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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 2, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT RESOLUTION REPEALING <br />RESOLUTION 2005 -051, DESIGNATING <br />THE OFFICERS OF THE CITY <br />AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE THE <br />AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER IN <br />THE ABSENCE OF THE CITY MANAGER, <br />AND DESIGNATING SALARY AND <br />BENEFITS FOR THE ACTING CITY <br />MANAGER AFTER SERVICE OF MORE <br />THAN THIRTY DAYS <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. , 4a} <br />lid <br />CIT ER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt the proposed Resolution Repealing Resolution 2005 -051, Designating the Officers of the <br />City Authorized to Exercise the Authority of the City Manager in the Absence of the City Manager, <br />and Designating Salary and Benefits for the Acting City Manager After Service of More than <br />Thirty Days. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 2005, the City Council adopted Resolution 2005 -051 identifying those City officers authorized <br />to act as the City Manager in the absence of the City Manager. Since 2005, the City changed <br />several titles of executive employees and titles for those officers and employees identified in the <br />2005 resolution no longer exist. For example, the City does no longer has a Fire Chief or a <br />Deputy City Manager for Development Services. <br />Under the City's existing employment regulations and practices the City provides additional <br />compensation and benefits to those employees who agree to serve in a higher level classification <br />in an "acting" capacity. However, current regulations do not provide for an Acting City Manager <br />serving without a contract. <br />The proposed Resolution identifies those City officers and executives who are authorized to serve <br />as the Acting City Manager in the absence of a designation by the current City Manager or the <br />City Council. Santa Ana City Charter provides that the City Manager may designate a person to <br />act in his or her position for a temporary period and the City Council has the authority to appoint <br />an Acting City Manager. The succession identified in the proposed Resolution will only apply <br />when a City Manager has not made an aptpier or the City Manager has left the service of <br />