File #: 25-0798    Version: 1
Status: Current Business
File created: 6/25/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/8/2025 Final action:
Title: Eighth Amended and Restated Employment Agreement for City Attorney
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment A - Employment Agreement, 3. Attachment B - Resolution No. 2025-44, 4. Attachment C – Estimate of Costs Associated with Amended Agreement, 5. Attachment D - Budget Amendment

Title

Eighth Amended and Restated Employment Agreement for City Attorney

Recommendation

a)                     Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;

b)                     Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute the Eighth Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the City of Newport Beach and City Attorney Aaron C. Harp, subject to the terms and conditions approved by the City Council;

c)                      Adopt Resolution No. 2025-44, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Amending the Salary Schedule and Adopting a New Salary Range for the City Attorney; and

d)                     Approve Budget Amendment No. 26-007, appropriating $30,512 from unappropriated General Fund balance to various salary and benefit accounts to implement the terms of the Agreement for FY 2025-2026.