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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1974-0157 - Amend WR Ord 138 - Positions and PayscaleIntroduced by Alderman Donaldson ORDINANCE NO. 157 Series of 1974 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 138 ESTABLISHING 1974 AND SUBSEQUENT POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE. A PAY SCALE FOR THESE POSITIONS AND PROVISIONS FOR PART-TIME, TEMPORARY, OVER- TIME AND SPECIAL PAY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF W'~EAT RIDGE, COLORADO THAT: Section 1. Ordinances 133, 149 and 150 are repealed and reenacted as follows: Section 2. Grades and Merit Steps. GRADE A B C D E 1. 401 422 444 461 491 2. 411 433 455 479 504 3. 422 444 461 491 517 4. 433 455 479 504 530 5. 444 461 491 517 543 6. 455 479 504 530 557 7. 461 491 517 543 571 8. 479 504 530 557 585 9. 491 517 543 571 500 10. 504 530 557 585 615 11. 517 543 571 500 630 12. 530 557 585 615 646 13. 543 571 500 630 662 14. 557 585 615 646 679 15. 571 600 630 662 696 16. 585 615 646 679 713 17. 600 630 662 696 731 18. 615 646 679 713 749 19. 630 662 696 731 768 20. 646 679 713 749 787 21. 662 696 731 768 807 22. 679 713 749 787 827 23. 696 731 768 807 848 24. 713 749 787 827 869 25. 731 768 807 848 890 26. 749 787 827 869 912 27. 768 807 848 890 935 28. 787 827 869 912 958 29. 807 848 890 935 982 30. 827 869 912 958 1007 31. 848 890 935 982 1032 32. 869 912 958 1007 1058 33. 890 935 982 1032 1084 34. 912 958 1007 1058 1111 35. 935 982 1032 1084 1139 36. 958 1007 1058 1111 1168 37. 982 1032 1084 1139 1197 38. 1007 1058 1111 1158 1227 39. 1032 1084 1139 1197 1257 40. 1058 1111 1168 1227 1288 41. 1084 1139 1197 1257 1320 42. 1111 1168 1227 1288 1352 43. 1139 1197 1257 1320 1386 44. 1168 1227 1288 1352 1421 45. 1197 1257 1320 1386 1457 46. 1227 1288 1352 1421 1493 47. 1257 1320 1386 1457 1530 48. 1288 1352 1421 1493 1568 49. 1320 1386 1457 1530 1607 50. 1352 1421 1493 1568 1646 Ordinance No. 157 - Continued Section 3. New Grades for Merit and Civil Service Personnel Positions and grades established for employees of the City, except Director and Special Staff employees. The following rates will be paid for employees hired on an hourly basis: Grade 2 $411 - $504 Clerical Aide Grade 5 $444 - $543 Clerk - Typist I Administrative Clerk I Grade 9 $491 - $600 Clerk - Typist II Administrative Clerk II Grade 10 $504 - $615 City Service Worker I Recreation Leader I Grade 11 $517 - $630 Secretary I Accounting Clerk II Grade 12 $530 - $646 Police Cadet Grade 13 $543 - $662 City Service Worker II Recreation Leader II Grade 14 $557 - $679 Administrative Clerk III Secretary II Accounting Clerk III Grade 15 $571 - $696 Animal Control Warden I Grade 17 $600 - $731 City Service Worker III Engineering Aide I Grade 18 $615 - $749 Secretary III Accounting Clerk IV Administrative Assistant Grade 19 $630 - $768 Animal Control Warden II Enforcement Officer I Grade 20 $646 - $787 Engineering Aide II Planning Technician Dispatcher Grade 21 $662 - $807 City Service Worker IV Grade 23 $696 - $848 Engineering Draftsman Grade 24 $713 - $869 Construction Inspector Building Inspector Enforcement Officer II Recreation Supervisor ($2.37 - $2.91 Hour) ($2.56 - $3.13 Hour) ($2.83 - $3.46 Hour) ($2.91 - $3.54 Hour) ($2.98 - $3.63 Hour) ($3.05 - $3.73 Hour) ($3.13 - $3.81 Hour) ($3.21 - $3.92 Hour) ($3.29 - $4.01 Hour) ($3.46 - $4.21 Hour) ($3.54 - $4.32 Hour) ($3.63 - $4.43 Hour) ($3.73 - $4.54 Hour) ($3.81 - $4.65 Hour) ($4.01 - $4.89 Hour) ($4.11 - $5.02 Hour) - 2 - Y' Ordinance No. 157 - Continued Grade 25 $731 - $890 City Service Worker V Grade 26 $749 - $912 Current Planner City Arborist Grade 27 $768 - $935 Engineering Technician Parks Superintendent Grade 28 $787 - $958 Police Officer I (B) Grade 29 $807 - $982 Administrative Officer Buyer I Training & Safety Officer Grade 30 $827 - $1007 City Services Foreman Recreation Superintendent Police Officer Il (B-E) Parks, Plans & Const. Supt. Planner I Grade 32 $869 - $1058 Buyer II Grade 36 $958 - $1168 Budget & Purchasing Officer Civil Engineer Police Corporal Police Detective Planner II ($4.21 - $5.13 Hour) ($4.32 - $5.26 Hour) ($4.43 - $5.39 Hour) ($4.54 - $5.55 Hour) ($4.65 - $5.66 Hour) ($4.77 - $5.81 Hour) ($5.02 - $6.10 Hour) ($5.55 - $6.74 Hour) Grade 39 $1032 - $1257 ($5.97 - $7.25 Hour) Public Works Maintenance Superintendent Police Sergeant Grade 43 Lieutenant $1139 - $1386 ($6.57 - $8.00 Hour) Grade 46 Captain Chief Engineer $1227 - $1493 ($7.08 - $8.61 Hour) Section 4. Director and Special Staff Pay. Pay for Directors and Special Staff Officers will be established by City Council, based on qualifications and responsibility, within the following (comparable grade in parenthesis): Director of Personnel (G 36) $958 - $1168 Director of Bldg. Inspection (G 39) $1032 - $1257 Director of Planning (G 47) $1257 - $1530 Director of Parks & Recreation(G,47)$1257 - $1530 Director of Public Works (G 50) $1352 - $1646 Police Chief (G 50) $1352 - $1646 City Attorney $1687 - $2024 City Administrator $1890 - $2268 - 3 - Ordinance No. 157 - Continued Section 5. Promotions. No individual will experience a loss of pay due to promotion but will be awarded a step in the new grade insuring salary above his salary at the time of the promotion. Award of steps above A is normally for 12 months of which the first six months is probationary for employees. The Civil Service Com- mission may, however, award Police Officer I, initially appointed in Step 8, the Police Officer II, Step B rating after six months if on hire they met all Police Officer II requirements except as they relate to City geography and departmental rules. Section 6. Reclassification. The following rules will govern reclassification action which is instituted coincident with this pay ordinance. (a) Change in classification will not change the employee's step or anniversary date unless the employee qualifies as an exception under (b) below. (b) Under the following circumstances an employee not in Step E will be awarded subject to approval of the Personnel Committee, an extra step or steps in his new pay grade, to correct the inequity, with no change in anniversary date. (1) If end 1973 pay is less than the authorized 1974 starting pay. (2) If the authorized 1974 pay is lower than for other employees with wham he successfully competed for pro- motion. Section 7. Pay for Part-time and Temporary work. Parks and Public Works Helpers will be paid the minimum Federal wage the first summer with a possible increase of 250 per hour based on proficiency. Each additional summer thereafter pay may start 250 per hour above the starting rate of the prior year with an allowed proficiency award of an added 250. Part-time Recreation positions are assigned pay grades on the revised pay table as follows: Grade 1 - Playground Leader I, Program Leader I Grade 4 - Playground Leader II, Program Leader IT Grade 12 - Program Instructor I Grade 20 - Program Instructor II Grade 28 - Program Instructor III Grade 38 - Program Specialist I Grade 45 - Program Specialist II Trainee positions, including Ranger, Intern and Recreation Aide, will be paid $1.90 per hour. Section B. Overtime Pay. The Fair Labor Standards Amendment of 1974 applies, except commissioned personnel are granted the same rights as other employees. -1) - Ordinance No. 157 - Continued Section 9. Fees. Unclassified position/employee hourly rates. Fees will be paid only for unclassified positions and unclassified personnel authorized for limited or temporary assignments. Rates will be as follows: Secretarial - $3.37 per hour, minimum $11.50 per session or meeting. (Commission or Committee) Bailiff - $4.00 per hour, minimum $12.50 per session. Deputy Judge - $26.00 per hour, minimum $79.00 per session. Liquor or 3.2 beer surveys $42 per case. Section 10. Uniforms. Full time public safety services