DATE: April 23, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: City Manager's Office
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE AND JONATHAN BORREGO
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution approving an amendment to the employment agreement between the City and City Manager Jonathan Borrego, to be effective May 1, 2025.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Jonathan Borrego was appointed Interim City Manager in March 2022 and was officially named City Manager in August 2022. Since that time, Mr. Borrego has provided strong and stable leadership and has had a significant role in overseeing or directly managing several major projects and initiatives that have positively shaped the Oceanside community.
A compensation survey of City Managers, conducted in December 2024 by the Government Training Agency/Regional Training Center (GTA), reviewed data from seventeen San Diego County cities (excluding City of San Diego). The survey found that the Oceanside City Manager position ranks 10th in total compensation. The most notable disparity is in the category of Deferred Compensation, in which Oceanside ranks last. The City’s current annual employer contribution to the City Manager’s deferred compensation plan is $1,200.
To bring Oceanside in line with the median for this category, staff recommends increasing the annual employer contribution by $19,600 - for a new total of $20,800.
Mr. Borrego’s personnel review was conducted on March 26, 2025. The City Council directed staff to negotiate modifications to the deferred compensation benefit currently provided to the City Manager and bring back a proposed contract amendment. Accordingly, the proposed resolution would amend the existing employment agreement between the City and Mr. Borrego as follows:
• Effective April 27, 2025, the City shall increase its annual contribution to the City Manager’s deferred compensation plan by $19,600, for a total annual contribution of $20,800.
• The initial increase of $19,600 shall be deposited as a lump-sum contribution on or as soon as practicable after April 27, 2025.
• Beginning in January 2026, the City’s annual contribution of $20,800 shall be distributed bi-weekly at a rate of $800 per pay period.
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 2024-25 budget for the City Manager position is $465,175. There is enough salary savings to absorb this initial increase of $19,600. In the subsequent years, this increase will be included in the General Fund ongoing budget.
|
Account Number |
% Allocation |
Amount |
Available Balance |
|
Management Svcs 150010101.5207 |
70% |
$13,720 |
$190,369 |
|
H&B-Admin 624010101.5207 |
10% |
1,960 |
105,063 |
|
Land Development 425423101.5207 |
10% |
1,960 |
283,820 |
|
Engineering Capital Project 425010101.5207 |
10% |
1,960 |
401,050 |
|
Total |
100% |
$19,600 |
|
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE REPORT
Does not apply.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
The referenced documents have been reviewed and approved as to form.
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Submitted by: Robert O’Brien, Deputy City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Staff Report
2. Employment Agreement Amendment
3. Resolution