HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2016 1102 CCSA REG ITEM 10D ITEM 10.D.
CITY OF MOORPARK,CALIF°='MIA
City Council Meeting
ACTION: •
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, Assistant City Manager OF
DATE: October 25, 2016 (CC Meeting of 11/2/16)
SUBJECT: Consider Position Change from Assistant Engineer to Senior Civil
Engineer in the Public Works Department
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The current Assistant Engineer position in the Public Works Department is budgeted at
Salary Range 62 ($5,687 to $7,649 monthly). The position is currently vacant, and staff is
requesting to fill the vacancy with a Senior Civil Engineer at Salary Range 75 ($7,842 to
$10,546 monthly). Both the Assistant Engineer and the Senior Civil Engineer positions are
classified as Non-Competitive Service (Management) positions that are exempt from
overtime. The intent of the position change is to hire a more experienced engineer to
provide the City Engineer/Public Works Director with more assistance with land
development projects, capital projects, and other more complex engineering work tasks.
Previously the City had both the City Engineer/Public Works Director and the Assistant City
Engineer positions filled, and when the City Council previously approved the hiring of an
Assistant Engineer at Range 62, the Assistant City Engineer position at Range 79 was
eliminated as a budgeted position. With the current vacancy for the Assistant Engineer
position, staff has the opportunity to consider the more ideal staffing for accomplishing the
City's adopted Goals and Objectives and the ongoing workload. The change to the Senior
Civil Engineer position at Range 75 would once again provide the City with two
experienced in-house engineers.
The additional salary and benefits cost for the Senior Civil Engineer position is estimated to
be approximately$56,000 for the next fiscal year, assuming an experienced engineer may
be hired with a salary rate closer to the middle of the salary range and a"Classic"CaIPERS
retirement benefit, although the actual cost could be less.
FISCAL IMPACT
As explained in this report, the additional annual cost may be approximately$56,000. This
is a difference of about$20 an hour. A budget amendment will be required. Since 50%of
the position is currently funded by the General Fund (10% General Fund and 40%
Engineering Fund, which is General Fund supported), 50% of the-increased annual cost
(approximately$28,000)would need to be paid by the General Fund. Once an employee
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is hired, staff would be able to calculate the additional cost more accurately and would then
bring back a resolution to amend the budget.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Approve a Public Works Department position change from Assistant Engineer at
Range 62 to Senior Civil Engineer at Range 75; and
2. Direct staff to schedule a budget amendment for the additional salary and benefit
costs when the hiring is completed and the actual difference can be calculated.
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