For City Council Meeting [October 22, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Fred Galante, City Attorney
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Request City Council to Approve: (i) Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement between the City of Rialto and City Administrator; and (ii) Resolution No. 7569 Repealing and Replacing City Council Resolution No. 5058, Clarifying the Health and Welfare Benefits and Expense Reimbursements to which City Elected Officials are Entitled, and Linking Such Benefits and Reimbursements to those Received by The City Administrator.
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BACKGROUND
The City hired Rod Foster as the City Administrator on May 28, 2019 and approved an employment agreement. The contract provisions of the agreement state that most of the benefits provided to the City Administrator will mirror those benefits provided to the executive management employees who are members of the City Government Management Association (CGMA) under the applicable CGMA MOU. This Amendment No. 1 will further clarify the benefits received by the City Administrator and include certain benefits that were initially omitted in the approved employment agreement.
Government Code Sections 36516 and 53201 authorize cities to provide health and welfare benefits to its city council members, elective officers, and employees. Under Government Code Section 53208.5, the health and welfare benefits cannot be greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of non-safety employees. Accordingly, on December 16, 2003 the City adopted Resolution No. 5058 to provide its elective officers, which in this case includes the City Council, City Treasurer, and City Clerk, with the same health and welfare benefits that the current executive management employees who are members of the City Government Management Association (CGMA) receive.
Although the benefits of the City's elective officers are tied to those in the CGMA, Resolution No. 5058 does not clearly enumerate what...
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