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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 24-35DocuSign Envelope ID: 23DDF1C7-E4EF-4D43-92E8-855663C2B262 RESOLUTION NO. 24-35 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREAS, the City of Tustin (the "City") generally does not provide FLSA-exempt employees with additional compensation for any hours they work in excess of their regular work schedule; WHEREAS, Police Lieutenants are currently the only exempt City employees who are eligible for additional compensation for working extra hours, under the specific criteria described in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City and the Tustin Police Officers Association — Police Management Unit (TPMA); and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin believes it is in the public interest to recognize employees who work additional hours in extraordinary circumstances to support the Tustin community above and beyond what is ordinarily required; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to grant the City Manager the discretion to provide additional compensation to exempt employees who work additional hours in extraordinary circumstances. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1. When in the judgment of the City Manager it becomes necessary or in the best interests of the City to utilize the services of exempt City employees in extraordinary circumstances, the City Manager may authorize additional compensation for such employees on a limited and temporary basis. 2. "Extraordinary circumstances" for purposes of this Resolution may include situations such as an employee being assigned to perform work unrelated to their regular job duties due to a declared federal, state, or local emergency or natural disaster, when working on special projects of a lengthy duration outside the scope of the employee's regular duties, or when performing additional work due to extreme staffing shortages. 3. Police Lieutenants are eligible to receive overtime compensation for additional hours worked in extraordinary circumstances, under the same terms as provided in the TPMA MOU, subject to the discretion of the City Manager as described in Paragraph 7 below. Resolution 24-35 Page 1 of 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: 23DDF1C7-E4EF-4D43-92E8-855663C2B262 4. All other exempt Management -level employees are eligible for lump sum payments, not to exceed an amount equivalent to five percent (5%) of their annual base salary, for additional hours worked in extraordinary circumstances. 5. Executive Management employees are not eligible to receive any additional compensation pursuant to this Resolution. 6. With the exception of Police Lieutenants, whose compensation is described above in Paragraph 3, any additional compensation paid pursuant to this Resolution will be paid in a lump sum and is not necessarily directly associated with a specific number of hours worked. Compensation paid pursuant to this Resolution is in addition to an employee's regular compensation, is not considered part of their base salary, and is not reported to CalPERS as compensation earnable or pensionable compensation because it does not meet the definition of "special compensation" as defined in California Code of Regulations sections 571 or 571.1. 7. The City Manager has the sole discretion to determine if any employee qualifies for additional compensation pursuant to this Resolution. The provisions of this Resolution are intended to be rarely used and reserved for limited and special circumstances in which the City Manager determines that it is in the City's best interests to implement these provisions. 8. The City Manager will periodically report to the City Council any additional compensation paid to exempt employees pursuant to this Resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin held on the 18t" day of June 2024. DocuSigned by: AUSTINIEVI K/fl3'ARD, Mayor ATTEST: DS DocuSigned by: ER rADN60YASTJ DA, City Clerk Resolution 24-35 Page 2of3 DocuSign Envelope ID: 23DDF1C7-E4EF-4D43-92E8-855663C2B262 APPROVED AS TO FORM: FZ ocgned by: fDFE'.5KENDIG City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 24-35 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 18th day of June 2024, by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Lumbard, Gallagher, Clark, Gomez, Schnell (5) COUNCILMEMBER NOES: (0) COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: (0) COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: (0) COUNCILMEMBER RECUSED: (0) FDS DocuSigned by: U.S"j 6 E R16ADWYA8pJ DA, City Clerk Resolution 24-35 Page 3 of 3