HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-07-08 96-310 ORDERCOONCIL ACTION
Date: 7-8-96 Item No. 96-310
Item/eubject: Order: Directing the City Manager to Prepare a
Position Paper on Alternative Pay/Classification
Plans for Council Consideration
Responsible Department: City Council
Commentary:
The attached Order has been requested by Councilor Popper. It
would direct the City Manager to prepare a position paper
outlining alternative pay plans which emphasize merit based
increases, review the relationship between pay plans and cost of
living adjustments, and review issues surrounding merit based pay
plans including the consistency of evaluations between separate
supervisors and across organizational units. The position paper
would be available for Council review on or before September 15,
1996.
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Manager's Comments:
rTTy
Associated Information:
Order
FI
Legal Approval:
rr a r
_Intrnduced For
passage
First Reading Pageo£_
Referral
96-310
AeipftedlO Cawedor Popper July B. 1996
CITY OF BANGOR
�p Directing the City Manager to Prepare a Position
QIiLf.ta� KpAlternative Pay/Classification Plana for Council
Consideration
By Nw City Coaxer! of BW City ofBammr.
DBD&BED,
THAT
WHEREAS, the City's current pay/classification plan was
established in 1989; and
WHEREAS, this plan provides for salary advancement based on
considerations Including job performance; and
WHEREAS, in addition to step increases, the City Council from
time to time provides cost of living adjustments which
are granted to all employees; and
WHEREAS, alternatives to the current pay/classification system
may exist which would allow for greater emphasis on
performance as the basis for granting individual
employee pay adjustments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to review such alternatives
along with their advantages and disadvantages and to
compare them with the City's current system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BANGOR, THAT: the City Manager is hereby directed to
prepare a position paper outlining alternative pay plans and
their advantages/disadvantages in comparison with the City's
current pay/classification plan. This position paper shall
analyze alternatives which place greater emphasis on
performance and merit in determining the rate of pay of
individual employees, shall analyze the relationship between
the existing pay plan and periodic cost of living
adjustments, and shall review issues impacting upon the
effectiveness of merit based pay plans including the
consistency of evaluations between separate supervisors and
across organizational unite. This position paper shall be
provided to the City Council on or before September 15,
1996.
Id CITY COUNCIL
July 8, 1996
Motion to Nave the Question Passed
Vote: 8 Yee, 1 n
Councilors voting yea: Baldaccl.
Frankel. Leen, Popper, Soucy,
Sullivan, Tyler a Woodcock
Courtilor voting no.
Blanchette
Order Passed
vote: 9 yes
Councilors voting yes:
Solderer, Blanchette, Frankel,
Leen. Popper, Soucy, Sullivan,
Tyler d Woodcock
CITY CLERK
96-310
ORDER
Title, Directing the City Manager
to Prepare a Position Paper on
alternative Pay/Classification Plans
So['Covudl 0 4
.................................
G. &�
lst'N�..1AmigancI to
............
Councilman