This chapter shall be known as the "Basic Salary Ordinance."
(Ord. 2906 §1, 1963)
The words and terms defined in this section shall have the following
meanings in this chapter and in any other ordinance classifying and
fixing the salaries and compensation or authorizing the employment
of personnel in any department or office of the City.
means the official determination of the class in which a
position shall be deemed to exist and the assignment of an individual
position to an appropriate class.
means the existing anniversary date for present officers
and employees, and the first date of the month following date of employment
of subsequent officers and employees unless the employment begins
on the first day of the month in which case day of employment applies.
means the minimum compensation regularly payable to an employee
as set forth in the current salary resolution or ordinance at the
time that added compensation is paid under this chapter, but shall
not include overtime, expenses, hazardous duty pay (motorcycle), service
betterment pay, or any other allowance added to the base pay.
means all positions in all departments as herein defined,
that are subject to control and regulation by the City Council.
means a definitely recognized kind of employment in the City
service designated to embrace all positions having duties and responsibilities
sufficiently similar so that the same requirements as to education,
experience, knowledge and ability may be demanded of incumbents and
so the same schedule of compensation may be made to apply with equity.
means all positions in the City service except those specifically
placed in the exempt service.
means the salary, wages, allowance, and all other forms of
valuable consideration earned by or paid to any employee by reason
of service in any position, but does not include any allowance authorized
and incurred as incidents to employment.
means employment with the City without break or interruption;
in computing continuous service for the purposes of this chapter,
neither military leaves nor leaves of absence on account of illness,
whether with or without pay, shall be construed as a break in employment
or service. Other absences aggregating in excess of 90 days in any
period of 12 months, including layoffs on account of lack of work,
lack of funds, or abolishment of positions shall be construed as breaking
"continuous service."
means a person legally occupying a position in the City service.
means all positions of elective and appointive officials
specifically designated by the City Council to be exempt from the
classification plan.
means a group of current duties and responsibilities assigned
or delegated by competent authority, requiring the full or part-time
services of one person.
means a reassignment or change in allocation of any individual
position by raising it to a higher class, reducing it to a lower class,
or moving it to another class at the same level on the basis of substantial
changes in the kind, difficulty or responsibility of duties performed
in such a position.
means the designation given to or name applied to a class
or to each position allocated to the class and to the legally appointed
incumbent of each position allocated to the class. Its meaning is
set forth in the corresponding definition and the class specification,
and it is always to be used and understood in that sense, even though
it may, previously have had a broader, narrower or different significance.
(Ord. 2906 §2, 1963; Ord. 3654 §1, 1974)
A.
No person
shall be hereafter employed in or appointed to any position requiring
full-time or part-time service, and which position is included in
the classified plan for which a class specification exists establishing
desirable qualifications, unless said person possesses in full the
desirable qualifications prescribed for that class; provided, however,
if qualified persons cannot be recruited, the City Administrator,
with the approval of the Council, shall authorize the appointment
of persons having less than the desirable qualifications.
B.
In the
event an employee entering upon City employment is found to possess
extraordinary qualifications for a position through former training
and/or experience, the City Administrator with the approval of the
Council, may authorize the employment at any step of the appropriate
salary range above Step "A." In such event, the employee shall serve
a probationary period as elsewhere provided but he or she shall not
succeed to the next higher step in the pay range until he or she has
completed one continuous year of service in the step at which he or
she entered, and upon written recommendation of the department head
to the City Administrator as provided in Section 3.04.070.C; provided,
that department heads may at any time be advanced to a step other
than the next succeeding step upon recommendation of the City Administrator
and concurrence by the City Council, and provided further that in
the event the City Administrator fails or refuses to make such recommendation,
the Council may, by four-fifths (4/5) vote, advance such department
head to a step other than such next succeeding step, and this chapter
shall be deemed to be retroactive in its operation to January 1, 1965.
(Ord. 2906, 1963; Ord. 3030, 1965; Ord. 3849, 1976)
A.
The
provisions of this chapter shall apply to both the unclassified and
classified services except as the unclassified service is exempt by
the Charter.
B.
The
classification of positions for the purposes of this chapter shall
be as contained in the official book of class specifications. The
official book of specifications shall be maintained by the City Administrator
or Personnel Officer.
C.
The
classification of positions may be amended by the addition, division,
consolidation or abolishment of classes on recommendation of the City
Administrator and adoption by the City Council.
(Ord. 2906 §4, 1963)
Each position shall be allocated to its appropriate class on
the basis of duties and responsibilities. The present allocation of
positions may be changed by the City Administrator provided the proposed
change conforms with this chapter, with the established classification
plan, and with the approved budget.
(Ord. 2906 §5, 1963)
A.
Provision
is hereby made for trainee-level positions in the unclassified service
of the City. Such positions may be utilized temporarily only in lieu
of filling regular authorized full-time and/or permanent part-time
vacancies in either the classified or the unclassified service. Trainee
appointments may be made upon the recommendation of the Personnel
Director and approval of the City Administrator for periods of one
year or less.
B.
