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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1978-0274INTRODUCED BY COUNCILPERSON LEMAN ORDINANCE NO. 274 Series of 1978 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 231, SERIES OF 1977, AND ORDINANCE NO. 241, SERIES OF 1977; AND FURTHER REGARDING CITY EMPLOYEE LONGEVITY PAY, MERIT SALARY INCREASES, COST OF LIVING, AND SICK LEAVE CONVERSION PAY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Ordinance No. 231, Series of 1977, and Ordinance No. 241, Series of 1977, are hereby repealed. Section 2. Longevity Pay. (1) Regular full-time and regular part-time employees, hired prior to April 3, 1977, shall receive additional pay for length of service as an employee of the City of Wheat Ridge. Such pay shall be designated longevity pay and shall be computed by using the individual's base salary as determined at the beginning of the employee's longevity pay eligibility year with the City. Such longevity pay shall be paid in equal installments on each pay period following eligibility. The longevity pay eligibility shall be as follows: Years of City Service 0 - 3 4th and 5th Years 6th and 7th Years 8th and 9th Years 10th and Subsequent Years Percentage j 0° 20 of Base Pay 30 of Base Pay 40 of Base Pay 5% of Base Pay (2) Longevity pay shall be computed and paid on each pay period as a percentage of base salary according to the above formula. (3) Base salary shall mean the current salary paid to the employee as authorized in the salary ordinance for his classification, exclusive of fringe benefits, paid overtime, and other premium pay. (4) Service with any other governmental agency or other employer shall not be included in the computation of longevity pay. (5) Total monthly salary, including longevity pay, shall not exceed the maximum pay for the classification of the employee as established in the salary ordinance. (6) Longevity pay as a benefit shall be applicable only to those employees who were employed prior to the effect- ive date of ordinance No. 231, and shall be discontinued as a fringe benefit for all persons hired subsequent to the effective date of that Ordinance, April 3, 1977. ORDINANCE NO. 274 Series of 1978 Page -2- (7) Limitations and Conditions. (a) No credit for longevity pay will be credited during maternity leave, educational leave, or leave without pay. (b) Service for longevity purposes shall be from last date of hire. (c) Effective date for longevity pay shall be the date of eligibility. Section 3. Merit Salary Increase. (A) Determination of Anniversary Date. (1) Anniversary Date. This shall be established as the initial date of hire with the City. Each employee's anniversary date shall then remain at that date while the employee is continuously employed by the City. (2) Rehire. The Anniversary Date for an employee shall be defined as the date of rehire with the City of Wheat Ridge. (3) This Rule will become effective for all employees hired after adoption of the City of Wheat Ridqe Merit System Personnel Rules and Regulations, (B) Pay Incentive Merit Increases. (1) Any employee whose job performance is clearly and consistently above the reauirements of his position may be recommended for salary increase within the pay range of his assigned pay range; such increase may be from 0% to 60, as evidenced by a Performance Evaluation completed by his immediate supervisor and approved by his Department Head. Employees shall be eligible for merit pay increases when recommended by the immediate supervisor and approved by the Department Head and the City Administrator for meritorious work which clearly and consistently exceeds the basic requirements for the position as evidenced by a Performance Evaluation completed on the form prescribed for this purpose. The amount of merit increases awarded at any one time when the employee is eligible may be 0°, 1°, 20, 3%, 40, 50, or 60 of base salary. The increases must be expressed as a whole percentage and not a fraction of a percentage, except in those cases where a full percentage point will cause the total compensa- tion, including merit increase, to exceed the maximum base salary of such employee's classification. The merit increase raises the level of the employee's base salary and shall not in any case exceed the maximum base salary for the employee's classification as established in the salary ordinance, including longevity pay. Average or satisfactory performance shall not be considered justification for merit increases. ORDINANCE NO. _ Series of 1978 Page -3- An employee Performance Evaluation shall be completed on each employee at least once each year. Department Head performance will be reviewed annually by the City Administrator, and merit increase recommendations for Department Heads shall be subject to the review and approval of the Mayor. The City Administrator shall be subject to review and approval by City Council. Employees will be eligible for merit increases on their anniversary date and at twelve (12) month intervals thereafter. (2) Regular part-time employees may be granted merit increases in the same way as regular full- time employees. (3) Merit increases shall not be granted to terminated employees whose anniversary date occurs during the terminal leave period after their last actual day of work. (4) The effective date for all merit increases shall be the anniversary date. (5) Average or satisfactory performance shall not be considered justification for a merit increase. Section 4. Cost of Livi When a cost of living pay adjustment is granted by the City Council, the minimum and maximum salary rate for the classification as established in the salary ordinance shall be adjusted accordingly, and the base salary of all employees to whom such increase is applicable shall be adjusted accordingly. Section 5. Sick Leave Conversion Pav. Upon the employee's retirement from the City service in order to take advantage of benefit payments under one of the City's retirement plans, he shall be paid at the rate of one (1) day cash payments for each two (2) days of accrued sick leave which exceeds sixty (60) days (Four Hundred Eighty (480) hours). This is based on an unlimited accrual from the day the employee begins service with the City, less days used for illness during the period of that service. Section 6. Effective Date of this ordinance. Section 1 shall be retro- active in effect to March 17, 1978; Section 2 shall be retroactive in effect to March 13, 1978; Sections 3, 4, and 5 shall be retroactive in effect to January 1, 1978. INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to 0 on this 3rd day of April , 1978; ordered published in full in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for April 17 , 1978, at 7:30 o'clock P .m., at Council Chambers, Anderson Building, 4355 Field Street, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 6 to 0 , this 17th day of April , 1978. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 18th day of April , 1978. Mayor ATTEST; 1 I/ City Cleric 274