Explanation
This ordinance amends the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 2713-2013, as amended, to realign assigned pay grades of Communications Workers of America Local 4502 classifications covered by the Management Compensation Plan under Section 5(C) by adding a pay grade equivalency table and to establish a pay range to be equivalent to Communications Workers of America Local 4502 Pay Grade 50; and to adjust pay grades associated with the classifications of Administrative Secretary, Office Assistant III, Office Manager, Business Manager, Public Relations Specialist II, and Department Human Resources Officer; and to recognize the Civil Service Commission action to abolish the classifications of Administrative Assistant, Legal Secretary II, and Word Processing Specialist.
Emergency action is recommended in order to begin implementation.
Title
To amend the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 2713-2013 as amended, by amending Sections 5(C), 5(D), and 5(E); to recognize Civil Service Commission action; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Section 5(C) of the Management Compensation Plan to reassign equivalent Management Compensation Plan pay grades; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Sections 5(D) and 5(E) to adjust the pay grades assigned to the classifications of Administrative Secretary, Office Assistant III, Office Manager, Business Manager, Public Relations Specialist II, and Department Human Resources Officer; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to recognize Civil Service Commission action to abolish the classifications of Administrative Assistant, Legal Secretary II, and Word Processing Specialist; 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:
Section 1. To amend Section 5(C) of Ordinance No. 2713-2013, as amended, as follows:
(C) Part-time, Seasonal, Temporary and Confidential Employees. Any part-time (averaging less than twenty hours per week), temporary, seasonal, or confidential employees in classifications listed in Appendix A of the collective bargaining contract between the City of Columbus and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 1632, or in Appendix B of the collective bargaining contract between the City of Columbus and the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 4502, will be covered by this Management Compensation Plan. Further, the classifications listed in Appendix A of the AFSCME collective bargaining contract and Appendix B of the CMAGE/CWA collective bargaining contract may be used for employees who do not meet the definition of a public employee pursuant to Section 4117.01 of the Ohio Revised Code, or who are (1) employees of the Human Resources Department; (2) employees of the Civil Service Commission; (3) confidential secretaries of the Appointing Authorities; (4) employees working less than 1040 hours per calendar year; or (5) employees in temporary status as defined by the Civil Service Commission.
(1) Any positions exempted from a bargaining unit and covered by this Management Compensation Plan (MCP) will be paid at the MCP grade or pay range assigned herein, or if unassigned, at the MCP grade or pay range that most closely equates with the assigned bargaining unit grade or pay range, as determined by the Department of Human Resources.
(2) The following table shall be used to determine the appropriate Management Compensation Plan pay grade to be assigned to any Communications Workers of America Local 4502 classification referenced in Section 5(C) of this Management Compensation Plan:
Communications Workers Management Compensation Plan
of America Local 4502 Pay Grade Pay Grade
60 95
59 94
58 93
57 92
56 91
55 90
54 89
53 88
52 87
51 86
(3) The following pay range shall be used to pay classifications assigned to Communications Workers of America Local 4502 Pay Grade 50:
$12.23/hour to $18.33/hour
(4) The Management Compensation Plan pay structure shall be reviewed annually by the Department of Human Resources to determine equivalent pay grades of classifications referenced in Sections 5(C), 5(D), and 5(E) of the Management Compensation Plan and Appendix B of the Communications Workers of America Local 4502 collective bargaining agreement. Designated Management Compensation Plan pay grades shall be appropriately adjusted by amending the Management Compensation Plan to equivalent designated Communications Workers of America Local 4502 pay grades as determined by the Department of Human Resources.
Section 2. That Sections 5(D)-A083, 5(D)-O018, and 5(D)-O025 of Ordinance 2713-2013, as amended, be amended by amending as follows:
Ord. Job
Section Code Class Title Grade
5(D)-A083 0773 Administrative Secretary 89
5(D)-O018 0409 Office Assistant III 89
5(D)-O025 1240 Office Manager 90
Section 3. That Sections 5(E)-B130, 5(E)-P718, and 5(E)-D121 of Ordinance 2713-2013, as amended, be amended by amending as follows:
Ord. Job
Section Code Class Title Grade
5(E)-B130 1252 Business Manager 92
5(E)-D121 0893 Department Human Resources Officer 95
5(E)-P718 3105 Public Relations Specialist II 92
Section 4. That existing Sections 5(C), 5(D)-A080, 5(D)-A083 5(D)-L112, 5(D)-O018, 5(D)-O025, 5(D)-W287, 5(E)-B130, 5(E)-D121, and 5(E)-P718 of Ordinance No. 2713-2013, as amended, are hereby repealed.
Section 5. 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 force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.