RESOLUTION NO.

C. M. S.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE

CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONTRACT TO PROVIDE
MULTI-PURPOSE JOB
ANALYSIS STUDY SERVICES

WHEREAS, job descriptions for City classes are not current and do not adequately
reflect actual job duties and requirements; and

WHEREAS, employee relations problems have resulted due to ambiguity about the
scope and parameters of jobs; and

WHEREAS, mo$t classes have separate salary ranges which creates vulnerability to
grievances based on equal pay for equal work; and

WHEREAS, Civil Service Rules and other operating policies and procedures
obsolete, ineffectual, and in need of review and revision; and

are

WHEREAS, the City does not have an integrated system whereby individual jobs or
entire job classes can be evaluated and the results used for a variety of
purposes such as classification, job testing, performance appraisa], succession
planning, and training criteria; and
WHEREAS,

over

350 requests for

the United States; and

proposals

were

mailed to firms locally throughout

WHEREAS, nineteen ( 19) proposals were received, resulting in the intensive interviews of eight ($) finalist firms and sixteen ( 16) minority, women, and/or
Oakland-based firms; and

WHEREAS, overall, Sibson & Company, Inc. is the best consulting firm to perform
the abovereferenced services for Oakland; and

800-245 (~/
83)

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WHEREAS, the contract period will

1985-86; now therefore be it

cover

the fiscal. years of

1984-85, and

RESOLVED that the City Manager. is hereby authorized and directed to enter
into a contract not to exceed the amount of $400,000 with Sibson & Company,
Inc. to conduct a Citypurpose job analysis study of all nonwide multiin accordance with the proposal subof
Oakland
in
the
sworn positions
City
Inc.
mitted by Sibson & Company,
consulting firm and as amended by the City;
and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appoints the City Manager as
agent of the City to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including but not limited to proposals, agreements, amendments, modifications, payment requests and related actions which may be necessary for
of the aforementioned project in accordance with its basic
the

completion

purpose; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED: That the contract amount shall not exceed $200,000 for
the 1984-85 fiscal year and $185,000 for the 1985-86 fiscal year.

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IN

COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, -

3 . 1 1984
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PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

GIBBON, GILMORE, MOORE, OGAWA, RILES, SPEES, and

AYESI~
CANNON,
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PRESIDENT WILSON- 8

NOES- iUNE
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ABSENT- gAZiLE -

ABSTENTION- IVGI~E

ATTEST:
ARRECE J

City
600242 (7/
83)

Clerk and Cle

of the

City

SO `
f the Council

of Oakland, California