HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO7662RESOLUTION NO. 7662
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT AND
CONFIDENTIAL PERSONNEL AND COUNCIL APPOINTED
OFFICERS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 7627 TO AMEND
THE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR COUNCIL APPOINTED
OFFICERS
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as
follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of
Article II of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the salaries
and benefits of the Council -Appointed Officers, adopted pursuant to
Resolution No. 7627 are hereby amended to be as shown in Exhibits
"A" and "B," attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference,
effective as of the dates referenced in the exhibits.
SECTION 2. The Management Compensation Plan, adopted by
Resolution No. 7627 is hereby amended to include said amended
salaries and benefits as set forth in Section 1.
SECTION 3. The Director of Administrative Services is
authorized to implement the amended salaries and benefits as set
forth in Section 1.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this is not a project
under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no
environmental impact assessment is necessary.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: May 5, 1997
AYES: ANDERSEN, EAKINS, FAZZINO, HUBER, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER,
WHEELER
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
Cit C erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior Asst. City Attorney
Ac
VED:
Dir for of Human Resources
Director of
nistrative Services
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF PALO ALTO
Council Appointed and Elected Officers
CLASS CODE
TITLE
1995-96
ANNUAL SALARY
Iii -WEEKLY
EFFECTIVE
DATE
001
City Councilperson
$4,800
$184.62
.January !, 1982
CLASS CODE
TITLE
SALARY EFFECTIVE 6-22-96
SALARY EFFECTIVE. 12-21-96
ANNUAL
13I -WEEKLY
ANNUAL
131 -WEEKLY
002
City Manager
$142,084
55464.77
5145,807
$5607.96
003
City Attorney
5118,389
54553.42
5129,478
54979.92
004
City Auditor
596,815
53723.65
598,225
53777.88
005
City Clerk
$81,249
$3124.96
584,749
53259.58
EXHIBIT B
Council Appointed Officers
Benefits
1. Council Appointed Officers are
listed in the Compensation
Confidential Personnel and
"Compensation Plan") currently in
C and D.
eligible for all benefits
Plan for Management and
Council Appointees (the
effect, except Section II B,
2. City Attorney, Ariel Pierre Calonne, is granted the following
benefits in addition to the salary set forth in Exhibit A and
those benefits described in paragraph 1 of this Exhibit B:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section II L of the
Compensation Plan, the City will loan Mr. Calonne up to
$550,000 for the purchase of his princ.i.pal residence in
Palo Alto, subject to the following terms and conditions:
Interest and principal on the loan shall be payable
bi-weekly and amortized over thirty (30) years.
Commencing July 1, 1997, interest on the loan shall
be equal to the annual average rate of return of
the City's invested funds plus one quarter percent
(1/4$), not to exceed twelve percent (12%)
interest.
Mr. Calonne shall contribute not less than $30,000
to the purchase of his principal residence.
Mr. Calonne shall agree not to accept other
employment for a period of five years from the loan
origination date. This provision shall not be
interpreted to grant or imply any specific term or
tenure of office.
(v) Notwithstanding paragraph (iv), the loan shall be
due and payable in full within 18 months after
termination of Mr. Calonne's employment with the
City of Palo Alto.
(vi) The City shall pay all closing costs on the
purchase of Mr. Calonne's principal residence.
"Closing costs" shall be defined in accordance with
Section II, L of the Compensation Plan.
(vii) The Director of Human Resources is hereby directed
to prepare, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to
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execute, any and all agreements and documents
necessary to effectuate a loan in accordance with
these conditions, as may be amended from time to
time in accordance with changes to Mr. Calonne's
compensation plan.
(b) The benefits hereby granted shall supersede any special
benefits formerly granted to Mr. Calonne.
3. Effective May 5, 1997, the City shall pay to City Manager,
June Fleming, the present cash value of 80 hours of her
accrued vacation. Ms. Fleming shall use 29 hours of her
accrued vacation on or before December 31, 1997, in addition
to all vacation accrued during 1997, so that she will have no
more than 600 hours of accrued vacation as of December 31,
1997. Thereafter, Ms. Fleming shall not accrue vacation in
excess of 600 hours. These provisions of Ms. Fleming's
compensation plan relating to accrual and use of vacation are
intended to be in furtherance of Section 703 of the City's
Merit System Rules and Regulations.
4. The vacation accrual rate for Council Appointed Officers
completing less than four years continuous service shall be
three calendar weeks per year. For completing four but less
than nineteen years continuous service, the accrual rate shall
be four calendar weeks per year. For completing nineteen or
more years continuous service, the accrual rate shall be five
calendar weeks per year.
5. City Manager, June Fleming is granted the following benefit in
addition to the salary set forth in Exhibit A and those
benefits described in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of this Exhibit B:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section II K of the
Compensation Plan, the City will loan Ms. Fleming Two Hundred
Forty Thousand Dollars ($240,000) in connection with the sale
of her principal residence in Los Altos Hills and purchase of
her new principal residence in Palo Alto, subject to the
following terms and conditions:
(a) Interest and principal on the loan shall be payable bi-
weekly, in accordance with the payment schedule set forth
in a Promissory Note dated February 13, 1996.
(b) Interest shall be equal to the portfolio rate, which is
defined as the average annual rate of return on the
City's invested funds plus one quarter percent (1/4%),
not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum.
(c) The loan shall be due and payable on or before the
earliest of the following:
(i) Ten (10) years from the date of the aforementioned
Promissory Note;
(ii) Six (6) months following termination of employment;
or -
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(iii) Sale or other conveyance of the Palo Alto
residence.
(d) The loan shall be secured by a deed of trust on the Palo
Alto residence.
6. City Manager, June Fleming, may convert and receive
compensation for unused sick leave hours in a sum equal to
her unused sick leave hours multiplied by seventy-five percent
of her basic hourly rate at the time of exercising such
conversion; provided, that such conversion of sick leave shall
not result in a balance of less than eighty (80) hours of
unused sick leave. This benefit may be exercised only until
June 30, 1997. This benefit allows the City Manager to
advance the right to convert unused sick leave, and will not
preclude her right to compensation for unused sick leave in
accordance with Section 609 of the Merit System Rules &
Regulations, upon her actual separation from service.
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