HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-101 N.C.S. 06/06/2022 DocuSign Envelope ID:AE38B657-EABC-4ADB-9476-5EF6DFF40078
Resolution No. 2022-101 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
APPROVING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA LIVING WAGE RATE BY:
1) SETTING THE CITY OF PETALUMA LIVING WAGE RATE AT $17.61 PER HOUR WITH AN
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TOWARD MEDICAL BENEFITS AND $19.74 PER HOUR
WITHOUT AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TOWARD MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2022-2023 AND IF APPROVED, 2)AMENDING THE PAY RATES FOR PART-TIME
POSITIONS BENCHMARKED TO LIVING WAGE POSITIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Petaluma established a Living Wage Required for Specified
City-Funded Contracts and City Employees, by adopting Ordinance No. 2256 N.C.S., effective December 20,
2006 ("the Living Wage Ordinance"); and,
WHEREAS,the Living Wage Ordinance is codified as Chapter 8.36 of the City of Petaluma Municipal Code;
and,
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Section 8.36.060.D, provides that the Living Wage rate shall be increased
annually on July 1, in accordance with any increase due to a cost-of-living adjustment for non-safety, non-
management City employees, but no more than the most recent December to December Consumer Price Index
(CPI-U) for the San Francisco area; and,
WHEREAS, Section 8.36.060.D further provides that the City Council may review the impact of the cost of
living adjustment("COLA")on an annual basis to assess any potential adverse impact and may modify or suspend
adoption of a COLA otherwise allowed by the subsection; and,
WHEREAS, the initial Living Wage rate in 2006 was $11.70 per hour with an employer contribution of at
least $1.50 per hour per employee toward medical benefits and $13.20 per hour without said contribution; and,
WHEREAS,the current Living Wage pursuant to Chapter 8.36 is $17.61 per hour if a contribution of at least
$1.50 per hour per employee is paid by the employer toward the cost of medical benefits; and $19.74 per hour
without said contribution toward medical benefits; and,
WHEREAS,the December to December Consumer Price Index(CPI-U) for the San Francisco area indicates
an overall increase of 4.2% in Bay Area consumer prices from December 2020 to December 2021; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma's part-time positions of Building Attendant, Marina Attendant, Ramp
Attendant, and Tiny Tots Teacher I are subject to the Living Wage; and,
WHEREAS, the City wishes to maintain pay rate consistency within certain part-time positions which are
related, and/or similar to the City's Living Wage positions,but are not subject to the Living Wage ordinance; and,
WHEREAS,the City last adjusted the pay rates for the City's Living Wage positions and benchmarked part-
time positions effective July 1, 2021 by 2.0%; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), in that adjusting the City's
Living Wage Rate does not meet CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the action does not have the potential
for resulting either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
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change in the environment, and because this is a personnel-related action that constitutes organizational or
administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the
environment; and,
WHEREAS, if the proposed action did constitute a project under CEQA the action is exempt under the
common-sense exemption,CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)because it can be seen with certainty that there
is no possibility that the proposed action could have a significant impact on the environment.
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. Finds the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), in that adjusting the City's Living Wage
Rate does not meet CEQA's definition of a "project," because the action does not have the potential for
resulting either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment, and because this is a personnel-related action that constitutes organizational or
administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the
environment.
3. Approves pursuant to Petaluma Municipal Code Section 8.36.060.D a 4.2% COLA adjustment to the Living
Wage and effective July 1, 2022 the Living Wage is $17.61 per hour with an employer contribution toward
medical benefits of at least $1.50 per hour per employee, and $19.74 per hour without said contribution; and
if approved,
4. Amends the pay rates for part-time positions benchmarked to Living Wage positions effective July 1, 2022 as
listed in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof.
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 6'day of June 2022, DocuSigned 6®rm:
by the following vote: �Q,
JCity Attorney
AYES: Mayor Barrett,Vice Mayor Pocekay,Barnacle,Fischer,Healy,King,McDonnell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
DocuSigned by: DocuSigned�Q by:
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ATTEST: � fiC,Vt,Sa ba 1'N I
City Clerk Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
The City of Petaluma
Pay Rate Schedule for Ad'usted Part-Time Positions
Effective Tuly 1, 2022
PAY STEPS
PART-TIME POSITIONS 1 2 3 4 5
Part Time-Living Wage Positions
PT BUILDING ATTENDANT 19.74
PT MARINA ATTENDANT 19.74
PT RAMP ATTENDANT 19.74
PT TINY TOTS TEACHER 1 19.74
Part Time-Recreation Positions
PT MUSEUM COORDINATOR 18.16 19.05 20.03 21.01 22.06
PT REC LEADER 16.52
PT REC LEADER/SENIOR 18.79
PT REC SPECIALIST A 17.04 17.88 18.78 19.74 20.71
PT REC SPECIALIST B 21.74 22.82 23.96 25.15 26.43
PT TINY TOTS DIRECTOR 1 21.76 22.83 23.97 25.19 26.44
PT TINY TOTS DIRECTOR 2 23.99 25.22 26.47 27.79 29.14
PT TINY TOTS DIRECTOR 3 30.61 32.16 33.75 35.47 37.22
PT TINY TOTS TEACHER 2 20.93 21.98 23.07 24.27 25.45
PT TINY TOTS TEACHER 3 26.74 28.06 29.48 30.95 32.52