Final Rules (Amended 2022 09 19)_Rule 1 Corrected (1) - Flipbook - Page 21
RULE 4
RULE 4
COMPENSATION
4.1
Policy: It shall be the policy of the City government to establish and maintain a system of pay
and allowances which fairly compensates each employee in accordance with the duties of the classification;
in accordance with the pay for the classification in comparison to the pay of other classifications in the
City; and in comparison to the pay of similar classifications in local governmental jurisdictions, as
appropriate.
4.2
Compensation or Pay Plan: The Human Resources Director shall prepare and maintain a pay
plan which shall list all titles, ranges, steps, numbers, and rates of pay for all positions in the Classified
Service. The pay plan shall be available to any person requesting same.
4.3
Changes in Compensation of Individual Employees: Changes in the compensation rate of
individual employees shall be accomplished by a personnel action processed through the Human
Resources Director or designee.
4.4
Use and Alteration of Compensation Plan: The compensation plan shall be used as the basis
for the payment of compensation to all employees of the City governed by this Rule, as well as in
recruitment, classification, and other matters. Alterations of the compensation plan shall be accomplished
by City Council Resolution. The compensation plan in existence as of the adoption of this Rule shall
continue in full force and effect unless changed by approval of the City Council.
4.5
Range and Steps:
a.
Ranges - Salary: Each classification governed by this Rule shall be assigned a range
number indicating its pay span in steps. Changes in range number assignments shall be
accomplished pursuant to these Rules.
b. Steps – Salary: Each salary range (except Police and Fire classifications), shall consist of
five (5) steps representing increases in monthly pay.
4.6
Pay Basis: The pay structure of classified employees shall be based on monthly salary. When
an employee is to be paid by the hour, the employee’s personnel action shall so state. In such cases, the
employee shall be paid according to the number of hours the employee worked.
4.7
Determination of Compensation Rate and Step Increases: Employees shall advance through
the pay steps of their respective range based upon overall satisfactory performance on performance
evaluations.
a. Probationary employees shall be advanced from Step 1 of the pay range to which they are
assigned to Step 2 upon the completion of six (6) months of overall satisfactory performance
with the City.
b. Probationary employees who are initially assigned to any step higher than Step 1 shall be
advanced to the next highest salary step upon the completion of one (1) year overall
satisfactory performance in the step to which they were assigned.
c.
Employees with permanent status shall be advanced to the next highest salary step upon the
completion of one (1) year of overall satisfactory performance in the step to which they were
assigned (until said employees attain Step 5 of the range to which they are assigned).
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