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Solano supervisors approve pay-range updates for multiple department leaders
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution updating pay ranges for several appointed department-head positions after a county market survey found many ranges below the regional median. Changes are split across this fiscal year and next to limit immediate budget impact.
The Solano County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on May 13 to adopt a resolution adjusting monthly salary ranges for a set of appointed department-head and senior manager positions after a county market survey found several ranges below the market median.
County staff told the board the adjustments respond to a survey, conducted with an outside HR consultant, showing 16 department-level positions were below the median for comparable jurisdictions and eight were at or above the median. The resolution directs the county to increase affected salary ranges by half of the calculated gap in the current fiscal year and to fund the remaining half in the 2025–26 budget.
The resolution amends the county’s alphabetical listing of classes and salaries and reaffirms actions taken in prior resolutions that removed a strict percentage-based “wage separation” method from pay decisions. Staff said the change is intended to keep Solano County competitive in recruiting and retaining chief-level and senior managers.
The board’s motion listed multiple classification adjustments by title; the transcript provides the motion text read into the record but many of the individual numeric values were not presented clearly in the public reading. County staff told supervisors a full attachment (the compensation survey and a table of proposed ranges) was included with the staff report for the board’s review and will be reflected in the supplemental budget for 2025–26.
Supervisors said they supported spreading the cost over two fiscal years to reduce immediate budget pressure while addressing recruitment risks. No public speakers registered opposition to the measure at the time of the vote.
The resolution passed unanimously, 5-0. The board instructed county staff to implement the range changes and to include the second 50 percent of the adjustments in next year’s supplemental budget.
Implementation details — including the specific new monthly ranges for each classification and which positions are affected — are included in the resolution and the attached market survey in the administrative record.
