(A) Responsibilities of the Human Resources Director. The Human Resources Director or the Human Resources and Insurance Committee shall be responsible for the maintenance of the classification and compensation plans, including but not limited to the allocation of new or changed positions, the determination of proper compensation rates within the provisions of this chapter, maintenance of up-to-date class specifications, class lists, and allocation records, and the preparation of recommendations to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on revisions to the plans on the basis of changes in duties of positions and in prevailing rates of pay for comparable occupations outside the city service. The Human Resources Director shall develop and implement procedural guidelines for the administration and maintenance of the classification and compensation plans, provided that such procedural guidelines shall conform to all of the requirements and provisions of this chapter. The Human Resources Director may designate members of the Human Resources Department staff to carry out any of the duties and tasks referenced herein, but the responsibility for such duties and tasks shall rest with the Human Resources Director.
(B) Adjustments to the pay schedule. The weekly and hourly rates for different classes of positions which are prescribed in the compensation plan shall be changed only upon recommendation of the Human Resources Director or the Human Resources and Insurance Committee and Finance Committee and amendment by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Such changes as required may be made annually to become effective on the first day of each fiscal year or at shorter intervals as justified by circumstances. Changes in the compensation plan shall be made in a manner to maintain proper percentage relationships among the classes of positions and to reflect changes in prevailing rates of pay for comparable positions outside the city service.
(C) Employee request. Any employee shall have the right to the consideration of any request he may have with respect to the application of the classification and compensation plans to his position. The employee shall initially make his request to the department or office head who shall promptly seek to arrive at a solution which is consistent with the plans and acceptable to the employee. Where the department or office head is unable to resolve such a request in a manner that the employee is willing to accept in writing, the matter shall then be submitted to the Human Resources Director and, if necessary, to the Human Resources and Insurance Committee for a solution which is consistent with the plans.
('71 Code, § 18-64) (Ord. passed 6-14-67; Am. Ord. passed 12-27-67; Am. Ord. passed 11-4-98)