AMEND THE CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY
PLAN TO REINSTATE DIVISION CHIEF AND
RECLASSIFY 3.0 FTE BATTALION CHIEF
POSITIONS TO DIVISION CHIEF
City Council Meeting
July 26, 2022
Amy Reeve
Director of Human Resources,
Human Resources Department
1 BACKGROUND
The Personnel Officer, on behalf of the City
Manager, insures the orderly and consistent
administration of the City Council’s adopted
classification and salary plan.
The Personnel Officer will make
recommendations that various classifications be
abolished, created or modified, and that some
existing salary ranges be adjusted.
2 BACKGROUND
There was a meet and confer and the Santa Rosa
Fire Department requested that Human
Resources study three (3) of the Battalion Chief
positions who are assigned to oversee projects
and programs of a specific division (i.e., the
Emergency Medical Services, Training, and
Support Services Divisions). The City’s Division
Chief classification has not been used in over ten
years.
3 Analysis
Typically, a Battalion Chief functions as a shift
commander of an assigned battalion whereas, the
Division Chief is responsible for the management
of a department division and perform
professional administrative, technical, and
managerial duties within the assigned division.
4 Analysis
The incumbents work a non-shift assignment
with complex administrative and program
management responsibilities. They develop and
implement procedures and work plans,
participate in long-range strategic planning,
assess needs, and oversee program activities,
prepare reports, and represent the Department
through public presentations, hearings of State,
Regional, County, or inter-agency committees and
cooperative programs.
5 Fiscal Impact
There will be no fiscal impact in the FY 2022-23
budget due to the special pay for the Battalion
Chief assignment being folded into the base salary
for Division Chief with stipend. The additional
pay was previously provided as a special pay that
was not PERSable, and this change upgraded the
class specs, included these additional duties in the
job description and incorporated the special pay
into base pay for the identified positions. No
additional funds for FY 2022-23 are required.
6 RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Human Resources
Department that the Council, by resolution,
amend the City’s Classification and Salary Plan
to reinstate the classification of Division Chief
and reclassify three existing Battalion Chief
positions to Division Chief in the Fire
Department.
7 QUESTIONS?
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