Report 2016-111 Recommendation 2 Responses
Report 2016-111: City of Irwindale: It Must Exercise More Fiscal Responsibility Over Its Spending So That It Can Continue to Provide Core Services to Residents (Release Date: November 2016)
Recommendation #2 To: Irwindale, City of
To ensure that employee compensation aligns with job statements, the city should review its salary incentives and modify the eligibility criteria so that they match the job requirements.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2022
On April 28, 2021, The City hired a consultant to perform a compensation study to survey both full and part-time positions and review job classifications for certain positions. On March 9, 2022, The City reached an agreement with it affiliated employee associations' extending the term for 3 years with a Cost of Leaving Adjustment of 3% for fiscal years starting July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, respectively.
The City also hired a Housing Coordinator on August 22, 2022, to assist residents with all City Housing Authority related issues.
- Completion Date: March 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
The city provided documentation of revisions it made to its agreements with employees. The documentation indicated that the city had removed the incentive of tuition reimbursement for management employees, which we noted in the report was the incentive that in particular appears to be unnecessary for upper management employees who are required to have high levels of education to even qualify for their positions.
1-Year Agency Response
The City conducted an extensive Classification and Compensation Study to establish accurate job classifications and determine the equitable and competitive compensation for each position. The results of this study were presented to the City Council during their Council Meeting on 5/10/2017. A copy of the Council Agenda Report and the Compensation Study Report is being submitted with this response.
After substantial review and meetings with all employee associations, the Classifications and Compensation Study results were adopted by way of a Compensation Resolution 2017-81-2979 that was adopted on 10/25/2017. A copy of the Compensation Resolution is being submitted with this response.
- Completion Date: October 2017
- Response Date: November 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Will Not Implement
Despite the city completing the compensation and classification study, it did not modify the criteria for salary incentives.
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
6-Month Agency Response
The City has presented the Classification and Compenstion Study to the City Council during their regular Council Meeting on 5/10/2017. Our HR Staff is currently working with the City's three employee associations to ensure all comments or concerns have been addressed. It is expected that the Classification portion of this report will be approved in the next couple of months.
- Estimated Completion Date: 9/30/2017
- Response Date: May 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
The City is in the final stages of a Classification and Compensation Study where all City Job descriptions are being updated with respect to duties and eligibility criteria.
- Estimated Completion Date: 6/30/2017
- Response Date: January 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2016-111
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.