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File#: 25-626 MEETING DATE: 8/19/2025
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Shannon Levin, Council Policy Analyst
Subject:
Recommendation to Approve and Adopt Resolution No. 2025-56 Appointing Jason Schmitt to
the Position of City Treasurer for the City of Huntington Beach
Statement of Issue:
Per Section 311 of the City Charter, a vacancy in an office designated as elective by the City Charter
shall be filled by appointment by the City Council. The City Treasurer position has been vacant since
July 1, 2025.
Financial Impact:
The City Treasurer position is funded in the current fiscal year budget. Additional funds will be
required in future fiscal year budgets.
Recommended Action:
A) Appoint Jason Schmitt to the position of City Treasurer for the City of Huntington Beach; and
B) Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-56, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach Appointing Jason Schmitt as City Treasurer and Setting the Salary Rate and
Assigning Certain Benefits for the Appointed City Treasurer."
Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve, and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
Alisa Backstrom retired from her position as City Treasurer for the City of Huntington Beach on July
1, 2025. Per Section 311 of the City Charter, a vacancy in an office designated as elective by the City
Charter shall be filled by appointment by the City Council.
On June 5, 2025, an Ad Hoc City Council Committee comprised of Mayor Pat Burns, Councilman
Butch Twining, and Council Woman Gracey Van Der Mark was tasked with evaluating the City
Treasurer position and appointment. Per direction of the Ad Hoc Committee the City Manager
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advertised the open recruitment, reviewed and categorized qualified applications, and conducted
interviews with select candidates.
The Ad Hoc Committee recommends Jason Schmitt to serve as the City Treasurer as a full-time
capacity through the fulfillment of the term that expires in December 2027. Schmitt has served as
CEO, CFO, and Division Head for many corporations. He has served on various government,
corporate, civic, and university boards. Schmitt earned a law degree from Harvard Law School and
an M.B.A. from Pacific College.
The City Treasurer serves as department head, and manages 9.5 full-time equivalent personnel to
provide the following core services:
• Receives on behalf of the City all taxes, assessments, license fees and other revenue, and all
monies collected.
• Safekeeping of funds and shall enter into any contract with a depository, which in judgment is
to.the public advantage.
• Pays out monies only upon proper orders or warrants in the manner provided for in the City.
Charter.
• Prepares and submits to the Director of Finance monthly written reports of all receipts;:
disbursements and fund balances, and files copies of such reports with the City Manager and
City Council.
• Assumes full responsibility for the investment of surplus money in the treasury and makes a
monthly report of such transaction to the legislative body.
• The law imposes upon the Treasurer the obligation to maintain all special assessment records
and to receive and disburse all funds as trustee for the bondholders.
• Responsible for the appropriate distribution of all payroll and warrant checks.
• Requires extensive analysis of future cash requirements and forecasting investments to meet.
• Analyzes and evaluates appropriate investments.
The City Manager has the authority to assign pay grade levels (Starting, Control, High Point) for all
non-elected department heads. Per the City Charter, elected officials that also serve as City-.
department heads must seek Council approval to set compensation and receive pay grade
adjustments via the adoption of a Resolution in a public meeting. ventures for city funds, consistent
with applicable law.
The FY25/26 budget appropriates $188,981 for the Treasurer position. Resolution No. 2025-56
establishes Schmitt's salary at the Control Point. For ten months the Control Point salary is
approximately $204,503. The difference between the Control Point salary and the FY25/26 budgeted
amount for the City Treasurer position is $15,522, which can be absorbed by the City Treasurer
Department budget in FY25/26. Additional funds will be required in future fiscal year budgets.
Schmitt's start date as City Treasurer is Monday, August 25, 2025.
Environmental Status: .
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections
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15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for
resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable -Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2025-56
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City Council/Public Financing ACTION AGENDA August 19, 2025
Authority
Approved 7-0
PUBLIC HEARING
2 . -6 25 671 Continued Certification of Environmental Impact Report No. 25-
003 (Pacific Airshow Huntington Beach) to the September 2, 2025,
City Council meeting
Recommended Action:
A) Continue Certification of Environmental Impact Report No. 25-003 to the September 2,
2025, City Council meeting.
Approved 7-0 to open the public hearing and continue to the September
2, 2025, City Council meeting.
