File #: RS2023-2197   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/22/2023 In control: Public Health and Safety Committee
On agenda: 6/20/2023 Final action: 6/20/2023
Title: A resolution adopting a new pay plan for employees of the Metropolitan Departments of Police and Fire, effective July 1, 2023.
Sponsors: Kevin Rhoten, Emily Benedict, Jeff Syracuse, Sharon Hurt
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A, 2. Amendment 1 to RS2023-2197
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A resolution adopting a new pay plan for employees of the Metropolitan Departments of Police and Fire, effective July 1, 2023.
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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, 2023, 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 RS2022-1554, a one-year pay plan was approved by the Metropolitan Council to go into effect on July 1, 2022; and,
WHEREAS, the pay plan that was adopted pursuant to RS2022-1554 included increment pay increases that are earned at various time intervals; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire for these increment increases to continue; and,
WHEREAS, it is further the desire that employees who are paid pursuant to open pay ranges be eligible, at the discretion of the employee's Appointing Authority, to receive merit pay increases; and,
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission recommends that the pay scales included in the pay plan adopted pursuant to RS2022-1554 be modified by applying a 7% cost of living increase as of July 1, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission also recognizes the need to make further adjustments to the following grades, for equity and competitive purposes, by increasing salaries for these grade levels: ST05, ST06, OR01, OR02, PS01 through PS07, and FD01 through FD10.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.10 of the Metropolitan Charter, having been advised of its full budgetary implications, the Mayor has modified and approved the plan, such modifications not affecting the relationships between the grades approved by the Civil Service Commission, and recommends its ado...

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