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RESOLUTION NO. 5415
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH APPROVING SALARY AND
BENEFITS FOR THE ELECTED DEPARTMENT HEAD
POSITION OF CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, the City Charter provides that a reasonable
compensation, including salary and fringe benefits, shall be
established for certain elected positions in the city government
and the City Council desires to establish an appropriate
compensation for the City Attorney by extending to the incumbent
of such position benefits which are afforded other department
heads, including those which are appointed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach hereby approves salary and benefits for
the elected department head position of City Attorney, as follows:
SECTION 1 . The salary range for elected department head
position of City Attorney shall be set at Range 481, Step "E" on
the Universal Salary Schedule and shall be reflected in the
fiscal year 1984-85 annual budget, effective July 1, 1984.
SECTION 3 . Benefits for the elected department head
position of City Attorney shall be identical to the benefits for
the city' s non-associated employees .
SECTION 4. The above salary and benefits for the elected
department head position of City Attorney shall remain in effect
until changed by resolution of the City Council .
SECTION 5 . Provisions of any and all other resolutions of
the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach which are in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th
day of July 1984.
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City A orney
REVIEWED APPROVED: INITIATED B
City Administrator Gail Hutton, City Attorney
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• INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
HUNTINGTON BEACH
To HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMAN From GAIL HUTTON
DON MACALLISTER City Attorney
Subject SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR Date
THE CITY ATTORNEY 28 June 1984
Herewith is the data that you requested following the City Council
meeting of June 18, 1984.
Currently, of the eight top salaries paid in the city, the City
Attorney ranks last. In 1972, the City Attorney ranked second.
In 1972, the incumbent City Attorney had roughly eight years ' of
municipal experience, . whereas I have ten and one-half. In a
salary survey conducted by the City of Glendale in January, 1984,
my salary was ranked eleventh out of the thirteen cities surveyed,
whereas Huntington Beach was the fourth largest city in the
survey, following Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Long Beach. My salary
was below that paid to the City Attorneys of Burbank, Garden
Grove, Pasadena, Riverside, and Glendale; all cities much smaller
in population and with lesser responsibility for the City Attorney.
In the League of California Cities ' Orange County Salary Survey
for City .Attorneys, my salary was comparable with that of Newport
Beach (a two lawyer office) , Costa Mesa (a three lawyer office) ,
Orange (a two lawyer office) , and far below the salaries paid to
the City Attorneys of Anaheim and Santa Ana, offices which are
staffed comparably to mine.
The City Attorneys of the much ,smaller cities of Garden Grove and
San Juan Capistrano are- paid a higher salary than I am paid. Of
the three comparably sized cities in Orange County, the Anaheim
City Attorney is paid $6,905 monthly, the Santa Ana City Attorney
is paid $6,415 monthly, versus my $5093 .
Both Santa Ana and Anaheim make far more extensive use of outside
counsel than does my office . Control of tort defense has resulted
in tremendous cost savings in the past, with more promised in the
future. My office handles, in-house, all the major litigation of
the city and all appeals, writs, and other costly legal work
usually handled in other cities by outside counsel .
The charts illustrating the above are attached.
GAIL HU TON
City Attorney
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cc: Honorable Mayor Jack Kelly and Members of the City Council
L Charles W. Thompson, City Administrator
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Res. No. 5415
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day
of ,1111V _, 1984 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
MacAllister, Thomas, Kelly, Mandic
NOES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, Finl w
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Bailey
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California