HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-031 N.C.S. 03/07/2022 DocuSign Envelope ID:20BA8D82-D956-4F5E-95B4-1145EDB11930
Resolution No. 2022-031 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
PLAN BY REVISING THE CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS FOR
ASSOCIATE CIVIL ENGINEER AND SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER
WHEREAS, Petaluma Municipal Code Section 3.04.020.1) authorizes the City Manager as
the City's Personnel Officer to prepare or cause to be prepared a position classification plan,
including class specifications and revisions of the plan; and,
WHEREAS,the City wishes to keep its Classification and Compensation Plan current, and
in accordance with Petaluma Municipal Code Section 3.04.020, amendments or revisions to the
Classification and Compensation Plan are effective upon approval by the City Council; and,
WHEREAS,the City Manager, acting as the Personnel Officer, has determined the results
of the proposed changes align with the duties and responsibilities of existing workloads and
City needs; and,
WHEREAS,the results of the proposed changes to the Associate Civil Engineer
classification specification accurately reflect updates in Professional Engineer(PE)
requirements and broaden the PE requirements from just California to all United States
jurisdictions or from another country with comparable PE registration requirements in order to
attract a more diverse and qualified applicant pool; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the Senior Civil Engineer classification specification
are intended to clarify that the responsibilities of this position include the oversight, review,
signing and stamping of documents prepared by subordinate CIP staff; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed actions are exempt from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, as the
actions do not meet CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the actions do not have the
potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and because these are personnel-related
actions that constitute organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not
result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. Moreover, future CEQA analysis
will be performed for any project resulting from these positions.
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NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Petaluma hereby:
1. Declares the above recitals to be true and correct and are incorporated into this resolution
as findings of the City Council.
2. The proposed actions are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, as the actions
do not meet CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the actions do not have the
potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a
reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and because these
are personnel-related actions that constitute organizational or administrative activities of
governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
Moreover, future CEQA analysis will be performed for any project resulting from these
positions.
3. Approves the amendment to the Classification and Compensation Plan as written in this
Resolution, revising the classification specifications of Associate Civil Engineer and
Senior Civil Engineer as attached and incorporated as Exhibits A and B.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 71 day of March 2022, form:
by the following vote: Docusigned by:
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AYES: Teresa Barrett,Brian Barnacle,D'Lynda Fischer,Mike Healy,Dave King,Kevin
McDonnell,Dennis Pocekay
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: DocuSigned by: Docusigned by:
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