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
27. 25-626 Approved and Adopted Resolution No. 2025-56 Appointing
Jason Schmitt to the Position of City Treasurer for the City of
Huntington Beach
Recommended Action:
A) Appoint Jason Schmitt to the position of City Treasurer for the City of Huntington
Beach; and
B) Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-56, "A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach Appointing Jason Schmitt as City Treasurer and Setting the
Salary Rate and Assigning Certain Benefits for the Appointed City Treasurer."
Approved 7-0, to also include the dissolution of the Ad Hoc Committee
created to assist with the City Treasurer recruitment process.
ADMINISTER OATH OFFICE TO NEWLY APPOINTED CITY TREASURER
Supervisor Janet Nguyen administered Oath of Office to City Treasurer Jason Schmitt.
COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS
28. 25-651 Item Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon, Councilman
Andrew Gruel, and Council Woman Gracey Van Der Mark-Strategic
Activation Opportunities in Huntington Beach
Recommended Action:
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
APPOINTING JASON SCHMITT AS CITY TREASURER AND
SETTING THE SALARY RATE AND ASSIGNING CERTAIN BENEFITS
FOR THE APPOINTED CITY TREASURER
WHEREAS,Article II, Section 200 of the City Charter("Charter") of the City of
Huntington Beach provides for a Council-Manager form of government; and
Article III, Sections 300 and 312 of the Charter set forth the selection process as well as
the duties and obligations of the City Treasurer; and
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach desires to appoint Jason Schmitt to
the position of City Treasurer for the City of Huntington Beach, effective August 25, 2025;
and
Jason Schmitt represents that he is willing and qualified to provide such services to the
City.
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach that it hereby as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby appoints Jason Schmitt as the City Treasurer of
the City of Huntington Beach pursuant to Sections 300 and 312 of the City Charter.
SECTION 2. The effective date of the appointment of Jason Schmitt as the City
Treasurer shall be effective August 25, 2025.
SECTION 3. The salary of the appointed City Treasurer as reflected in the salary
range contained in the Non-Associated Elected Executive Management Salary Schedule
"Exhibit A", attached hereto and incorporated herewith shall be set at the NA0018 rate of
$77.85 per hour. City Treasurer shall be compensated based on a forty(40)hours per week.
SECTION 4. All other allowances and benefits will immediately match, continue to
follow, and be updated according to agreed-upon Non-Associated Resolution modifications.
SECTION 5. All other benefits and salary ranges established and reflected in the Non-
Associated Employees Pay and Benefits Resolution in effect, shall continue unless modified by
City Council action.
SECTION 6. Any existing provisions in conflict with the foregoing, whether by minute
action or Resolution of the City Council, are hereby repealed.
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Resolution No. 2025-56
SECTION 7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and
enter it into the book of original Resolutions
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at the
City Council's regular meeting held on August 19, 2025.
Mayor
INITIATED AND APPROVED AS TO
FORM:
City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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Exhibit A
Resolution No.2025-56
EXHIBIT B
NON-ASSOCIATED ELECTED EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE
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ELECTED OFFICIALS
Effective April 1,2023*
0017 City Clerk NA0017 69.94 77.85 86.66
0018 City Treasurer*** NA0018 69.94 77.85 86.66
ELECTED OFFICIALS-CITY ATTORNEY
Effective July 1,2024**
0016 City Attorney NA0016 100.18 127.40 148.53
*Per Resolution No.2023-10 adopted on 3/21/23.
**Per Resolution No.2022-82 adopted on 12/20/22.
***Per Resolution No.2025-56 adopted on 8/19/25
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Res. No. 2025-56
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, 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 at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on August 19, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Council of the City of
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
APPOINTING JASON SCHMITT AS CITY TREASURER AND/
SETTING THE SALARY RATE AND ASSIGNING CERTAIN BENEFITS
FOR THE APPOINTED CITY TREASURER /
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 200 of the City Charter ("Charter") of the City of
Huntington Beach provides for a Council-Manager form of government; and
Article III, Sections 300 and 312 of the Charter set forth the selection process as well as
the duties and obligations of the City Treasurer; and //
/
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach/desires to appoint Jason Schmitt to
the position of City Treasurer for the City of HuntingtoiyBeach, effective August 25, 2025;
and
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Jason Schmitt represents that he/she is willing and qualified to provide such services to
the City.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach that it hereby as follows: f/
it h SECTION 1. The City Coun ereby appoints Jason Schmitt as the City Treasurer of
the City of Huntington Beach pursuant to Sections 300 and 312 of the City Charter.