personnel will be provided uniforms except non-uniformed public safety services personnel will be provided $230 per year to cover clothing procurement. The City will provide work clothing for all full time City Services Worker (I through U) personnel and such other classifications as designated by the City Administrator. No cleaning costs will be paid by the City. Section 11. Longevity. Base annual pay received in the prior calendar year will be used to compute longevity pay for all employees who qualify in accordance with the following: 2% of prior years annual salary to be paid to persons who complete their 4th and 5th years of City Service during any calendar year; the rate to be increased, subject to the same restrictions, from 2 to 3% for persons completing their 6th and 7th years; from 3 to 4% for persons completing their 8th and 9th years; and from 4 to 5% for persons completing 10 or more years of City service. Longevity payments which are earned annually will be paid in the next pay check following the employee's anniversary date. No longevity accrues unless the full year is completed. Employee longevity qualification shall be retroactive to include those employees who have completed their fourth year in the employ of the City prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. Section 12. Standby Duty. When personnel are used on standby duty at home but are not called during any 24-hour period, they will be credited with two hours of pay for each 24 hours or four hours per 48-hour period of such standby duty, pay to be at regular rates. If called while on standby, employees will be paid at the overtime rate and no credit will accrue for standby during that period if overtime pay exceeds the standby pay. -5- Ordinance No. 157 - Continued Section 13. Administrative Authority. All hiring, promotion, and other policies relating to City personnel will be as provided by the Personnel Merit System of the City of Wheat Ridge, or Civil Service rules, whichever is applica5le. Section 14. Eligibility. New classifications, grades and pay are effective July 1, 1974 for all personnel. Section 15. Emergency Clause. The provisions of this Ordinance are necessary to the immediate well being of City employees and are effective on and after July 1, 1974. Section 16. Effective date. This Ordinance shall be in force five (5) days after publication following final passage providing it shall have been passed by an affirmative vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the members of the City Council, otherwise said Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication following final passage. INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED AND POSTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to I' this 13th day of June A. D., 1974. READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED AND POSTED on second and final reading by a vote of 6 to 0 this 2nd day of July A. D., 1974. -Paul ,6. Abramson, .D. Mayor ATTEST: El se ougham, City lerk CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION AND POSTING I, Elise Brougham, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 157 was duly published in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel on the 20th day of June, 1974, and posted by me fallowing first reading on the 21st day of June, 1974, at the following locations within the City of Wheat Ridge: Wheat Ridge Post Office Wheat Ridge Branch Library Columbia Heights School Prospect Valley Fire Department Wheat Ridge City Office Wheat Ridge Council Chambers Kullerstrand Elementary School I, Elise Brougham, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 157 was duly published in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel on the 11th day of July, 1974, and posted by myself following second reading on the 12th day of July, 1974, at the above listed locations within the City of Wheat Ridge. E e Brougham, City lerk