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A resolution adopting a new pay plan for employees of the Metropolitan Departments of Police and Fire, effective July 1, 2025.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Civil Service Commission has, pursuant to Section 12.10 of the Metropolitan Charter, assigned each employment classification to a salary grade as of July 1, 2025, with such assignments being equitably related to each other; and,
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission has adopted the salary ranges for each grade; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Personnel for the Civil Service Commission has recommended, after the Commission's approval, desirable salary ranges for each grade to the Director of Finance; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to RS2024-483, a one-year pay plan was approved by the Metropolitan Council to go into effect on July 1, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, the pay plan adopted pursuant to RS2024-483 included increment pay increases earned at various time intervals, which the Metropolitan Government proposes to continue; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government further proposes that employees who are paid pursuant to open pay ranges be eligible to receive merit pay increases at Appointing Authority discretion; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Civil Service Commission, through the Metropolitan Department of Human Resources, contracted with Mercer, a global consulting firm, to review and recommend needed changes to the classification and pay system for employees of the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, the salary structure study compared the relationship of pay assigned to Metropolitan Government employee classifications to similar positions in the market and with comparable governmental entities; and,
WHEREAS, the classification and pay system study revealed that various pay and classification adjustments were recommended, including the creation of several classifications, changing the title of some classifications, upgrading the salary assigned to some classifications, creating new pay schedules for In...
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