To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: MJ Tueros, Acting Human Resources Director
Prepared By: Gabrielle Petersen, Management Analyst I
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Classification Plan and Salary for Legal Analyst in the City Attorney's Office
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
1. Approve the first reading and introduction of an Ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code Section 2.24.070 regarding the Designation of Appointive Officers in the City Attorney's Office.
2. Adopt a resolution approving the Classification Specification and salary range for Legal Analyst; and amending the Budget Staffing Plan by deleting one Legal Secretary and adding one Legal Analyst to the City Attorney's Office.
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DISCUSSION:
The three administrative departments in the south side of City Hall (City Manager, City Clerk, and City Attorney) have been sharing administrative support staff for many years. This includes services provided by the Legal Secretary to departments other than the City Attorney's Office, and equivalent coverage provided to the City Attorney's Office from support staff in the other two departments. Over the past year, these administrative departments have increased the scope of shared administrative support services to also include the Finance Department (currently on the north side of City Hall) as well as the Human Resources Department (which is planned to move to the north side of City Hall in 2021). Concurrently with the planning for this increased sharing of administrative support services, a vacancy has arisen in the Legal Secretary position (as the incumbent was hired to fill a position in the Finance Department), which leads to this recommendation to approve a reallocation of those responsibilities in the City Attorney's Office by deleting the Legal Secretary position and creating a new Legal Analyst position.
The City Attorney's Office requested Human Resources conduct a study to review the needs of the Department regarding the Legal Se...
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