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A resolution adopting a new pay plan for employees of the Metropolitan Departments of Police and Fire, effective July 1, 2026.
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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, 2026, 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 RS2025-1259, a one-year pay plan was approved by the Metropolitan Council to go into effect on July 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the pay plan adopted pursuant to RS2025-1259 included increment pay increases that are earned at various time intervals, which the Metropolitan Government proposes to continue; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government further proposes that employees paid pursuant to open pay ranges be eligible to receive merit pay increases at Appointing Authority discretion; and
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission has recommended that the pay scales included in the pay plan adopted pursuant to RS2025-1259 be modified by applying an across-the-board increase of 1.7% for each pay grade as of July 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission recommends adjustments to the following grades, for equity and competitive purposes, by increasing salaries for these grade levels: PS03 and PS04; and
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission recommends the addition of a monthly lump-sum payment to address disparity between civilian and sworn helicopter pilots in the Police Aviation Section; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 12.10 of the Metropolitan Charter, the Civil Service Commission has created the new employment classifications of Behavioral Health Counselor 2, Fire Arson Investigator 1,...
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