HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1975-0165 - Amend WR Ord 157 and 138 - City Positions and PayIntroduced by Alderman Donaldson
ORDINANCE NO. 165
Series of 1974
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 157, SERIES OF 1974
WHICH AMENDED ORDINANCE NO. 138, SERIES OF 19741 TO ESTABLISH NEW
POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE 1975 ADOPTED BUDGET
AND ESTABLISHING SALARY RANGES THEREFOR; DESIGNATING EXEMPT
CLASSIFICATIONS; PROVIDING OVERTIME PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN POLICE
COMMISSIONED PERSONNEL; AND CLARIFYING RECLASSIFICATION ACTIONS
AND TO ESTABLISH FULL-TIME CLASSIFICATIONS, PAY GRADES AND PAY
STEPS, AND PROVIDED THAT ALL CLASSIFICATIONS, PAY GRADES, AND PAY
STEPS SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT HEREAFTER UNTIL CHANGED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO THAT:
Section 1. Section 3, Ordinance No. 157, is amended to
read instead as follows:
Pay Grades for Merit and Civil Service positions are hereby established
for employees of the City. The Council hereby finds and declares that
those classifications designated with the letter (E) are professional,
supervisory, or management in nature and are therefore exempt from
overtime payment.
Grade 2 Clerical Aide 3411 - 1504
(12.37-X52.91 Hour)
Grade
5
Clerk-Typist I
3444-"5543
Administrative Clerk I
(42.56-33.13
Hour)
Grade
9
Clerk-Typist II
5491-$600
Administrative Clerk II
02.8343.46
Hour)
Secretary I
Switchboard Operator
Grade
10
City Service Worker I
5504-5615
Recreation Leader I
(x2.91-453.54
Hour)
Automotive and Equipment Serviceman
Grade
11
Secretary II
~v517-363
Accounting Clerk II
(32.9843.63
Hour)
Grade
12
Police Cadet
;5530-5646
(33.05-33.73
Hour)
Grade 13 Recreation Leader II
Grade 14 Administrative Clerk III
Secretary III
Accounting Clerk III
Deputy City Clerk
Grade 15 Animal Control Warden I
Grade 17 Parks Maintenance Man I
Engineering Aide I
Public Works Maintenance Man
Grade 18 Accounting Clerk IV
Chief Court Clerk
Executive Secretary
Grade 19 Animal Control Warden II
Enforcement Officer I
5543-5662
($3.13-33.81 Hour)
$557-5679
(x3.21-33.92 Hour)
;571-5696
('!53.29- 04.01 Hour)
;5600-$731
33.46-54.21 Hour)
0615-5749
(53.54-34.32 Hour)
5630-x768
(153.63-34.43 Hour)
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Grade
20
Engineering Aide II
1646 -
.1787
Planning Technician
(03.73
- 34.54
Hour)
Dispatcher
Grade
21
Light Equipment Operator
0662 -
3807
Parks Maintenance Man II
(13.81
- 14.65
Hour)
Grade
23
Engineering Draftsman
0696 -
1848
Automotive and Equipment Mechanic
I (14.01
- 14.89
Hour)
Grade
24
Construction Inspector
0713 -
1869
Building Inspector
(14.11
- $5.02
Hour)
Enforcement Officer II
Recreation Supervisor (E)
Grade
25
Heavy Equipment Operator
3731 -
389❑
Parks Maintenance Man III
(14.21
- 35.13
Hour)
Grade
26
City Arborist
;749 -
$912
(14.32
- 05.26
Hour)
Grade
27
Engineering Technician
0768 -
$935
Parks Superintendent (E)
(14.43
- $5.39
Hour)
Automotive and Equipment Mechanic
II
Grade
28
Police Officer I (Step 8)
1787 -
3958
(34.54
- 35.55
Hour)
Grade
29
Administrative Officer (E)
$807 -
$982
Buyer I
(34.65
- °15.66
Hour)
Personnel Technician (E)
Grade 30 City Services Foreman (E) 3827 - $1007
Recreation Superintendent (E) (14.77 - $w5.81 Hour)
Police Officer II (Step B)
Parks, Plans 9 Construction Sup. (E)
Planner I
City Shops and Yard Foreman (E)
Grade 32 Buyer II (E)
Grade 36 Civil Engineer I (E)
Police Corporal
Police Detective
Planner II (E)
Police Lab Technician
Budget and Purchasing Officer (E)
Grade 39 Public Works Maintenance Supt. (E)
Police Sergeant (E)
Chief Building Inspector (E)
Grade 41 Civil Engineer II (E)
