In an effort to retain and attract high-performing workers in management positions for the City of Signal Hill, city council approved salary increases on a case-by-case basis on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
“Signal Hill is an employer in an increasingly competitive environment when it comes to attracting and, importantly, retaining employees, really at all levels of the organization,” said Interim City Manager Joe Hoefgen. “What we’ve heard from [city council] is that you want to put in place measures that help ensure that Signal Hill remains an employer of choice so that when we’re casting a net and looking for employees, we have a competitive compensation plan to offer to attract and retain the best and the brightest.”
Under the new Management Incentive Pay Program, salary increases will be given at the discretion of the city manager and city council to workers in city management that have taken on additional duties and responsibilities. The new program provides three levels of salary increases—with an additional 10%, 17% or 25% increase to the worker’s original salary.
“Circumstances where we go to 25% are probably very, very small,” council member Keir Jones said. “But there could be an occasion when somebody’s really stepping up to do extra work, and at least we’d have it there in place.”
The city manager will decide if a worker receives a pay increase under the Management Incentive Pay Program, and city council will review the decision yearly to decide whether they should continue to receive the pay increase.
Councilmember Edward Wilson was the only vote against the salary increase program, while the rest of the council members voted in favor of it.
Signal Hill City Council is held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. To watch a live stream of council meetings, visit https://cityofsignalhill.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. To watch recordings of previous city council meetings visit http://cityofsignalhill.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2.
