BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Adopt Resolution Adopting Employee Salary Schedule for Fiscal Year 2020.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a Resolution ADOPTING EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE - EFFECTIVE THE BEGINNING OF PAY PERIOD 14 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
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SUMMARY:
Board approval of the Employee Salary Schedule serves the following four purposes:
1. Compliance with state law which requires that the governing body of a public agency formally approve salary schedules for all employees and make them available for public review;
2. Updates and makes current the salary schedule for Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) employees covered by labor Memorandum of Understandings;
3. Updates and makes current the salary schedule for Executive employees; and
4. Updates and makes current the salary schedule for the three Board Appointed Officers.
Compliance with State Legal Requirement:
Approval of the Employee Salary Schedule by the Board of Directors is required under Title 2 California Code of Regulations, section 570.5 and its requirement of a publicly available pay schedule approved by a public body for all employee classifications. Under this requirement, the amount of "compensation earnable" for purposes of calculating retirement benefits is limited to the amount listed on a pay schedule meeting the following requirements:
1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer's governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws;
2) Identifies the position title for every employee position;
3) Shows the pay-rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually.
5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hou...
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