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Legal Services Analysis and Report City of San Leandro <br />February 2013 Municipal Resource Group <br /> <br /> <br /> 23 <br />Attorney salary is correlated with the Assistant City Manager/Police Chief positions. The <br />Deputy City Attorney salary range is correlated with Department Heads and Senior Manager <br />positions; the Legal Secretary salary is correlated with the Administrative Specialist II <br />position; and the Paralegal is correlated with the Deputy City Clerk position. <br /> Benefits are calculated at 51.4% of salary, which is the average benefit percentage <br />for General Fund positions in San Leandro. Table III‐4 provides the calculated salary, benefit <br />and total personnel costs. <br /> <br />Table III‐4: Personnel Costs <br />Position Salary Benefits Total <br />City Attorney $233,000$ 119,762$ 352,762 <br />Assistant City Attorney $176,256$ 90,596$ 266,852 <br />Deputy City Attorney $159,876$ 82, 176$ 242,052 <br />Legal Secretary $ 65,976$ 33,912$ 99,888 <br />Paralegal (.75 FTE) $ 36,366$ 18,692 $ 55,058 <br />Total $671,474$345,138$1,016,612 <br />Source: City of San Leandro, MRG <br /> <br /> All salaries in the above analysis are calculated at the “top step” of salary ranges. If <br />salaries were instead calculated at the mid‐point of the salary range, personnel costs would <br />be reduced by approximately $95,000. <br /> If the salary ranges were to be correlated with other City staff positions, the <br />personnel costs would be adjusted accordingly. <br /> <br />Non‐Personnel Costs <br /> Non‐personnel costs for a City Attorney Office include mandatory State Bar dues, <br />recommended practice area section memberships, professional memberships, mandatory <br />continuing legal education, office supplies, subscriptions, conference and travel, law library <br />books and subscriptions, automated legal research (Westlaw or Lexis), computers and <br />software licenses, minor capital outlays and other similar legal office expenses. The average <br />non‐personnel cost for the benchmark cities is approximately $39,000. <br /> This analysis assumes that office space is available in City Hall and that no <br />additional cost would be incurred for utilities or other building services. <br /> A budget for an in‐house City Attorney Office would also include contract costs for <br />specialized outside counsel, as is the case in all of the benchmark cities. The need for and <br />cost of outside counsel would depend upon the expertise of the in‐house staff and the