Explanation
The 2005 budget funds in the Department of Finance for an improvement in the performance management component of ColumbusStat which involves creation of a management oversight group to assist departments in operating more efficiently to provide essential city services in the most effective and least costly way possible. This initiative is modeled upon Baltimore's CitiStat program. The oversight group will consist of existing executive-level personnel on Mayor's staff and in the Cabinet and will be staffed by Finance employees. The staggered addition of four positions was budgeted in Finance during 2005.
As part of the establishment of ColumbusStat program, a new classification was created by the Civil Service Commission, that of Performance Management Coordinator, which will oversee the functions associated with the ColumbusStat program. It is recommended that the classification be assigned a Pay Grade 93 ($51,688-$77,522), based on an analysis of relevant market and internal equity information.
Emergency action is needed in order to allow the Department of Finance to get the process underway to begin the expedited implementation of the performance management portion of the ColumbusStat program.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this position is included in the 2005 budget within the Department of Finance.
Title
To amend the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No. 2944-99, as amended, to enact a new classification within Section 5(E); and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission has created the classification of Performance Management Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to reflect the Civil Service Commission's actions in the Management Compensation Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to assign a pay grade to the classification of Performance Management Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure because the immediate establishment of the Performance Management Coordinator classification is necessary to expedite the implementation of the ColumbusStat program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan, 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 Ordinance No. 2944-99 as amended, be amended to enact Section 5(E)-P107 as follows:
Ord. Class
Sec. Code Class Title Grade
5(E)-P107 0847 Performance Management Coordinator 93
SECTION 2. 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.