Positions
may be filled at the trainee level only by persons who possess or
will gain during the period of their appointment the minimum qualifications
for regular appointment. Such trainees must, however, qualify for
regular or permanent part-time employment as provided elsewhere in
this chapter. A trainee who fails to so qualify will be terminated
upon or before the expiration of the appointment.
C.
The
intent of the trainee provision is to provide entry level employment
opportunities in the City service in furtherance of positive employee
development and affirmative action.
D.
Trainee-level
positions shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed 80% of the
wage rate established by ordinance or resolution for the appropriate
regular position. Trainee responsibilities shall be those outlined
in substance on the appropriate regular position job descriptions
recognizing, however, that employee development and skills acquisition
are involved.
(Ord. 3780, 1975)
The title of the class to which any position is allocated shall
be used in all official personnel records and in all official personnel
transactions of the City.
(Ord. 2906 §6, 1963)
A.
The
salaries or rates of compensation prescribed are fixed on the basis
of full-time service in full-time positions, unless otherwise designated.
B.
The
rates of pay prescribed shall be deemed to include pay in every form,
except for necessary expenses authorized and incurred incident to
employment, or except as herein provided.
C.
The letters A, B, C, D and E, respectively, denote the various steps in the pay range. The entrance step shall be A, except as provided in Section 3.04.030. Advancement to the second higher step above the entrance step shall be made upon successful completion of a probationary period of six months, and on the basis of a written recommendation by the department head to the City Administrator. Thereafter, advancement to higher salary range steps shall be made on the basis of a written recommendation by the department head to the City Administrator, following the completion of a year of service in the lower step of the range.
D.
Where
a salary range for a given class or for several classes is revised
upward or downward, the incumbents of positions in classes affected
shall have their existing salary adjusted to the same relative step
in the new salary range.
(Ord. 2906 §7, 1963)
A.
Subject
to the provisions of this chapter, the salary ranges set out in this
chapter shall be applicable to all positions allocated to classes
listed in this chapter. From and after the date the ordinance codified
in this chapter becomes effective, each employee in the City service
shall be paid the salary or compensation for services rendered in
behalf of the City in accordance with the salary range prescribed
for the class of position to which his or her position is allocated.
B.
Persons
who are employees on the effective date of the ordinance codified
in this chapter shall be allocated to the class and position deemed
proper and shall be placed at a salary step in the applicable salary
range, all in accordance with a resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 2906 §8, 1963)
In case of the promotion of any employee in the City service
to a position in a class with a higher salary range, such employee
shall be entitled to receive the rate of compensation in the entrance
step of the class to which he or she has been promoted, provided that
in the event such employee possesses extraordinary qualifications
through long tenure and previous experience in his or her department,
the City Administrator may, with the approval of the City Council,
authorize the promotion of such employee to be at any step other than
such entrance step. In cases where the salary range overlaps, promotion
shall be effected at the next higher step in the range of the new
class.
(Ord. 2906 §9(a), 1963; Ord. 2913 §1, 1963)
In the case of the demotion of any employee in the City service
to a class with a lower salary range, such employee shall be entitled
to retain the salary step in the lower range corresponding to that
which he or she was receiving in the higher class before such demotion;
in such cases the employee shall retain his or her original anniversary
date.
(Ord. 2906 §9(b), 1963; Ord. 2913 §1, 1963)
All step increases, promotions, demotions and reclassifications
and the salary rates therefor shall become effective on the first
day of the first pay period following the completion date of the personnel
action by the appointing power.
(Ord. 3866, 1976)
In the case of the transfer of any employee from one position
to another in the same class, or to another class to which the same
salary range is applicable, the employee shall remain at the same
salary step and shall retain his or her original anniversary date.
(Ord. 2906 §9(c), 1963; Ord. 2913 §1, 1963)
At any time the City Administrator, upon the recommendation
of the department head and Personnel Director, may order any member
of the Police or Fire Department holding a lower rank therein to serve
as an acting officer of a higher rank and may order that he or she
be paid the compensation of such higher rank which duties he or she
is to perform, and thereupon he or she shall be paid the compensation
of such higher officer or rank so long as he or she performs duties
as such; provided, however, that such appointment as an acting higher
officer can be made only when a vacancy exists in the higher position
or when the person holding the higher rank is absent on extended leave
due to illness or occupational accident or injury. While acting in
such higher office, all of the aforementioned members of the Police
Department or Fire Department shall have the duties and shall exercise
the powers of the office which they are designated to fill as acting
officer.
(Ord. 3833, 1976)
The enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall
not affect the compensation of those employees who at the time the
ordinance codified in this chapter is adopted are receiving in excess
of the maximum step in the range for their respective classes, and
such employees may continue to receive such compensation.
(Ord. 2906 §10, 1963)
Whenever an employee accepts work under a different class of
position or in exempt series in the City service, the character and
nature of which work is similar and the responsibilities are equal
or superior to the work such employee has been performing, and later
returns to his or her former position, his or her term of employment
under such different class of position shall apply on and be added
to his or her term of service in the former class upon his or her
return to same, provided his or her employment in the City service
has been continuous from the date on which the employee accepts work
in such different class.
