FROM: David Shawver, Board Chairman
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GENERAL MANAGER'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 19-12 entitled, "A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District approving salary increases and salary range adjustments for the General Manager for Fiscal Year 2019/2020, Fiscal Year 2020/2021, and Fiscal Year 2021/2022", authorizing the Board Chair to implement increases consisting of a 3% salary range adjustment and corresponding salary increase annually and up to a 2.5% merit increase annually based on job performance as determined by the Board of Directors commencing in the first pay period of July 2019 for Fiscal Year 2019/2020.
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BACKGROUND
The General Manager of the Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation District) is employed on an At-Will basis and serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
According to Section 6 of the General Manager's At-Will Agreement, the "District's Steering Committee shall meet with the General Manager in August of each year during the term of this Agreement to review and evaluate his performance over the prior year. The Steering Committee shall make its recommendation(s) to the Board concerning adjustment to the compensation and/or benefits paid or provided to the General Manager, to be effective in July of the year of the review".
The Sanitation District's Board of Directors has taken action in recent years to attract and retain critical executive- and management-level employees, ensuring compensation and benefits are competitive with the labor market.
The General Manager's salary market position in 2016 was extremely low when compared to the Sanitation District's comparison agencies. Salary market position for the Sanitation District's General Manager was at the 7th percentile in 2016 compared with the Sanitation District's comparison agencies. Board actions in the past two ...
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