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Date: April 22, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Aram Chaparyan, City Manager
By: Jamie Le, Assistant to the City Manager | [email protected] Subject: City Manager – Adopt RESOLUTION Setting Forth Changes Regarding Hours, Wages and Working Conditions for Elected Officials. Expenditure: $30,858 (General Fund)
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the City Manager that City Council:
1. Adopt a RESOLUTION setting forth changes regarding hours, wages, and working conditions for Elected Officials; and
2. Approve modifying the City Clerk monthly pay point to the amount of $15,799, which increases the salary by 9.5%; and
3. Repeal Resolution No. 2023-29 in its entirety.
FUNDING
Funding is available in the General Fund’s fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget and is anticipated to be available in subsequent years.
DISCUSSION
In 1976, the residents of Torrance approved Charter Amendment No. 3 which allowed the City Council to set the salary for the City Clerk and City Treasurer. A distinguishing characteristic for these elected positions is their department head status, which entails direct management of City staff.
Since 1976, the City Council has used several different methodologies in establishing the salary levels for the City Clerk. These included basing the salary on the general employee increases, the merit system for Department Heads and utilizing salary surveys from comparable agencies in Southern California.
A recent salary survey shows that the existing pay point for City Clerk is 15% below the median of comparable agencies in southern California. Per your Honorable Body's direction, the attached Resolution includes 9.5% adjustment to the pay point for the City Clerk.
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April 22, 2025
In accordance with Section 404 of the City Charter, which was filed with the Secretary of State on February 3, 2025, the monthly compensation for Council members will be calculated by taking the minimum wage of the State of California and multiplying it by 2,080 hours to get the yearly amount and dividing the yearly amount by 12 to get the monthly compensation. City Council members are not employees, are not hourly workers, and will not be entitled to overtime. The reference to minimum wage is just for the purpose of calculating the monthly compensation. The annual fiscal impact will be $243,271 and was included in the budget as part of the FY2024-25 First Quarter Budget Review Report Program Modifications.
In addition, to keep consistent with the changes in general employee groups, the new Elected Officials Resolution also includes an increase in the health insurance contribution.
ATTACHMENT
1) Elected Officials Resolution (Materials Available)
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MEETING)
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