(a) Compensation Schedule. For each class grade a bi-weekly salary or pay range is hereby established which shall consist of an entrance rate and four skill/merit step rates comprising the base rates for each class grade. For each year of service after the fifth year there is hereby established a percentage factor which shall be applied to the employee's appropriate base rate in arriving at such employee's pay. The pay of employees occupying classified positions covered by this chapter shall be on the basis of the appropriate bi-weekly base rate for the respective classes of positions as increased by the appropriate applicable longevity factor, all as adopted herein as a part of the salary and wage schedule. The bi-weekly base rates increased by the appropriate applicable longevity factor, all as set forth in the schedule adopted by subsection (c) hereof and the provisions of this chapter for the administration thereof, together with the provisions on benefits and working conditions, shall comprise the Compensation Plan.
(b) Time Basis for Payment of Hourly Rates. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Former subsection (c) was repealed by Ordinance 124-78, passed December 18, 1978.)
(d) Special Compensation Provisions.
(1) Plus rates for higher skills. On and after April 1, 1990, when an employee is qualified for, and is temporarily required to serve regularly in and accept the responsibilities for, work in a higher class grade if positions of those positions listed as clerical, administrative and fiscal group or of positions listed as engineering group, in Section 139.02
(a), such employees shall receive the entrance rate of that class grade in the position in which he is temporarily serving or one step rate above his present rate, whichever is higher, while so assigned, subject to the approval of the Mayor. When an employee is qualified for and is temporarily required to serve regularly in, and accept the responsibility for, work in a higher class grade of position from the list of positions in Section 139.03
(d)(3) and (d)(4), such employees shall receive a fifteen percent (15%) increase in his current salary, subject to the approval of the Mayor. Such temporary assignment to a higher class grade of position to qualify for the higher rate of pay shall be regular and continuous in character, and the position to which he is temporarily assigned shall be one or more grades higher than the position in which the employee was serving before such temporary assignment. Such temporary assignment shall not exceed a total of six months in any calendar year. An employee may be temporarily assigned to the work of any position in the same or lower class grade without a change in pay.
(2) Compensation of part-time, temporary and seasonal employees. Part-time, temporary or seasonal employees shall be compensated initially at the entrance rate for the class in which employed. Part-time, temporary and seasonal employees may be advanced in pay to the next higher skill/merit step rate, based on satisfactory service, provided they have worked a minimum of one calendar year or 1040 hours, whichever is longer. When the required period of service has been attained, advancement to the higher skill/merit step rates may be effected in accordance with Section 139.04(b). The accumulation of service toward advancement within a range shall continue unless interrupted by a period of absence from the City service for more than one (1) year. (Ord. 29-2015. Passed 5-4-15.)
(3) Compensation for elective and appointive officials. The following elective and appointed officials which are not otherwise provided for in this chapter shall be compensated as follows:
TITLE | RATE |
Director of Finance* | $117,675 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Deputy Director of Public Service* | $115,673 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Director of Law* | $118,529 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Director of Public Safety | $5,634 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Treasurer | $5,634 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Civil Service Secretary | $2,569 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Chief of Police | $118,529 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Police Captain (2) | $107,132 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Director of Public Service* | $127,182 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Clerk of Courts | $71,720 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Magistrate/Court Administrator | $126,999 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
TITLE | RATE |
Chief Probation Officer | $82,501 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Director of Security (Court) | $66,788 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Commissioner - Taxation* | $95,777 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Human Resources Manager | $95,908 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Chief Prosecutor | $107,132 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Assistant Prosecutor | $80,000 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Assistant Prosecutors (Part-time) | $50.08/hour commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Information Technology Manager | $106,409 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Information Technology Specialist | $75,863 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
IT Support Specialist | $46,751 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
GIS Coordinator | $75,112 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Economic Development/Administrative Services Coord.* | $122,373 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Director of Security (Court) | $65,000 annually commencing May 8, 2023 and thereafter |
Human Resource Manager | $93,341 annually commencing September 19, 2023 and thereafter |
* Those persons in this subsection (d)(3) occupying the positions indicated above by an asterisk after such position shall each have the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) paid and deposited by the City to their respective credit in one of the City’s approved deferred compensation plans, annually commencing with the year 1991.