Grade 43 Police Lieutenant (E)
Grade 46 Police Captain (E)
Chief Engineer (E)
°3869 - 31058
(35.02 - 36.10 Hour)
1958 - $$1168
(35.55 - $6.74 Hour)
$1032 - $1257
(35.97 - $7.25 Hour)
;1084 - 31320
(36.25 - $7.61 Hour)
9$1139 - 31386
($$6.57 - 38.00 Hour)
11227 - x1493
(37.08 - 1$8.61 Hour)
Section 2. Section 4, Ordinance 157 is amended to read instead
as follows:
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 pay ranges (comparable grade
in parenthesis). All positions are exempt from overtime.
ORDINANCE NO. 165 Page 3
(G-36) Administrative and Personnel Officer $ 958 - $1168
(G-47) Director of Community Development $ 1257 - $1530
(G-47) Director of Parks and Recreation $ 1257 - $1530
(G-50) Director of Public Works $ 1352 - $1646
(G-50) Police Chief $ 1352 - $1646
City Attorney $ 1687 - $2024
City Administrator $ 1890 - $2268
Section 3. Section 6, Ordinance No. 1577 is amended to add
subparagraphs (c), (d), and (e) as follows:
(c) Upon reclassification to a position having a higher
pay grade, the incumbent will receive a one-step increase,
except as follows:
1. If the new class has a pay grade one grade higher
than the old class, and the incumbent is in the E
step of the old class, he shall be paid in the E
step of the new class.
2. If the reclassification action results in a pay rate
below the A step of the new class, the incumbent shall
be paid at the A step of the new pay grade.
(d) Upon reclassification to a class at the same pay grade,
the incumbent shall receive no change in pay and his anniversary
date shall remain the same.
(e) Upon reclassification to a class at a lower pay grade, the
employee shall receive no change in pay. If the pay at the E
step of the new class is less than his pay at the old classifi-
cation, he shall continue at his old pay grade and pay step,
but shall not receive a salary increase until the salary of the
E step of the new classification exceeds his salary at the old
pay grade at the time of reclassification.
Section 4. Section 8, Ordinance No. 157, is amended to add the
following:
Commissioned police personnel will be paid overtime at the rate of time and
one-half for all time worked in excess of forty hours per week.
Section 5. Section 9, Ordinance No. 157, is amended to add:
Special Prosecutor, City Attorney's Office - $75.00 flat rate per court
session.
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Section 6. Eligibility. New position classifications and
corresponding pay grades are effective January 1, 1975.
Section 7. Emergency Clause. The provisions of this Ordinance
are necessary to the immediate well being of City employees and are
effective on and after January 1, 1975.
Section 8. 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 n this 19th day of
December A.D. 1974.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED AND POSTED on second and
final reading by a vote of 5 to 1 this 9th day of January
A.D., 19 75.
/J )
Homer L. Roesenet, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Clerk
17
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION AND POSTING
I, Elise Brougham, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 165 was duly
published in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel on the 25thday of December
197 4, and posted by me following first reading on the 27 day of
December , 19 74 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. 165 was duly pub-
lished in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel on the l5th day of January , 19 75 ,
and posted by myself following second reading on the 17th day of -'.-nuErV
19%5%5, at the above listed locations within the City of Wheat Ridge.
E se_Brougham, City C rk