ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: Human Resources Item No: D6
Prepared by: Dolores Gascon, Human Resources Meeting Date: February 28, 2023 Approved by: Amanda Lee, Acting City Manager Agenda Location: Discussion SUBJECT: CITY STAFFING UPDATE
RECOMMENDATION: Discuss City employee salary increases in comparison to local inflation.
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: Mayor Franklin requested that staff place a discussion item on an upcoming agenda to discuss City employee salary increases in comparison to local inflation rates. On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for the San Diego Area.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this discussion item.
EXHIBITS:
1.Consumer Price Index, San Diego County, January 2023
AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
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Discussed City employee salary increases in comparison to local inflation.
Vote: No vote
2/15/23,2:26 PM Consumer Price Index,San Diego Area-January 2023:Western Information Office: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
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News Release Information
Area prices were up 1.8 percent over the past two months, up 6.4 percent from a year ago 23-304-SAN Prices in the San Diego area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.8 percent Tuesday, February 14,2023 for the two months ending in January 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the January increase was influenced by higher prices for shelter and natural gas Contacts service. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.) Technical information:
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Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U advanced 6.4 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices advanced 3.6 percent. Energy BLSinfoSF [email protected] prices increased 12.6 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of natural gas service. The index for all items less food www.bls.gov/regions/west and energy rose 6.5 percent over the year. (See table 1.) Media contact:
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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Diego-Carisbad, CA, January 2020-January 2023
All items
Percent change All items less food and energy
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7.0 6.0 _
5.0 40
3.0 2.0 - -
1.0 0.0
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan 2020 2021 2022 2023
Source: U_5.Bureau of Labor Statistics_
View Chart Data
Food
Food prices increased 2.1 percent for the two months ending in January. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home rose 1.0 percent, led by higher prices for cereals and bakery products (5.4 percent). Prices for food away from home rose 3.7 percent for the same period.
Over the year, food prices increased 3.6 percent. Prices for food at home rose 9.0 percent since a year ago, with higher prices in five of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home fell 2.3 percent.
Energy
The energy index increased 4.7 percent for the two months ending in January. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for natural gas service (146.1 percent). Prices for electricity rose 15.9 percent, but prices for gasoline decreased 14.7 percent for the same period.
Energy prices increased 12.6 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for natural gas service (116.3 percent). Prices paid for electricity advanced 13.4 percent, but prices for gasoline declined 1.6 percent during the past year.
All items less food and energy
The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.6 percent in the latest two-month period. Higher prices for household furnishings and operations (2.6 percent), shelter (2.3 percent), and recreation (1.7 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for used cars and trucks (-3.7 percent) and education and communication (-0.5 percent).
Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 6.5 percent. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (9.3 percent), recreation (7.4 percent), and medical care (4.4 percent). Partly offsetting the increases was a price decrease in used cars and trucks (-10.0 percent).
Table A. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month January 2.6 0.3 2.3 0.4 1.7 2.0 8.2 1.8 6.4 March 0.5 2.2 0.0 1.8 2.4 4.1 2.1 7.9 May 1.0 3.8 -0.4 0.3 0.7 5.3 1.1 8.3 July -0.3 1.4 1.4 2.1 2.1 6.0 1.2 7.3 September 0.6 1.7 -0.4 1.1 0.1 6.5 0.9 8.2 EXHIBIT 1
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2/15/23,2:26 PM Consumer Price Index,San Diego Area-January 2023:Western Information Office:U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month November 0.2 2.6 0.6 1.6 0.7 6.6 -0.7 6.7 The March 2023 Consumer Price Index for the San Diego area is scheduled to be released on April 12, 2023.
Technical Note
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.
The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.
The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bis.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpJi .
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.
The San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan area includes San Diego County in California.