(Ord. 64-2013. Passed 8-19-13; Ord. 89-2013. Passed 12-2-13; Ord. 32-2014. Passed 6-16-14; Ord. 33-2014. Passed 6-16-14; Ord. 63-2014. Passed 12-15-14; Ord. 42-2015. Passed 6-15-15; Ord. 79-2015. Passed 12-7-15; Ord. 71-2016. Passed 11-21-16; Ord. 85-2017. Passed 12-4-17; Ord. 68-2018. Passed 12-17-18; Ord. 42-2019. Passed 5-6-19; Ord. 79-2019. Passed 10-7-19; Ord. 105-2019. Passed 12-16-19; Ord. 109-2020. Passed 12-7-20; Ord. 81-2021. Passed 12-20-21; Ord. 72-2022. Passed 8-15-22; Ord. 113-2022. Passed 12-19-22; Ord. 46-2023. Passed 5-15-23; Ord. 47-2023. Passed 5-15-23; Ord. 76-2023. Passed 9-18-23; Ord. 95-2023. Passed 12-4-23.)
(4) Compensation for the Labor and Trades Supervision Group. The following members of the Labor and Trades Supervision Group which are not otherwise provided for in this chapter shall be compensated as follows:
TITLE | RATE |
Superintendent of Parks and Forestry* | $112,019 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Vehicle Maintenance Manager | $85,587 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Water Foreman | $106,409 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Sewage Foreman | $106,409 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Street and Highway Foreman | $106,409 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Sewage Maintenance Crew Leader | $85,587 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Parks and Forestry Foreman | $100,090 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Street Maintenance Crew Leader | $85,587 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Utility Manager | $93,565 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Zoning Administrator | $87,244 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Water Maintenance Crew Leader | $85,587 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
Parks and Forestry Crew Leader | $85,587 annually commencing January 1, 2024 and thereafter |
*Those persons in this subsection (d)(4) occupying the positions indicated above by an asterisk after such position shall each have the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) paid and deposited by the City to their respective credit in one of the City’s approved deferred compensation plans, annually commencing with the year 1995. (Ord. 109-2020. Passed 12-7-20; Ord. 81-2021. Passed 12-20-21; Ord. 113-2022. Passed 12-19-22; Ord. 95-2023. Passed 12-4-23.)
(5) Tuition Reimbursement to full-time City employees.
A. All regular full-time employees, who have completed their probationary period, shall be entitled to reimbursement of one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of tuition (excluding specifically, but not in limitation, books and laboratory fees) for approved courses of study at an accredited institution of learning when such study is undertaken in a field reasonably related to the employee's work duties. To qualify for such tuition reimbursement, an employee must obtain advanced approval in accordance with procedures established by the City, must submit proof of tuition cost acceptable to the City, and must achieve a passing grade of "C" or its equivalent or better. An employee shall not be entitled to such tuition reimbursement for courses which will qualify the employee for a new job or profession.
B. If within twenty-four months following the completion of an approved course which tuition was reimbursed to the employee by the City, the employee's service with the City is terminated for any reason other than retirement, layoff, or death of the employee, the employee shall be required to pay back to the City the tuition reimbursement received.
C. Full tuition reimbursement under this section shall be made only for the employee's first Bachelor degree. Any further degree shall be reimbursed at a maximum of fifty percent (50%) for a grade of "C" or better.
D. The aggregate amount of tuition reimbursement for any individual employee of the City shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
(6) Municipal court employees five percent shift differential. In addition to the compensation provided by the salary and wage schedule in Section 139.10
, Schedule I, municipal court employees who are required to work the evening court shift, i.e., “night court” shall be paid a premium of five percent (5%) of their regular pay for that time worked beyond 4:30 p.m. (Ord. 12-2014. Passed 3-17-14.)
(7) Police Division Clerk I and II Shift Differential. In addition to the compensation provided by the salary and wage schedule in Section 139.02(a), Police Division Clerk I and II employees who are required to work past 4:30 p.m. shall be paid a premium of an additional fifty-five cents ($0.55) per hour for that time worked beyond 4:30 p.m.
(Ord. 13-2021. Passed 1-19-21.)