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HomeMy WebLinkAbout552 - Classification & Salary9 C J Ordinance No. 552 The City of Newport Beach, by and through its City Council, does ordain as follows: Section 1: This ordinance shall be known as the "Classification and Salary Ordinance.". Section 2: There is hereby adopted a compensation plan cov- ering all full time non - elective po- sitions in the City service, provid- ing minimum and maximum rates and intermediate steps in salary advancement for recognition of meritorious service. Section 3: Administration of Plan. A: Conformance on Effective Date: On the effective date of this Or- dinance, the salaries of all persons employed by the City shall be made to conform with the plan in the following manner: 1. All salaries which are below the minimum of the a.ppropr� ate range shall be raised to the mini - mum of that range. 2. All salaries which are be- tween steps in the appropriate range shall be raised to the next It-her Stan in the range. R. Emnlovees in their present classification prior to January 1, 1.946. shall be advanced one step within the range, and emn'.ovees ,gin -king in the same classification prior to January 1. 1945. shall be advanced one additional step with- in the range. 4. All salaries which reach the maximum of the appropriate ranee shall remain at the maxi- mum of that range. B. Change in compensation: 1. In each employment classi- fication. not more than one change in compensation by way of in- crease shall be made during any one fiscal year, end in the event such change is authorized by law. the same shall become effective as of the first day of the next suc- ceeding fiscal year. Anv Stich change shall be in accordance with the appropriate compensation schedule as contained in the com- pensation plan, 2. The compensation of every person in the full -time service of the City, to which position the step rate is applicable on the first day of each fiscal year, shall be at the rate designated for the next succeeding step of the ap- propriate salary range provided, in the case of a new or reinstated employee whose employment date is prior to the first day of Janu- ary in the current calendar year and provided that the department head does no on or before the 15th day of May preceding the next fis- cal year recommend in writing to the City Council that the next suc- ceeding step be disallowed. 3. When a change in compen- sation, by way of reduction, is att- thorized by the City 'Council, said change shall also be in harmony with the compensation schedule, as contained in, the compensation plan. 4. Additional change in com- pensation, by way of increase, over and above the next Succeed- ing step may be allowed, during any one fiscal year, if, by virtue of law, or conditions not now ob- taining, the burdens and responsi- bilities of any office or employ- ment are increased to such an ex- tent that the City Council finds and determines that the public in- terest requires such increase in compensation. 5. If and when a vacancy oc- curs in the City service, and such vacancy is to be filled by the pro- motion of a person already in the City service, the following proce- dure shall be effective: If the salary which the employee is receiving on the effective date of the promotion is less than the minimum salary of the office or class of employment to which he is promoted, then he shall receive the minimum salary for the new class as of that date. If the salary which the em- ployee is receiving on the effective date of the promotion is already on a step of the range for the new classification, then he shall receive the next step in the appro- priate range on the effective date of the promotion. The provision of this Subsection shall also obtain if and when a position already existing in the City service and classified herin- under is reclassified, or if and when a position already existing in the City service is assigned a new salary range. C: Appointments: 1. Apnointment to employment in the City service may not be made at a compensation greater than the minimum compensation fixed and determined herein for the classification concerned. ex- tent in the sinele inst.a.noe when the City Council determines that it is in the public interest. and when the qualificatinns of educa- tion and experience of the person proposed to be employed ,justify a. beginning salary in excess of said minimum compensation, which be- ginning sal +.ry shall in no case ex- tend beyond the third Stan in the appropriate compensation sched- ule. In such instance said employ- ment arra.npement shall be ac- complished only by nnprouriat.e resolution of the City Council, reg- nlarly adopted, prior to the effec- tive date of said employment. Section 4: Amendment to Compensation Plan. Any change in the Compensa- tion Plan as fixed and determiner) herein, whether it be by wav of change in a compensation sched- ule already set up, or by way of addition of a new compensation schedule as a result of reclassifica- tion, or as a result of establish- ment of a new classification, shall be by amendment only. Section 5: Vacations. Upon the effective date of this ordinance, each full time employee who has worked six months shall be entitled to a vacation of 1 1 -6 days for each month worked not to exceed 14 calendar days' dura- tion during each year of continuous service. The vacation period shall. be finally determined by the var- ious department heads. subject to the approval of the City Admin- istrative Officer, and in those years when it is impracticable to ; schedule the vacation, the amount may be accumulated up to the equivalent of two years or 28 days vacation. When an employee is separated from the city service and has not been granted his vaca- tion, he shall be entitled to unused portions of previous year's ac- cumulation and to the current Year on the basis of 1 1 -6 days for Ordinance No. 552 Second page missing. Introduced and passed on September 3, 1946. •