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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-06-26 89-298 ORDERCouncil Action Date 6-26-89 ItemNo.@9-9p8— i ORDER, Authorizing City Manager to Implement the Pay Item/Subject: Classification Study Prepared by Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele and Associates, Inc. Responsible Department: City Manager Commentary: The City Council and staff have received the final report prepared by the consultants who were selected to perform the pay classi fication study on certain selected City positions. This report has been reviewed wed on several occasions by the Council and w most recently discussed at a Budget Workshop held last week. The attached Order will authorize the City Manager to implement this study pursuant to the general principles established at that Workshop meeting. In general Lerma, employees will be placed in their new pay scale at that step which will provide than with at least a 58 increase in salary. Employees who are beyond the and of the range.will be given a 58 increase with a clear understanding that their salaries will remain the same until such time as the pay scale is further adjusted and catches up with their existing salaries. In general, seasonal and temporary personnel will not he included in the proposed pay scale. The pay scale will become effective with the new budget. The Order also requires that the City Manager prpeare the necessary procedures, policies and forma to implement the merit performance pay recommendations included in the study. The established goals for completing these items will be September 1, 1989. 1 Finally, the Order does authorize the City Manager to establish a review procedure to allow employees who are dissatisfied with results of the study to request that their classification be reviewed. Additionally, the City Manager is authorized to initiate reviews of the results of the study where the Manager believes the results are incorrect or inequitable. Under both Options, the City Manager is authorized to make minor adjustments to the pay classification study. City staff will iem,ediately turn its attention to developing the other items which are required to insure that the pay system is fully implemented and that the merit pay proposal can go into effect by September 1, 1989. rci nfa� Associated Information: Council Order Budge[ Approval:/d_f1,�app,eQ Legal Approval: CitySaliaimr I tr cad For Fme Reading sage Page of Referral 89-298 Aamped to Com,cOor Saxl, June 26, 1989 CITY OF BANGOR (TELE.) (®rber, Authorizing.City. Manager. to.. Implement the Pay Classification Study Prepared by Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele and Associates, Inc. By de Hite Couval of City of Bane": ORDERED, WHEREAS, the City Council has previously determined the necessity of areview and revision to the City's existing pay classification system including existing job descriptions and pay scales; and WHEREAS, the firm of Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele and Associates,.Inc. was selected to undertake such studq„ and WHEREAS, the study has been completed and the results'have,been presented to the City Council; and WHEREAS, implementation of the study inan expeditious manner is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Bangor and its employees; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR, THAT the final report on Job Classification prepared by the firm of Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele and Associates, Inc., copies of 'which have been made available to the members of the City Council and are an file in the Personnel Office, is hereby accepted. The City Manager is hereby authorized to implement this study in accordance with the following general principles: 1. Covered employees shall be placed an the recommended pay scales in the next highest step which will generally result in at least a 5% increase in wages; 2. Employees who will receive less than a 58 i under this procedure shall e receive a 5% increase andbeenotified that their salary shall not increase as long as they remain in their current classification and Una assigned pay scale for that classification is lower than their salary; 3." Seasonal and other temporary personnel shall generally be excluded from the proposed pay scale. BE IT FURTHER OROERED,THAT: The City Manager shall establish a review procedure to allow employees who are dissatisfied with the results of the study to request that their classification be reviewed. In addition, the City Manager is authorized to initiate reviews of the sults of the proposed pay classification systemwhere he believes the results to be inect o inequitable. The review process shall conform to the general principles established andused in the study as performed by Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele and Associates, Inc. Where necessary and appropriate, the City Manager is authorized to make adjustments to the pay classification report which address incorrect or inequitable results. BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, THAT: The City Manager shall prepare the necessary procedures, policies, and forms to implement them merit performance cns endations of the study and to insure that the study is adequately updated and maintained. Such procedures, policies, and forms shall be preparedbySeptember 1, 1989 and be presented to City Council for its review and, where appropriate, its approval. t 89-298 pl ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL June 26, 1989 1 Title _ Passed Authorizin& City Manager to Implement the CITY PH1( i Pay Classification Study Prepared by Waggoner, Irvin, Scheele and Associates. Inc. ...................................... d� fined :._ Assigned to ........unci..... Councilman