§ 3.12.070. Pay plan.

A.

The Human Resources Manager is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of a pay plan. Each job description in the civil service system shall be placed in a pay grade which offers a range of pay commensurate with the duties and responsibilities enumerated in the job description. The pay plan shall become effective upon the date specified in the resolution of the City Council adopting the pay plan.

B.

Revisions in the pay plan requested by appointing authorities shall be submitted to the Human Resources Manager. The Human Resources Manager may also initiate such revisions in the pay plan for any civil service employee as is deemed necessary. The Human Resources Manager shall forward pay plan revisions to the City Council with recommendations.

C.

In-grade pay increases for civil service employees shall be governed by the following:

1.

A civil service employee shall not be granted an in-grade pay increase without the favorable recommendation of the employee's supervisor and appointing authority. At least twelve months shall elapse between each in-grade pay increase granted to any one civil service employee. No employee shall be paid a salary less than the minimum nor more than the maximum limits prescribed by the pay grade to which the employee's position has been assigned.

2.

An in-grade pay increase may be awarded only to a civil service employee who exceeds the recommended minimum standards of the position the employee occupies. A recommendation for an in-grade pay increase shall be based on a review of the employee's performance since the last in-grade pay increase. In no case shall an in-grade increase be awarded without regard to an employee's performance.

3.

Except as changed in accordance with Section 3.04.010, an employee's anniversary date shall be:

a.

The employee's date of hire if the employee became a member of the civil service system after May 1, 1980; or

b.

The employee's review date as of March 1, 1980, if the employee became a member of the civil service system on or before March 1, 1980.

D.

Once a pay plan has been adopted, the City Council shall not increase or decrease the pay of an individual employee but shall change rates of pay only by the passage of a resolution revising the pay plan.

(Ord. O-53-98 § 1 (part): prior code § 7-11)

(Ord. No. O-31-15 Amended, § I, 7-27-2015; Ord. No. O-18-12 Amended, § I, 10-8-2012; Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)