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Home My WebLink About19-Human Resources ORIGINAL CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO — REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: LINN LIVINGSTON Subject: ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES FOR POLICE Dept: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT RANGES P-1, P-2, P-3 & LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINEE Date: AUGUST 28, 2006 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2006. M/CC Meeting Date: Sept. 18, 2006 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: On September 6, 2005, the Mayor and Common Council approved the establishment of salaries for Fire Department Ranges P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4, P-5, P-6, P-7, Fire Marshal, Training Officer and Firefighter Trainee; and Police Department P-1, P-2, P-3 and Law Enforcement Trainee, effective August 1, 2005. Recommended Motion: 1. That the salaries for Police Department Ranges P-1 (Police Officer), P-2 (Detective/ Corporal), P-3 (Sergeant) and Law Enforcement Trainee be established, effective August 1, 2006. 2. Authorize the Human Resources to amend Resolution No. 6429 to reflect the above action. 3. Authorize the Director of Finance to amend the FY 2006-2007 Budget by increasing the Police Department General Fund Budget by$2,192,300 for Charter 186 costs by appropriating $877,300 from the General Fund Budget Reserve and transferring$1,315,000 from the General Government Budget in account number 001-092-5011 and also make the appropriate adjustments to the various Police Grants a allowed by the Grants for the Charter 186 costs. ` 8ignatufe Contact person: Linn Livingston Phone: 384-5161 Supporting data attached: Yes Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: $2,192,300 Source: (Acct. No.) 001-092-5011 (Acct. Description) Salaries & Benefits Finance: Council Notes: Agenda Item No. 9' ��' �� CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO — REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Staff Report Subject: Establishment of salaries for Police Department P-1, P-2, P-3 and Law Enforcement Trainee, effective August 1, 2006. Background: Section 186 of the City Charter established a formula for setting salaries for local safety members, effective August 1 of each year. An agreement was agreed upon with the Police Safety Unit on the ten cities to be used for this year's calculation. The salaries of those ten cities have been averaged to determine the salaries for this year for Police Safety classifications. The ten cities agreed upon for classifications P-1, P-2, and P-3 are: Costa Mesa Pomona Palmdale Downey Modesto West Covina Santa Clarita Elk Grove Irvine Burbank 2005 MONTHLY SALARY RANGES Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 P-1/Police Officer $4,414 $4,791 $5,168 $5,545 $5,922 P-2/Detective/Corporal $5,379 $5,734 $6,089 $6,444 $6,800 P-3/Sergeant $6,059 $6,457 $6,855 $7,253 $7,652 NEW MONTHLY SALARY RANGES (effective August 1, 2006) Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 P-1/Police Officer $4,685 $5,124 $5,563 $6,002 $6,442 P-2/Detective/Corporal $5,839 $6,089 $6,444 $6,800 $7,260 P-3/Sergeant $6,517 $6,855 $7,253 $7,652 $8,110 The salary steps were calculated in accordance with the procedures outlined in Charter 186. The Charter states the salaries are determined for Steps 1 and 5 by calculating the average monthly salary of the 10 agreed-upon agencies; Steps 2, 3, and 4 reflect equal salary advances. w 6 3 The salary increases in each range for 2006 are as follows: Monthly # of Total Dollar Budgeted Annual Range % Change Adjustment Positions Adjustment Police Officer- Step 1 6.14 $271 34 $110,568 Police Officer- Step 2 6.95 $333 31 $123,876 Police Officer- Step 3 7.64 $395 22 $146,940 Police Officer- Step 4 8.24 $457 19 $104,196 Police Officer- Step 5 8.79 $520 112 $698,880 P-2/Detective/Corporal 6.76 $460 47 $259,400 P-3/Sergeant 5.98 $458 45 $247,320 Total $1,691,180 Adding 29.634%to reflect the variable fringe benefit costs, which rise with salary, the total added costs for salaries and fringe benefits are $2,192,300. By comparison, total Section 186 for this group in FY 05-06 was $661,700. The City cost for this group is significantly higher than 2005. One of the reasons for the increased cost is last year, steps 1, 2 and 3 of P-1 did not receive an increase. Also, some contracts that had been at impasse last year have now resolved with significant benefit/salary increases. The Law Enforcement Trainee salary will be changed to $3,748 per month ($21.6230 per hour), which is 80% of Step A for the Police Officer(P-1) salary. Resolution No. 6429 will be updated to reflect the revised salaries. FINANCIAL IMPACT The City's FY 2006-2007 approved budget included$1.5 million in General Government for all Charter 186 anticipated salary increases. This budget estimate was based on FY 2005-2006 total actual Charter 186 costs of $1,398,000 and the knowledge that the City's Safety PERS rate was being reduced by 7.74% due to Pension Obligation Bond financing the City did. In July, $185,000 of the $1.5 million was approved to be used to cover the funding shortfall for the negotiated POA MOU so the current available balance for Charter 186 cost is $1,315,000. The cost of Charter 186 salary increases outlined above for the Police Safety Unit is $2,192,300 which is $877,300 more than what is currently available in the budget. A budget amendment is necessary to appropriate an additional $877,300 from the City's budget reserve to cover this shortfall and to move all the funds into the Police Department budget. As noted above, for FY 2006-2007 the Charter 186 costs for the Police Safety Unit is $2,192,300, which is $1,530,600 more than the FY 2005-2006 costs of $661,700. There are several major reasons that caused such a large variance between the two fiscal years. First, in FY 2005-2006 the percentage increase ranged from 0 - 3.6% for this unit while in FY 2006-2007 the percentage increase range is 5.98 — 8.79%. For FY 2006-2007 more cities gave pay increases in higher amounts than in FY 2005-2006 so this significantly increased our City's costs based on the Charter 186 process. Second, in FY 2005-2006 there were actually 61 positions in this unit that received no increase while this year all positions in the unit are getting at lease a 5.98% increase. Third, for FY 2006-2007 there were 14 positions added to the budget for this unit which were not included in the FY 2005-2006 costs. Adding this many positions and then having the rate increases much higher than anticipated, caused the overall costs to be higher than the previous year. It should be noted that Police Safety is only the first of four Safety groups to complete the Charter 186 process. Police Management, Fire Management, and Fire Safety groups are still in the Charter 186- negotiation process. At this time it is anticipated that these groups will also have high Charter 186 costs. Since there are no remaining funds available in the FY 2006-2007 budget for Charter 186 costs, funds from the budget reserve will also have to be appropriated to cover these costs. Recommendation: 1. That the salaries for Police Department Ranges P-1 (Police Officer), P-2 (Detective/ Corporal), P-3 (Sergeant) and Law Enforcement Trainee be established, effective August 1, 2006. 4. That the Human Resources amend Resolution No. 6429 to reflect the above action. 5. Authorize the Director of Finance to amend the FY 2006-2007 Budget by increasing the Police Department General Fund Budget by$2,192,300 for Charter 186 costs by appropriating $877,300 from the General Fund Budget Reserve and transferring $1,315,000 from the General Government Budget in account number 001-092-5011 and also make the appropriate adjustments to the various Police Grants as allowed by the Grants for the Charter 186 costs. HR/Agenda Items:SR.186.Police.Safety.2006