10. Supplemental Memo - Approval of Amendments to the Employment Agreements between the City of Palo Alto and Council Appointed Officers, specifically the City Manager, and City Attorney and Adoption of Amended Resolution Amending Appointment Term for Interim City Clerk through March 31, 2024 and salary adjustment.
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City Council
Supplemental Report
From: Sandra Blanch, Human Resources Director
Meeting Date: December 11, 2023
Item Number: 10
Report #:2312-2310
TITLE
Supplemental Memo - Approval of Amendments to the Employment Agreements between the City of Palo Alto and Council Appointed Officers, specifically the City Manager, and City Attorney and Adoption of Amended Resolution Amending Appointment Term for Interim City Clerk through March 31, 2024 and salary adjustment. CEQA Status - Not a Project
RECOMMENDATION
This report provides supplemental information including a corrected Attachment C. No change to the staff recommendation in the agenda item staff report is included.
DISCUSSION
The posted staff report or Item 101 on the December 11, 2024 City Council agenda contained two typographical errors and this supplemental report corrects for those errors:
•The effective date of the merit-based increases to the CAO annual salaries is effective July 1, 2023 (not 2022 as stated in the posted Staff Report.) •Attachment C also contained a typographical error. In F. the extension of the appointment term is through March 31, 2024 (not 2023 as previously stated.) A revision is attached with correction and supersedes the posted report.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment C: Revised Amendment to Resolution Amending Appointment Term for Mahealani Ah Yun as the Palo Alto Interim City Clerk
APPROVED BY:
Sandra Blanch, Human Resources Director
1 City Council, December 11, 2024 Agenda Item #10,
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NOT YET APPROVED
Resolution No.
A Resolution of the City Council for the City of Palo Alto Amending Appointing Appointment Term for Mahealani Ah Yun as the Palo Alto Interim City Clerk.
R E C I T A L S
A. The Palo Alto City Charter specifies the duties and functions of the City Clerk for the City of Palo Alto;
B. The Charter further specifies that the City Council shall appoint the City Clerk; C. The Council received notification that City Clerk Lesley Milton was resigning effective May 19, 2023;
D. The Council approved the Council Appointed Officers Committee recommendation to direct staff to initiate an internal recruitment for interim City Clerk by posting position; E. The Council, on June 5, 2023, appointed Mahealani Ah Yun, as interim City Clerk for the City of Palo Alto for a term ending December 1, 2023 or upon completion of the formal executive recruitment;
E.F.The executive recruitment is in progress, however not complete requiring an extension of the appointment term through March 31, 2024 or upon completion of the executive recruitment process.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby extends the appointment of Mahealani Ah Yun, as interim City Clerk for the City of Palo Alto;
SECTION 2. Mahealani Ah Yun shall serve as interim City Clerk at the will of the Council as provided by the Charter, and shall further serve according to all of the terms and provisions of the Charter and the Municipal Code; and
SECTION 3. This resolution shall be effective immediately. The appointment of Mahealani Ah Yun as interim City Clerk shall end on December March 31, 2023 2024 or on the completion of the formal executive recruitment, including any amendment, extension or termination approved by the Council, whichever is sooner.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 5, 2023
AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, TANAKA, VEENKER NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Assistant City Attorney City Manager