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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH , CALIFORNIA , MODIFYING THE
SALARY RANGE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 2.28.010 authorizes the City Council of the City of Newport Beach (“City Council”) to establish terms of employment, including compensation and benefits, for City of Newport Beach (“City”) employees; WHEREAS, the City Council previously ad opted Resolution No. 2021-8, which revised the salary ranges for the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk; WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the City Attorney’s employment agreement and wishes to enter into a multi -year employment agreement with the City Attorney, which will provide for annual base wage adjustments; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the salary range for the City Attorney by the amount needed to provide enough movement to accommodate the base wage increases set forth in his employment agreement, as adjusted from year to year.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows:
Section 1: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 2: The salary range for the City Attorney set forth in this resolution shall prevail over any previously adopted salary range for the City Attorney that conflicts herewith.
Section 3: The salary range for the City Attorney shall be as reflected in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference . Thereafter, the salary range for the City Attorney will be adjusted by two percent (2%) at the time of the City’s annual budget adoption.
Section 4: The City’s Salary Schedule shall be modified as needed to be consistent with this resolution.
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Section 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 6: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of March, 2022.
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Kevin Muldoon
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Attachment: Exhibit A – Salary Schedule Adjustment
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Exhibit A
Position Range
Minimum Maximum
City Attorney 18 $180,301 $270,428
Annual Salary
NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEE
Annual Base Salary Range
Effective March 26, 2022
Note: This salary range will adjust 2% at the time of the City's annual budget adoption in accordance with Section 3 of this Resolution.
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