Explanation
The Civil Service Commission revised the classifications of Communications Division Administrator and Assistant Administrator following the consolidation of the Division of Communications, Weights and Measures and License Sections of the Department of Public Safety. The new classifications are titled Support Services Division Administrator and Assistant Administrator. There is no recommended change to the assigned pay grades.
Ordinance No. 2528-2003, passed on December 15, 2003, amended Section 15(A) of the Management Compensation Plan (MCP) to provide consistent language between the MCP, AFSCME and CMAGE contracts relative to payment. The intent was for the amendment not to alter the benefit level available to employees covered by the MCP. However, the amendment did indeed change the benefit level. This ordinance returns the language to what it was prior to the passage of Ordinance 2528-2003.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide restitution to those employees who may have been adversely affected by the change to Section 15(A).
Title
To amend the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 2944-99, as amended, by amending various sections within Section 5(E); and by amending Section 15(A); and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission amended the classifications of Communications Division Administrator and Assistant Administrator; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to reflect the Civil Service Commission's actions in the Management Compensation Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Section 15(A) in order to correct a discrepancy; and
WHEREAS, it is immediately necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan in that an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Sections 5(E)-D370 and 5(E)-D371 of Ordinance No. 2944-99, as amended, be amended to read as follows:
Ord. Class
Sec. Code Class Title Grade
5(E)-S303 0266 Support Services Division Administrator 95
5(E)-S304 0267 Support Services Division Assistant 94
Administrator
SECTION 2. That, effective December 15, 2003, Section 15(A) of Ordinance No. 2944-99, as amended, be amended to read as follows:
(A) Disability Program Eligibility. The City will provide, at no cost to employees, a disability program covering full-time employees for non-work related illnesses and injuries. Employees must complete one (1) year of continuous City service before qualifying for disability; such benefits will become available at the first of the month following completion of one (1) year of continuous service. This program shall provide for payment to the employee from the twelfth (12th) day of accident or illness for employees in classifications listed in Sections 5(C), (D) and (E) of this ordinance, for a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks, at sixty percent (60%) of the employee's standard gross wages after applicable federal, state and local flat tax rates and applicable Medicare charge(s) are deducted. The employee may, if he/she so desires, elect to use all, or part, of his/her accumulated but unused sick leave in order to make up any difference between one hundred percent (100%) of his/her gross wages and the amount which he/she receives under the disability program, provided that all new (current year) sick leave accruals are exhausted before an employee may use the available balance in his/her Old Sick Leave Bank. If an employee exhausts all sick leave benefits, other approved leave may be granted by the Appointing Authority. During the period in which an employee receives such payments, he/she shall suffer no reduction in his/her paid sick leave entitlement set forth in Section 14 of this Ordinance, as applicable. If, while receiving such payments, the employee performs work for the City or another employer, the amount of payment under the disability program shall be reduced by the compensation which he/she receives during that time period. The proper forms must be submitted to the City no later than forty-five (45) days from the commencement of the disability.
SECTION 3. That existing Sections 5(E)-D370, 5(E)-D371, and 15(A) of Ordinance No. 2944-99, as amended, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in full force from and after approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.