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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods San Diego-Carlsbad (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) Indexes Percent change from-
Item and Group Historical Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Nov. Dec. data 2022 2022 2023 2022 2022 2022
Expenditure category
All items 0 348.145 - 354.453 6.4 1.8 All items(1967=100) 0 1,177.186 - 1,198.513 - - - Food and beverages 0 305.094 - 312.294 3.8 2.4 - Food 0 304.034 - 310.318 3.6 2.1 - Food at home 0 278.354 276.696 281.196 9.0 1.0 1.6 Cereals and bakery products 0 341.585 - 360.156 18.4 5.4 - Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 0 280.913 - 279.220 -0.8 -0.6 - Dairy and related products 0 228.207 - 232.246 22.0 1.8 - Fruits and vegetables 0 283.022 - 291.932 4.8 3.1 - Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials() 0 308.513 - 301.742 2.7 -2.2 - Other food at home 0 271.671 - 272.464 14.4 0.3 - Food away from home 0 335.072 - 347.597 -2.3 3.7 - Alcoholic beverages 0 304.874 - 321.588 6.3 5.5 - Housing 0 410.969 - 427.507 10.0 4.0 - Shelter 0 466.663 474.437 477.403 9.3 2.3 0.6 Rent of primary residence(2) 0 462.692 467.998 470.769 9.0 1.7 0.6 Owners'equiv. rent of residences(2_) 0 496.347 505.549 508.275 10.1 2.4 0.5 Owners'equiv. rent of primary residence(!) 0 496.347 505.549 508.275 10.1 2.4 0.5 Fuels and utilities 0 442.664 - 555.482 23.6 25.5 - Household energy 0 432.944 449.880 596.432 32.1 37.8 32.6 Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a November 1977=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
-Data not available
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2/15/23,2:26 PM Consumer Price Index,San Diego Area-January 2023:Western Information Office:U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics Indexes Percent change from-
Item and Group Historical Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Nov. Dec. data 2022 2022 2023 2022 2022 2022
Energy services 0 426.176 444.132 592.067 32.7 38.9 33.3 Electricity 0 425.144 425.144 492.686 13.4 15.9 15.9 Utility(piped) gas service 0 299.945 359.295 738.062 116.3 146.1 105.4 Household furnishings and operations 0 204.113 - 209.406 4.6 2.6 - Apparel 0 173.946 - 178.142 1.1 2.4 - Transportation 0 289.404 - 279.733 1.8 -3.3 - Private transportation 0 289.134 - 278.104 2.0 -3.8 - New and used motor vehicles(M 0 135.144 - 133.889 0.7 -0.9 - New vehicles(7) 0 256.262 - 259.263 5.0 1.2 - Used cars and trucks(I) 0 320.262 - 308.255 -10.0 -3.7 - Motor fuel 0 424.637 363.937 362.898 -1.2 -14.5 -0.3 Gasoline(all types) 0 423.218 362.241 360.873 -1.6 -14.7 -0.4 Gasoline, unleaded regular(4) 0 438.571 374.512 373.110 -1.9 -14.9 -0.4 Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(M 0 368.268 316.971 315.507 -1.3 -14.3 -0.5 Gasoline, unleaded premium(4) 0 431.330 372.743 371.309 -0.6 -13.9 -0.4 Medical care 0 548.175 - 549.305 4.4 0.2 - Recreation( 0 179.078 - 182.118 7.4 1.7 - Education and communication(3) 0 142.782 - 142.085 1.5 -0.5 - Tuition, other school fees, and child care(!) 0 1,665.355 - 1,665.861 3.6 0.0 - Other goods and services 0 481.837 - 484.360 7.1 0.5 - Commodity and service group
All items 0 348.145 - 354.453 6.4 1.8 - Commodities 0 239.221 - 238.472 1.8 -0.3 - Commodities less food &beverages 0 204.440 - 200.512 0.6 -1.9 - Nondurables less food &beverages 0 249.158 - 240.138 2.3 -3.6 - Durables 0 159.423 - 159.677 -1.4 0.2 - Services 0 443.374 - 456.410 9.0 2.9 - Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 0 338.621 - 345.149 6.6 1.9 All items less shelter ❑ 300.863 - 305.584 4.8 1.6 - Commodities less food 0 208.993 - 205.712 0.8 -1.6 - Nondurables ❑ 278.740 - 277.496 3.1 -0.4 - Nondurables less food 0 254.906 - 247.668 2.6 -2.8 - Services less rent of shelter(2) ❑ 438.044 - 455.524 8.7 4.0 - Services less medical care services 0 429.842 - 443.756 9.4 3.2 - Energy 0 422.190 390.045 442.244 12.6 4.7 13.4 All items less energy 0 347.034 - 352.655 6.0 1.6 - AII items less food and energy 0 355.909 - 361.540 6.5 1.6 - Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a November 1977=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4)Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
-Data not available
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Last Modified Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI Data
vs City of Vista Employee Increases
Date BLS VFFA Non-VFFA Notes
Jan-21 1.7 4 2 VFFA received 3% in July, then 1% in January Jan-22 8.2 3 2.5 VFFA received a 2.5% stipend, all others got 8% Jan-23 6.4 6 5.5
In addition to negotiated increases, City did a 3.0%
ATB in August. VFFA also received 2.5% stipend.
TOTAL 16.3 13 10
AVG 5.4 4.3 3.3
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