HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19386 RESOLUTION NO. 19386
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 1998/1999 BUDGET
ADDING 2.5 PDSITIONS AND -$111,915 TO THE HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND $12,350 TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S DEPARTMENT, BASED ON UNANTiCIPATED
REIMBURSEMENT REVENUE FROM THE TRANSIT,
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND STORM DRAIN FUNDS
WHEREAS, the City's Risk Management Division handles liability, safety, workers'
compensation and employee benefit issues; and
WHEREAS, the division has been understaffed over an extended period of time and at
current staffing levels, the division in unable to provide the level of staff review necessary to
minimize the City's risk exposure on a myriad of liability, insurance and safety issues or to
provide adequate customer service on workers' compensation and benefit issues; and
WHEREAS, this is the first full year of operation for the Litigation Unit of the City
Attorney's office and the supplies and services budget has been strained by the needs of
current cases, particularly those that have produced the General Fund reimbursements; and
WHEREAS, all of the proposed budget increases for the current year (and for future
years) are expected to be offset by projected revenue enhancements, increased General Fund
reimbursements, and budget adjustments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby amend the fiscal year 1998/1999 Human Resources Department budget to
include:
· the reclassification of two Risk Analysts to Senior Risk Analyst, to
better reflect the level of responsibility assigned to the positions;
· the addition of a Risk Analyst to the Liability Section in the Risk
Management Division;
· the temporary addition of hourly wages and the temporary expansion of
consultant contracts to enable the Safety Section to reduce its backlog
of high priority issues;
· the addition of $30,000 to the Safety Section's supplies budget to
correct immediate safety concerns;
· the addition of a Senior Risk Analyst to the Risk Management Division's
Benefits Section;
· the addition of a half-time AOA-III to better handle the division's clerical
needs; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby appropriate $111,915
to the Human Resources Department's Risk Management Division's fiscal year 1998/1999
budget and $12,350 to the City Attorney's Litigation Unit fiscal year 1998/1999 budget for
additional supplies and services. These funds will be appropriated from unanticipated
reimbursement revenue for work done by the Risk Management Division and the Litigation unit
on behalf of the Transit Fund ($94,300), the Redevelopment Agency-Otay Valley Road Project
Area Fund ($37,960) and the Storm Drain Fund ($19,530).
Presented by 01 Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVEO, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California,
this 16th day of March, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Shirley ~r~on, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 19386 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 16th day of March, 1999.
Executed this 16'h day of March, 1999.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
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