SECTION 2. The effective date of the appointment of Jason Schmitt as the City
Treasurer shall be effective A gust 25, 2025.
SECTION 3. The glary of the appointed City Treasurer as reflected in the salary.
range contained in the N n-Associated Elected Executive Management Salary Schedule
"Exhibit A", attached hreto and incorporated herewith shall be set at the NA0018 rate of
$77.85 per hour. City Treasurer shall be compensated based on a forty (40) hours per week.
SECTION/. All other allowances and benefits will immediately match, continue to
follow, and be ypdated according'to agreed-upon Non-Associated Resolution modifications.
SECTION 5. All other benefits and salary ranges established and reflected in the Non-
Associate mployees Pay and Benefits Resolution in effect, shall continue unless modified by
City Co cil action.
SECTION 6. Any existing provisions in conflict with the foregoing, whether by minute
act' n or Resolution of the City Council, are hereby repealed.
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From: dry erso Cad a n n e rthlmk.net
To: suoolementalcomm @surfcity-hb.orq
Subject: Tuesday 8/19 agenda Items 15,27,&unagendized item
Date: Monday,August 18,2025 4:14:20 PM
City Council—
I believe that your resolution 2025-57, item# 15 on the consent calendar,falls well short
of what you are obligated to do.
Measure A,which passed by a nearly 2:1 margin, did not call for you to make a resolution
that resolution 2023-41 was no longer in effect. It called for the complete repeal of the
ordinance that resolution created, as well as the creation of a new section of the
Huntington Beach Municipal Code that defines the "Selection and Use of Library
Materials".
That's not a resolution stating that the prior policy is no longer in effect—it is a complete
repeal of Chapter 2.66 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code that resolution 2023-41
created.
You may think that placing this in the consent calendar is a way to avoid having to openly
admit the outcome of the election, but it reads more like you trying to stick your thumb in
the eye of the 2/3 of voters who approved Measure A.
Next, at a time when the city is in significant financial distress,the appointment of a new
city treasurer,with no statement of qualifications, no resume, no biography—that is zero
information about the candidate- is distressing, to say the least. The one piece of
information that is readily accessible is that the candidate donated to the campaigns of
the three most recently elected council members. The aroma that this gives off is
unsavory, at best.
Finally, I will note that Council members McKeon and Kennedy have repeatedly stressed
how they are ensuring that all the city's leaseholders are being efficiently billed and
tracked for payment. How is it then that the International Surf Museum is being
considered for relocation into the Main Street Library? The International Surf Museum,
up until mere days ago, was 13 months in arrears on its lease payments. In what world
does a city in financial distress consider moving a tenant with a demonstrated record of
non-payment into a larger, more expensive location? And is it coincidental that,within
days of this delinquency being uncovered via a CPRA,the tenant paid the amount in
arrears? And why would this even be considered in the first place when the consultant
for the Library plan stated publicly that the concepts,functions, and use of a library and
a museum make them incompatible in the same structure?
David Rynerson
Huntington Beach
Switzer, Donna
From: p q <paq0424@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday,August 19, 2025 1:36 PM
To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org
Subject: City Treasurer Clarification on Qualifications Email #2
I previously inquired about how the candidate met the minimum requirements for the position of City
Treasurer. I asked for the name of the university where he obtained his MBA. I see now from the staff
report that it is Pacific College. Can you identify the location of Pacific College so that the MBA program
coursework can be confirmed?
Thank you.
Pat Quintana
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Switzer, Donna
From: p q <paq0424@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday,August 19, 2025 1:22 PM
To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org
Subject: Elaboration on qualifications of City Treasurer appointee
In that the staff report does not provide the minimum requirements for the Treasurer position nor a
detailed resume on the selected appointee, please provide the public with the minimum
requirements and a detailed resume which spells out how the candidate meets the minimum five year
financial experience and financial education requirements of the position. The work experience needs to
be spelled out. The staff report indicates the candidate has an MBA. Please provide the name of the
university. Does the selected candidate have additional certifications in finance? If so, please provide
same.
Thank you.
Pat Quintana
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