(Ord. 2906 §11, 1963)
A.
Hourly
employee defined. "Hourly employee" means an employee in the unclassified
service, who works either full-time or part-time, so long as the number
of hours worked is less than 1,000 hours in any City fiscal year.
B.
Annual hourly limitation. The hour limitation for hourly employees set forth in subsection A above shall be computed on the basis of all employment for the City, including employment for different City departments occurring within the same fiscal year. When and as determined appropriate by the City Administrator and upon the recommendation of a Department Head, the City Administrator may, in writing, waive this annual hourly limitation stated herein for specific projects or operational needs of known duration.
C.
Hourly
employee compensation and benefits. The actual compensation for hourly
employees shall be determined as provided in the City's official salary
schedules. Hourly employees shall only be entitled to the compensation
or benefits provided for in this section, or as provided in an applicable,
duly approved collective bargaining agreement between the City and
a recognized employee organization, or as mandated by State or Federal
laws.
(Ord. 3267, 1968; Ord. 3925 §1, 1977; Ord. 5413, 2007)
A.
Unclassified
part-time employee defined. A part-time employee category in the unclassified
service is established. An "unclassified part-time employee" means
an employee who occupies a position officially authorized by the City
Council to work at least 20 hours but not more than 30 hours in any
calendar week.
B.
Compensation.
Unclassified part-time employees shall be compensated at an hourly
rate, as provided in the City's official salary schedules.
C.
Step raises. Unclassified part-time employees are eligible for step increases under the same terms and conditions that apply to full-time employees except that the period of employment required for advancement from one salary step to the next salary step shall be the number of hours equivalent to one year of full-time employment as defined by Section 3.08.030.
D.
Benefits.
Unclassified part-time employees shall be entitled to and shall receive
the benefits set forth in a duly approved collective bargaining agreement
with a recognized employee organization which is applicable to the
position which they hold. In the event that an unclassified part-time
employee is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the
unclassified part-time employee shall receive:
1.
The
benefits, except for sick and vacation leave, applicable to a full-time
position in the same classification, prorated to the percent of time
the unclassified part-time employee is regularly scheduled to work,
rounded up to the nearest 10%.
2.
Sick
and vacation leave, prorated to the percent of time the unclassified
part-time employee actually works, rounded up to the nearest 10%.
E.
Retirement
benefits. Part-time unclassified employees shall be eligible for retirement
benefits and shall contribute to the retirement fund as set forth
by the State Public Employees Retirement System.
(Ord. 3493 §2, 1971; Ord. 5413, 2007)
All salaries and compensation herein provided shall be paid
biweekly unless otherwise provided by ordinance, provided that employees
who may be hired on occasional or emergency work shall be entitled
to receive their salaries or wages on the completion of the work for
which they were hired.
(Ord. 3866, 1976)
In keeping with the philosophy that the City should be a model employer and provide good salaries and benefits for all employees; and in order to provide understandable methods of salary setting which will result in compensation reasonable to employees, management and taxpayers, the salary administration policies and procedures for the City shall be as provided in Sections 3.04.220 to 3.04.240, inclusive of this chapter.
(Ord. 3357 §1, 1969)
The compensation plan of the City shall be established and maintained
so as to:
A.
Enable
the City to attract and retain competent employees;
B.
Provide
for equitable monetary recognition of differences in duties and responsibilities
between classes of positions; and
C.
Provide
logical relationships to salaries paid for comparable work in appropriate
areas in both public and private employment.
(Ord. 3357 §2, 1969)
A.
Management
compensation plan. As provided in Section 1211 of the City Charter,
a Management Compensation Plan consists of the application of those
salary and fringe benefit policies provided by ordinance, resolution
or administrative procedure to management employees.
B.
Management
employee defined. "Management employees" mean City officers, department
heads, other management employees designated as such by the City Administrator
with the approval of the City Council, and professional attorneys,
which shall be those employees appointed by the City Attorney as his
or her deputies or assistants.
C.
Purpose
of management compensation plan. The creation of this plan is intended
to encourage the development of professional management skills in
the City service, responsive to the policies of the City Council,
the direction of the City Administrator and the City Attorney, and
the needs of the citizenry. It is also intended to provide a reasonable
degree of security to such employees.
D.
Exemptions
from certain pays. Employees designated as management are exempt from
over-time and stand-by pay, as defined by this code, unless otherwise
authorized by the City Council.
(Ord. 3654 §2, 1974; Ord. 5413, 2007)
Changes occur in the organization structure of the City and
important changes occur in the demands for certain skills. Many of
these changes take place gradually. Consideration shall be given to
the following factors, among others, in determining the appropriateness
of the compensation for a given classification:
A.
Experience
required;
B.
Education
and training required;
C.
Complexity
of work involved;
D.
Responsibility
assigned;
E.
Public
contacts involved;
F.
Supervision
received and exercised;
G.
Special
skills required;
H.
Employee
turn-over, recruitment difficulties, quality and quantity of job applicants;
I.
The
ability of the City to pay.
(Ord. 3654, 1974; Ord. 3357, 1969)
