Title
Adoption of Resolution Adopting and Ratifying Salary Schedules for Council Appointees City Manager and City Attorney In Compliance with CalPERS Requirements. (Human Resources 10025060)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Yibin Shen, City Attorney
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As a contracting agency of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the City of Alameda (City) is subject to statutory and regulatory requirements that govern whether compensation is reportable for pension calculation purposes. The Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL), the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA), and the California Code of Regulations (CCR) require that contracting agencies must accurately reflect information related to compensation items in approved documentation.
Through a compliance review, CalPERS identified that the City’s documentation for compensation paid to the City Attorney and City Manager did not comply with the PERL and related CCRs. The attached resolution addresses CalPERS’s concerns by adopting salary schedules that are compliant with CalPERS regulations and guidance. This resolution does not alter or change current or prior compensation to the City Attorney and City Manager as previously adopted by City Council in its contracts with each appointee.
BACKGROUND
The City received an inquiry from CalPERS on October 14, 2025, requesting salary schedules for the City Attorney. In subsequent correspondence with CalPERS’s Employer Account Management Division, CalPERS staff indicated that the City’s existing documentation for salaries for both the City Manager and City Attorney was not compliant with Title 2 California Code of Regulations §§ 570.5 and 571.1(4), because (1) the schedules had blanks in steps 1 through 4, and (2) the salary schedule did not indicate when it was adopted by City Council.
Although City Council has previously adopted by resolution the City’s contracts with the City Attorney and City Manager, which describe in detail each position’s compensation, CalPERS staff stated the adoption of the contracts was insufficient and insisted that the salary schedules themselves must also be adopted by City Council.
DISCUSSION
To ensure compensation for the City Manager and City Attorney are pensionable compensation and compliant with CalPERS regulations and guidance, City Council must adopt and ratify the salary schedules attached as Exhibit 1. These salary schedules include both current compensation and compensation dating back to June 19, 2022. City Council’s adoption of the prior schedules will be retroactive to ensure prior compensation is compliant with CalPERS regulations and guidance.
The salary schedules to be adopted are also listed below:
Effective July 13, 2025:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1040 |
City Manager |
364,145 |
7/13/2025 |
|
1011 |
City Attorney |
351,430 |
7/13/2025 |
Effective January 12, 2025:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1011 |
City Attorney |
326,473 |
1/12/2025 |
Effective July 14, 2024:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1040 |
City Manager |
323,567 |
7/14/2024 |
|
1011 |
City Attorney |
307,993 |
7/14/2024 |
Effective July 2, 2023:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1040 |
City Manager |
315,675 |
7/2/2023 |
|
1011 |
City Attorney |
300,481 |
7/2/2023 |
Effective January 3, 2023:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1040 |
City Manager |
305,000 |
1/3/2023 |
Effective July 3, 2022:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1011 |
City Attorney |
290,320 |
7/3/2022 |
Effective June 19, 2022:
|
CODE |
CLASSIFICATION |
ANNUAL SALARY |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
1011 |
City Attorney |
277,818 |
6/19/2022 |
ALTERNATIVES
• Approve the resolution as recommended.
• Deny the resolution and provide further direction to staff regarding pensionable compensation for City Council appointees. Staff does not recommend this option as it may result in the exclusion of current and prior compensation of City Council appointees from CalPERS’s calculation of pensionable compensation.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The proposed resolution adopting the salary schedules would not increase any costs to the City. The compensation identified in these schedules was previously authorized by City Council through adoption of contracts with City Council appointees and adoption of prior City budgets.
MUNICIPAL CODE/POLICY DOCUMENT CROSS REFERENCE
This action is consistent with the Alameda Municipal Code.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This action does not constitute a “project” as defined in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378 and therefore no further CEQA analysis is required.
CLIMATE IMPACTS
There are no identifiable climate impacts or climate action opportunities associated with the subject of this report.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution approving and ratifying for City Manager and City Attorney salary schedules in compliance with CalPERS requirements.
Respectfully submitted,
Douglas McManaway, Assistant City Attorney
Financial Impact section reviewed,
Ross McCarthy, Finance Director
Exhibit:
1. Salary Schedules