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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.
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