A. With the purpose of evaluating the total compensation levels of the city's elected officials, executives and employees and making recommendations to the human resources department, mayor and the city council, the committee shall:
1. Determine a comparable market, comprised of public and private employers, which, if surveyed, would provide reliable, competitive compensation comparisons to the pay practices of the city;
2. Recommend survey parameters to determine wages and benefits paid by surveyed employers to their employees;
3. Recommend the total compensation strategy;
4. Evaluate the total compensation of the city's elected officials, executives and employees relative to the survey data;
5. Propose other studies as the committee deems necessary to perform its duties and formulate the recommendations required herein;
6. On or before March 1 of each year, prepare and submit a written report to the mayor and the city council containing the following:
a. A list of public and private employers the committee relied upon for its compensation comparisons and the factors the committee used to select the comparable employers,
b. A summary of the committee's findings based on the survey data,
c. Recommendations, based on the survey data, of the appropriate competitive position for the city relative to the compensation practices of comparable employers,
d. Recommendations regarding the wages and benefits of the city's elected officials, executives and employees,
e. General recommendations regarding the mix of compensation for city employees, e.g., base salary, benefits, incentives,
f. Recommendations regarding revisions, modifications or changes, if any, which should be made to the compensation practices of the city;
7. Provide other advice and recommendations, or perform other studies related to the total compensation of the city's elected officials, executives and employees as may, from time to time, be requested by the mayor and the city council;
8. Unless otherwise directed by the mayor and the city council, the committee shall make no recommendations or studies regarding working conditions, grievance processes or other noncompensation matters. (Ord. 67-13, 2013)