A. Base Pay for Certain Management Appointments: The following table depicts the annualized salaries for the offices and positions herein set forth and shall be paid biweekly except where otherwise specified in this chapter.
OFFICES | May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022 |
Title | FY22 Range |
OFFICES | May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022 |
Title | FY22 Range |
City Manager | $127,657 to $145,106 |
Assistant City Manager Fire Chief Police Chief | $113,979 to $129,560 |
Director of Public Works | $109,506 to $124,572 |
Director of Finance Director of Community Development Deputy Chief | $101,767 to $115,678 |
Assistant Public Works Director Operations Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Director of Human and Administrative Resources | $97,773 to $111,226 |
City Treasurer | $78,874 to $87,538 |
Assistant City Treasurer Staff Engineer Human Resources Generalist | $60,500 to $68,255 |
Executive Secretary | $46,000 to $53,500 |
B. Salary Ranges: Management employees shall move to the next step in their respective range based on merit. The City Manager has the authority to determine the compensation of new employees within these classifications.
C. Management Hours of Work: The minimum workweek for management employees shall typically be forty (40) hours.
D. Overtime: Management employees shall not receive overtime compensation.
E. Flexible Time: All management employees shall maintain and submit accurate records of all hours worked on the employee’s time sheet. “Flex time” is accumulated at the rate of one hour for every hour worked over forty (40) hours in a regular workweek and shall be submitted to the finance division where an accurate accounting of such hours used and accumulated shall be maintained. Management employees listed in subsection A of this section, at the discretion of the City Manager or designee, shall be allowed to accumulate up to one hundred twenty (120) hours of flexible time each fiscal year. A total of one hundred twenty (120) hours of flexible time may be carried forward from year to year. An employee may not use more than one hundred twenty (120) hours in a fiscal year, or portion thereof. Any employee appointed after May 1, 2017, cannot “cash in” flexible time, nor can he/she receive compensation for any unused accumulated flexible time upon separation. At the time of separation from city employment, management employees appointed on or before April 30, 2017, shall be compensated for accrued flexible time up to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) hours.
F. Education and Certification Incentives, Educational Leave and Tuition Reimbursement: This policy shall apply equally and without favoritism. The city encourages employees to take an active interest in developing job-related skills and abilities.
1. Education and Certification Incentives: Any full-time employee who successfully obtains the following degrees from an accredited two (2) year or four (4) year institution of higher education will receive the following:
a. Associate’s Degree: $1,200 per year
b. Bachelor’s Degree: $1,800 per year
c. Master’s Degree: $2,400 per year
Any full-time employee that obtains the following professional certifications will receive the following:
a. Class I Wastewater Certification: $1,500 per year
b. Class A Water Certification: $1,500 per year
No “pyramiding” of incentives is acceptable. Once an employee attains a certain level of education or certification that employee is paid only one bonus for the highest level of certification that has been attained, provided it is applicable to his/her position.
2. Educational Leave: Employees may be granted time off with pay for educational purposes with the approval of the City Manager or designee. Educational leave is to be used to attend approved classes that are only offered at times that conflict with normal business hours. Examples may include, but are not limited to, the following: conferences, seminars, briefing sessions, or other functions that may improve or sustain an employee’s certifications and professional abilities.
3. Tuition Reimbursement: With the prior approval of the City Manager and department head, employees may be reimbursed for tuition and applicable lab fees as they pursue college credits at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Reimbursement shall occur for one course per each academic period after verification of a grade of “C” or better. Documentation is required to verify expenses.
All education incentives will be paid based on the highest level obtained prior to the end of the calendar year for the upcoming fiscal year.
G. Career Service Bonus: A “Career Service Bonus” shall be paid to full-time employees who have reached the eligible threshold as follows:
1. On completion of five years of full-time continuous service, the employee shall receive an annual bonus of $300.00.
2. On completion of ten years of full-time continuous service, the employee shall receive an annual bonus of $600.00.
3. On completion of fifteen years of full-time continuous service, the employee shall receive an annual bonus of $900.00.
4. On completion of twenty years of full-time continuous service, the employee shall receive an annual bonus of $1,200.00.
5. On completion of twenty-five of full-time continuous service, the employee shall receive an annual bonus of $1,500.00.
6. On completion of thirty years of full-time continuous service, the employee shall receive an annual bonus of $1,800.00.
In a fiscal year in which the employee attains a new five-year threshold for service, he/she shall advance to the new bonus level pro-rated in his/her bi-weekly paycheck effective May 1.
H. New Appointees: If any appointment is made during the term of this chapter, the compensation of the new appointee shall be determined by the Mayor and City Council, upon the recommendation of the City Manager. New employees with less than one year of service to the city may be compensated at a wage less than the schedule set forth above.
I. Volunteer Firemen: Paid-On-Call (POC) firefighters shall each be paid two hundred dollars ($200.00) and the POC EMT firefighters shall be paid an additional two hundred dollars ($200.00) per annum, payable semi-annually on April 30 and October 30 of each year, provided they work a minimum of forty-hours in the preceding six month period, or a proportionate part thereof in the event that less than one year’s full service is rendered. For actual responses to each fire alarm, the sum of fifteen dollars and ninety cents ($15.90) per hour shall be paid to each POC member, and in addition thereto the sum of fifteen dollars and ninety cents ($15.90) for each hour or fraction thereof after the first hour.
J. Crossing Guards: Crossing Guards shall be paid at the rate of fifteen dollars and ninety-four cents ($15.94) per hour.
K. Secretary to The Sycamore Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals: The City Clerk shall serve as the secretary to the plan commission and the board of zoning appeals for no additional compensation.
L. Exempt Part-Time Employees: The compensation to be paid all extra or exempt part-time employees not otherwise covered by a collective bargaining contract shall be determined by the City Manager.
M. Volunteer Police: Volunteer policemen shall be appointed by the City Manager, upon the recommendation of the Police Chief, and shall be paid sixteen dollars and thirty cents ($16.30) for each hour worked. (Ord. 2018.20, 4-15-2019; amd. Ord. 2019.55, 4-20-2020; Ord. 2020.31, 4-19-2021; Ord. 2021.12, 8-16-2021)