File #: 2021-1815    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Non-Consent Status: Passed
File created: 8/18/2021 In control: STEERING COMMITTEE
On agenda: 8/25/2021 Final action: 8/25/2021
Title: GENERAL MANAGER'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Sponsors: Celia Chandler
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. Resolution No. OCSD 19-12, 3. General Manager Salary Schedules (FY 2019-20 to FY 2021-22), 4. At-Will Employment Agreement, James D. Herberg (eff. 7/1/19)
Related files: 2021-1751, 2021-1685, 2021-1801
FROM: John B. Withers, Board Chairman

SUBJECT:

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GENERAL MANAGER'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
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BOARD CHAIR'S RECOMMENDATION

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RECOMMENDATION:

Approve a performance-based non-base building lump sum merit payment of 2.5% for the General Manager based on Fiscal Year 2020/2021 job performance, as authorized in Resolution No. OCSD 19-12.
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BACKGROUND

The General Manager of the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) 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 Employment 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 General Manager is in the third year of a three-year employment contract. In September 2019, OC San's Board of Directors adopted 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". The resolution authorizes the Board Chairperson to implement a 3% salary range adjustment and corresponding salary increase for each year of the contract years annually and allows for up to a 2.5% merit increase annually based on job performance as determined by the Board of Directors.

The Steering Committee reviewed the General Manager's job performance for Fiscal Year 2020/2021 in closed session in June and July 2021 and recommends that the Board of Directors approve a non-base building lump sum merit payment in the amount of 2.5% for the General M...

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