year as the properties have long-term rental leases. The FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget includes $1.57 million in rental income.
The debt service on Legacy Park is expected to be funded within the enterprise fund through the collection of rent from commercial tenants. Debt Service of $1.08 million is included in Fund 500 – Program 7004.
Wastewater Treatment Enterprise Fund
This fund is used to account for the construction and operation of the Civic Center Water Treatment Facility. Phase One of the construction was completed in early FY 2018-19, and customers in the civic center area are connected to the facility. The City is currently designing Phase Two of the facility. The Proposed Budget includes $2.2 million in operating expenses, which are supported by $2.3 million in estimated revenue from Sewer Service fees.
Next Steps
Council will review the budget at its meeting on May 26, 2026. Pending any final direction from Council, staff will update the proposed budget and return to Council on June 22, 2026 for final adoption. The Administration and Finance Subcommittee will meet on June 2, 2026 to review the General Fund grant proposals. The General Fund Grant Program recommendations will be presented with the final proposed budget.
ATTACHMENTS:
FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget
FY 2026-27 Proposed Authorized Positions
FY 2026-27 Proposed Salary Schedule
City Fee Schedule Matrix
Department Workplans
City of Malibu, California
Proposed Budget
Fiscal Year 2026-2027
City Officials
Bruce Silverstein, Mayor
Steve Uhring, Mayor Pro Tem
Haylynn Conrad, Councilmember
Marianne Riggins, Councilmember
Doug Stewart, Councilmember
Joseph Irvin, City Manager
Rob DuBoux, Assistant City Manager
Christopher Smith, Assistant City Manager
Trevor Rusin, Interim City Attorney
Yolanda Bundy, Community Development Director
Susan Dueñas, Public Safety Director
Tatiana Holden, Interim Public Works Director
Kelsey Pettijohn, City Clerk
Kristin Riesgo, Community Services Director
Item 3.C. Attachment 1
CITY OF MALIBU
PROPOSED BUDGET
Fiscal Year 2026-27
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARIES
Schedule of Fund Balances............................................................................................. 1 Schedule of Transfers .................................................................................................................. 2 Revenue Summary by Fund............................................................................................ 3 Revenue Detail by Fund.................................................................................................. 4 Expenditure Summary by Fund .................................................................................................. 9 Expenditure Summary by Department .................................................................................... 10 Salaries and Benefits by Department ...................................................................................... 13
OPERATING BUDGET
Emergency and Disaster Management ......................................................................... 15 Woolsey Fire and Storm Response Operations...................................................... 16 Broad Fire.............................................................................................................. 18 Franklin Fire...........................................................................................................20 Palisades Fire ........................................................................................................22 Disaster Recovery Capital Improvement Projects .................................................. 24 City Council...................................................................................................................29 City Council Operations .........................................................................................30 Management and Administrative Services Department .................................................33 Media Operations...................................................................................................34 City Manager .........................................................................................................36 Legal Counsel........................................................................................................ 38 Finance..................................................................................................................40 Human Resources ................................................................................................. 42 Non-Departmental Services ...................................................................................44 Information Systems ..............................................................................................46 Community Development Block Grant ...................................................................48 Carbon Beach Undergrounding CFD .....................................................................50 Broad Beach Undergrounding AD..........................................................................52 Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility AD.....................................................54 Vacant Properties .................................................................................................. 56 Debt Service .......................................................................................................... 58 City Clerk Department...................................................................................................61 City Clerk ...............................................................................................................62 Public Safety Department.............................................................................................. 65 Public Safety Services & Emergency Management................................................ 66 Code Enforcement ................................................................................................. 68 Community Services Department..................................................................................71 Transportation Services .........................................................................................72
CITY OF MALIBU
PROPOSED BUDGET
Fiscal Year 2026-27
TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Recreation................................................................................................74 Aquatics.................................................................................................................76 Outdoor Recreation................................................................................................78 Day Camps ............................................................................................................80 Skate Park .............................................................................................................82 Sports ....................................................................................................................84 Community Classes ...............................................................................................86 Senior Adults .........................................................................................................88 Park Maintenance..................................................................................................90 Special Events .......................................................................................................92 Malibu Arts .............................................................................................................94 Legacy Park ...........................................................................................................96 Community Development Department........................................................................... 99 Planning ...............................................................................................................100 Building Safety .....................................................................................................102 Wastewater Management.....................................................................................104 Public Works Department............................................................................................ 107 Street Maintenance .............................................................................................. 108 Clean Water Program............................................................................................110 Solid Waste Management .....................................................................................112 Fleet Operations....................................................................................................114 Stormwater Treatment Facilities ............................................................................116 Public Works/Engineering......................................................................................118 Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility .......................................................... 120 City Hall.................................................................................................................122 Landslide Maintenance Districts ............................................................................ 124
CAPITAL BUDGET
Capital Improvement Projects .................................................................................... 129
APPENDICES
Organization Chart ...................................................................................................... 141 Proposed Authorized Positions ...................................................................................142 Proposed Salary Schedule..........................................................................................145 Glossary of Terms.......................................................................................................148