DATE: October 7, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Human Resources Department
TITLE: UPDATE TO THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE’S SALARY SCHEDULE
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve and adopt the revised City of Oceanside Salary Schedule retroactively to August 16, 2026 for Management Employees of the City of Oceanside (MECO) and to August 30, 2026 for Oceanside City Employees’ Association (OCEA).
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The salary schedules that are presented for adoption reflect changes that were previously approved by the City Council for updated labor contracts for MECO and OCEA.
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:
Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meeting laws;
Identifies the position title for every employee position;
Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually;
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;
Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions;
Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate.
As further described below, the most recent update to the City of Oceanside Salary Schedule was approved by the City Council during the meeting of August 5, 2026, and retroactively effective as of July 5, 2026.
Updates to the salary schedules require separate approval from the Memorandum of ...
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