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File Number: 15-681 <br />The City has always employed a certified arborist on staff to focus on the health and <br />safety of the approximately 20,000 City street trees. However, the arborist certification <br />has not been a job requirement of any job classification. To ensure the City employs <br />qualified personnel to properly assess and treat City street trees, the Personnel <br />Relations Board approved a revision to the Tree Trimmer II job classification requiring <br />the position to possess an arborist certification. Staff recommends that a 2.5% salary <br />increase be approved in conjunction with this new certification requirement. This salary <br />increase will assist the City in retaining in-house personnel who possess an arborist <br />certification and continue the City's services in monitoring the health and safety of City <br />trees. <br />Board/Commission Review and Actions <br />The Personnel Relations Board approved the revision to Tree Trimmer II classification <br />specification at its meeting on October 15, 2015, and the Deputy City Manager at a special <br />meeting on December 3, 2015. <br />Fiscal Impacts <br />The Deputy City Manager classification is set at range 10 ($8,594-$10,446 monthly). Upon <br />completion of a recruitment process, a lower level position would be eliminated to <br />accommodate any financial impact. Annual impact is estimated to be approximately $8,023.00 <br />and can be accommodated within the existing department budget. <br />The 2.5% proposed salary increase for Tree Trimmer II would set the classification at range <br />64 ($5,112.00-$6,214.00 per month). This increase would impact two current Tree Trimmer II <br />employees for a cost of approximately $4,783.00 and can be accommodated within the <br />existing department budget. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />Attachments to Staff Report <br />• Approved minutes of Personnel Relations Board meeting on October 15, 2015 <br />• Draft minutes of Personnel Relations Board meeting on December 3, 2015 <br />Attachments to Resolution <br />• SLCEA Salary Schedule <br />• SLMO Salary Schedule <br />PREPARED BY: Emily Hung, Human Resources Manager, City Manager's Office <br />City of San Leandro Page 2 Printed on 12115/2015 <br />