DATE: February 18, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Human Resources Department
TITLE: UPDATE TO CITY OF OCEANSIDE SALARY SCHEDULE
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve and adopt the revised City of Oceanside Salary Schedule retroactively effective January 4, 2026.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The salary schedule presented for adoption reflects changes that were previously approved by the City Council under the current Oceanside Municipal Employees’ Association (OCEA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Section 570.5, outlines the required elements necessary to meet the definition for a publicly available pay schedule as follows:
(1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meeting laws;
(2) Identifies the position title for every employee position;
(3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
(4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually;
(5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
(6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions;
(7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
(8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate.
The most recent update to the City of Oceanside Salary Schedule reflected the addition of a new classification (Procurement and Accounts Payable Supervisor) and was approved by the City Council during the meeting of November 19, 2025, and effective as of December 21, 2025.
Updates to the salary schedules may require a separate approval from the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and/or Compensation Plan actions taken by the City Council. In addition to complying with the requirements of CCR 570.5, the salary schedules are utilized by CalPERS for the purposes of determining the amount of “compensation earnable” pursuant to Government Code Sections 20630, 20636, and 20636.1.
FISCAL IMPACT
Does not apply.
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE REPORT
Does not apply.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
Does not apply.
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Prepared by: Chelsea Phebus, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
Reviewed by: Rob O’Brien, Deputy City Manager
Submitted by: Jonathan Borrego, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Staff Report
2. Salary Schedule - Effective 1/4/2026