City Council Memorandum
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: AUGUST 19, 2025 FROM: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: REVISIONS TO THE MASTER FRINGE BENEFITS AND SALARY PLAN TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE FOR THE SUPERVISING LAND SURVEYOR; SALARY ADJUSTMENTS/TITLE CHANGE TO THE SURVEYOR; SALARY ADJUSTMENT TO THE WASTEWATER OPERATIONS MANAGER; AND DELETION OF NON-UTILIZED CLASSIFICATIONS.
ISSUE:
Approve an amendment to the Citywide Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan for the creation of the classification and salary range for the Supervising Land Surveyor; salary adjustments/title change to the Surveyor; salary adjustment to the Wastewater Operations Manager and deletion of non-utilized classifications.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council
Approve the creation of the classification and salary range for the Supervising Land Surveyor classification; Approve the title change and salary adjustment for the Surveyor classification; Approve the salary adjustment for the Wastewater Operations Manager classification; Approve the deletion of non-utilized classifications
Adopt the attached Resolution amending the Master Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan to create the classification and salary range for the Supervising Land Surveyor; salary adjustments/title change to the Surveyor; salary adjustment to the Wastewater Operations Manager and deletion of non-utilized classifications.
DISCUSSION
New Supervising Land Surveyor and Surveyor Classifications The Human Resources Department received a classification study request from the Public Works Department to potentially reclassify an existing employee to a new supervisory level classification in the Land Surveyor series. Based on the internal review of the incumbent’s responsibilities the Human Resources department agrees with the creation of a new supervisory level. The Supervising Land Surveyor will supervise and participate in the land survey related services and activities of the Public Works Department; be responsible for ensuring efficiency in land survey operations and managing complex projects; as well as evaluate and provide direction to support staff. The recommendation is to place this position in the Supervisory bargaining unit. The City’s approved Labor Market Basket was used for this classification and compensation study to locate comparable classifications within the approved labor market basket. Based on the results of the market survey and review of internal data and similar classification duties, it is recommended that this new classification’s salary be aligned with the existing Associate Engineer classification. The proposed salary range for the Supervising Land Surveyor is illustrated below:
Job Code
Classification Title
Proposed Monthly Salary Range
New
Supervising Land Surveyor (BU 50 - Supervisory)
$8,617 - $11,547
In completing the Supervising Land Surveyor salary survey and reviewing internal City salary data, it was determined that the creation of this new classification would create a compaction issue with the Surveyor classification, which is the level that would supervise the new classification. The City of Riverside Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan, Part II, Section 5, Salary Differentials, I. Miscellaneous (1), states that the top step of the salary range of any Sr. Management/Management/Professional/Supervisory classification shall be a minimum of two steps (approximately ten percent) above the top step of the closest subordinate classification, with the exception of those classifications supervising specialized classifications which are highly compensated due to labor market conditions. In addition to addressing the compaction issue, Human Resources recommends an additional salary adjustment and updated title for the Surveyor classification. Based on an internal review of comparable duties, the Surveyor series was found to be comparable to the Senior Traffic Engineer and by taking external salary survey findings and internal parity into consideration, the Human Resources Department recommends a salary adjustment be applied to the Surveyor classification to align it with the Senior Traffic Engineer classification.
The recommended salary adjustment for the Surveyor classification is illustrated below:
Job Code
Classification Title
Proposed Classification Title
Current Monthly
Salary
Proposed Monthly
Salary
% Adj
6841
Surveyor
(BU 15 – Professional)
City Surveyor
(BU 15 - Professional)
$9,666 - $11,748
$10,968 - $13,331
13.47%
Wastewater Operations Manager:
Due to the recent salary adjustments granted to the newly created IBEW Wastewater Unit, the Wastewater Operation Manager classification requires a salary adjustment to avoid compaction with the subordinate classification of SCADA Systems Supervisor. The City of Riverside Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan, Part II, Section 5, Salary Differentials, I. Miscellaneous (1), states that the top step of the salary range of any Sr. Management/Management/Professional/Supervisory classification shall be a minimum of two steps (approximately ten percent) above the top step of the closest subordinate classification, with the exception of those classifications supervising specialized classifications which are highly compensated due to labor market conditions. The recommended salary adjustment for the Wastewater Operations Manager classification is illustrated below:
Job Code
Classification Title
Current Monthly
Salary
Proposed Monthly
Salary
% Adj
4150
Wastewater Operations Manager
(BU 10 – Management)
$11,619 - $14,124
$11,988 - $14,691
4%
Deletion of Non-utilized Classifications:
As a result of the meet and confer with SEIU, the Senior Wastewater Plant and Electric Instrument Technician classification was moved out of the SEIU Union and into the new IBEW Wastewater Union; therefore, the Tier 2/3 corresponding job code for this classification is no longer necessary. In addition, the Transportation and Trails Coordinator is no longer being utilized by the Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department as the department has shifted to utilizing the Project Manager series to perform any trail related projects.
Job Code
DELETE NON-UTILIZED CLASSIFICATION
5241
Senior Wastewater Plant and Electric Instrument Technician (T) (BU 20 – SEIU – General Unit) 7855
Transportation and Trails Coordinator (BU 15 – Professional) FISCAL IMPACT:
The total fiscal impact for the salary adjustments listed (2.00 FTE in General Fund and 4.00 FTE in Sewer Fund) for the eleven-month period for the remainder of FY 2025/26 is $26,120 for the General Fund and $29,585 for the Sewer Fund. This will be absorbed by the departments in their current budget. Future costs will be included in the upcoming FY 2026-28 Biennial Budget under the respective departments that are impacted and will be included in the budget brought forward to City Council for adoption.
Prepared by: Rene Goldman, Human Resources Director
Certified as to
Availability of funds: Kristie Thomas, Finance Director/Assistant CFO Approved by: Edward Enriquez, Assistant City Manager/CFO, City Treasurer Approved as to form: Rebecca McKee-Reimbold, Interim City Attorney Attachments:
Resolution Amending the Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan Exhibit A – Job Code Table
Exhibit B – Salary Survey Data – Supervising Land Surveyor, Surveyor