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a. Consider supporting to amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Finance Manager I-III as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Support directing the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage Human Resources Management (HRM) system.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee:
a. Consider supporting to amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Finance Manager I-III as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Support directing the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage Human Resources Management (HRM) system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Human Resources Department completed a base wage compensation study of the Finance Manager classification series. The Finance Manager series includes the Finance Manager I, Finance Manager II and Finance Manager III classifications.
The base wage analysis of the County's comparable agencies found that, based on the duties performed, the salary of the benchmark classification of Finance Manager II was matched to four (4) of the nine (9) comparable agencies: The Counties of Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz. After a thorough review and analysis of available data, no comparable matches were identified at the Counties of San Benito, San Luis Obispo or Sonoma, nor the Cities of Monterey and Salinas. The base wage salary of the Finance Manager II was found to be approximately 10.13% below the salary mean of the comparable agencies' classifications.
To promote the Human Resources Department's mission to make the County the employer of choice, the goal is to provide labor market competitive wages by setting base wages within five percent (5% = - 4.495% with rounding) of the average of the agencies identified. The County's philosophy is to maintain a competitive compensation package that att...
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