Explanation
This ordinance amends the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance 1150-2007, as amended, by:
Adjusting the pay structures by six percent (6%). The pay structures have not been moved since 2008. Moving the structure will require that any employee at the minimum pay rate for each pay grade will be increased by six percent (6%), resulting in an approximate cost of $165,000 for fiscal year 2012. There is no fiscal impact for fiscal year 2011; and
Reducing the amount of pension pick-up to seven percent (7%) beginning with the payperiod that includes April 1, 2012; and
Increasing the minimum wage to comply with State law; and
Assigning a pay grade to the classification of Water Assistant Administrator and retitling the Power and Water Division Assistant Administrator to Power Assistant Administrator; and
Increasing the employee insurance contribution to eleven percent (11%) beginning with the payperiod that includes April 1, 2012.
Emergency action is recommended in order to begin implementation.
Title
To amend the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 1150-2007, as amended, by amending Sections 4(B), (C) and (D); by enacting Section 5(E)-W010; by amending Section 5(E)-P287; by amending certain classifications in Section 5(F); by amending Section 16.1(G); and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan to increase the pay structure to remain market competitive; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan to reduce the amount of pension pick-up the City pays; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan to increase the minimum wage to comply with State law; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan to retitle the classification of Power and Water Division Assistant Administrator and assign a pay grade to the newly created classification of Water Assistant Administrator; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan to increase the employee insurance contribution; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to amend certain provisions of the Management Compensation Plan, thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
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