AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; creating a compensation program for the position of Fire Chief; specifying provisions for the administration of said compensation program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Report of the Public Safety and Human Services Committee. Agenda Item 26 Council Bill 120248 An Ordinance relating to City Employment Creating a compensation program for the position of Fire Chief specifying provisions for the Administration of said compensation program and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. The committee recommends bill passed as amended. Madam Sirkin They handed over to Councilmember Herbold, who is the chair of this committee, to address the item. Thank you so much. So the background on this is currently the fire chief is classified as what's called an executive for that's the same classification as exists for the deputy fire chiefs. The executive has identified salary compression issues in the department and that is created when the job top job is classified in the same way as other jobs. And that creates a outcome where there's little or no difference in pay, but large differences in responsibilities, skills or qualifications. The Human Resources Department connect. It conducted an analysis of comparable fire chief positions among what's referred to as the standard West Coast seven cities San Francisco, San Diego, Oakland, Long Beach, Sacramento. San Jose and Portland. To come up with a new salary rate for the position of fire chief and this legislation codifies that the. Thank you so much, Councilmember Herbold. Are there any additional comments? Hearing on what the police called the roll on the passage of the bill. LEWIS. Yes. Morales Yes. Mosquera i. Peterson. I. Strauss Yes, for both. Yes. Whereas I council President Gonzalez, I didn't favor none of those. Thank you so much. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Well, the clerk please read item 27 into the record.