HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 12652 (C.A. Office Reogranization)RESOLUTION NO. 12652
A RESOLUTION OF TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN RAFAEL APPROVING A REORGANIZATION OF
THE CITY ATTORNEY DEPARTMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the San Rafael City Attorney Department provides legal services to the Mayor
and City Council, City management staff and 400 -plus employees of the City; and
WHEREAS, the services of the City Attorney Department include day-to-day oral and
written legal advice to all City departments on a myriad of legal issues; legal representation at
public meetings, including all Council meetings; defense of the City in litigation; prosecution of
Code Enforcement matters; and management of all claims against the City, including management
and supervision of all outside counsel retained by the City; and
WHEREAS, the attorneys in the City Attorney's office work on a daily basis with staff and
the City's elected officials in a continuing effort to ensure the City's compliance with a complex
scheme of regulations, statutes, and case law; and
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5 of the City Charter provides that: "it shall be the duty
of the City Attorney to advise the City authorities and officers in all legal matters pertaining to the
business of the City, and to render such other services in the line of his profession as may be
required of him by the Council;" and
WHEREAS, historical increases in the City's need for legal services led to the current
staffing which features the part-time elected City Attorney, fill -time Assistant City Attorney,
Deputy City Attorney, and Legal Assistant Il; and
WHEREAS, the recent departure of long-time Assistant City Attorney Gus Guinan
initiated a review of the department and request for Council approval of a proposed reorganization;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed reorganization involves changes in job titles and responsibilities,
but is revenue -neutral for the current budget cycle. This reorganization involves no increase in the
total number of active employees, nor in the total compensation amount of monthly salaries already
budgeted for the department.
NOW TIIEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Rafael City Attorney Department
is to be immediately reorganized as set forth in the organizational chart and salary schedule attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
I, ESTHER C. BEIRNE, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the San Rafael
City Council held on the 17'h day of February, 2009, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Brockbank, Connolly, Heller & Mayor Boro
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Miller
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ESTHER C. BEIRNE, City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
(Part-time) Elected City Attorney (Rob Epstein)
I
Assistant City Attorney (to remain unfilled at present and for the immediate future)
I
Deputy City Attorney 1 -II (Eric Davis)
I
Deputy City Attorney 1-11 (to be advertised and filled)
I
Legal Assistant 1 -II (Marilyn Pecunia)
Reclassification
Deputy City Attorney I-II
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Position Step A Step B Step C Step D Step E
Deputy City Attorney I 7,916 8,312 8,728 9,164 9,622
Deputy City Attorney II 8,728 9,164 9,622 10,103 10,709