The salary ranges are intended to furnish administrative flexibility in recognizing individual differences between positions allocated to the same class, in providing employee incentives and rewarding employees for meritorious service.
The following shall be the general policy with respect to the use of the pay steps within salary ranges:
(a) The minimum rate of pay for a class shall be paid to any person on his original appointment to a position of a class except when, as determined by the department head and approved by the City Manager, the new employee possesses exceptional qualifications warranting employment at a higher rate in the pay range.
(b) Within-range increases shall be from one pay step to the next higher step, every twelve months, to Step F: provided, however, that in extraordinary circumstances applicable to the particular employee and documented in summary form, the City Manager may permit increases of one or more steps and may grant such increases in less than twelve months. However, each such increase shall not be automatic, but shall be based upon merit and shall be specifically recommended by the department head and approved by the City Manager; and provided further that all within-range adjustments are subject to the availability of funds as determined by the City Commission. Salary increases or decreases resulting from the adjustments of salary ranges in accordance with Section 175.03 shall not prevent within-range increases in accordance with this section. All employees on the City's payroll as of December 31, 1992, shall have their performance reviewed for the purpose of determining whether a within-range increase shall be granted nine months after their most recent performance evaluation, for the first such review after January 1, 1993. Thereafter, all subsequent reviews will follow at twelve-month intervals, as set forth in this paragraph (b).
(Ord. 92-398. Passed 12-28-92.)