CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the recommended pay structure for the City's non-union positions (Item 1 of 2)
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DEPARTMENT: Human Resources
SUBMITTED BY: Helga Oles, Director of Human Resources
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
The City maintains a pay schedule of position classifications and pay ranges for non-union employees. The pay ranges are established based on ranges for other position classes, requisite qualifications, and general rates of pay for comparable work in other public and private organizations in the area. The City's schedule for pay ranges includes a Minimum, Midpoint and Maximum salary.
As part of the strategy to address the organization's workforce related to recruitment and retention, staff was tasked with completing a comprehensive Classification and Compensation Study of all non-union, permanent positions. The goal was to identify an appropriate pay structure and placement of positions within that structure as compared to, and equitable with, equivalent municipal, public sector, and private sector employers both locally and nationally.
In October of 2023, the Human Resources department issued an RFP to hire a qualified consultant to conduct this study and make recommendations on the City's non-union classification system and pay structure. McGrath Human Resources Group ("Consultant") was awarded the contract with a term which began in March of 2024.
Anticipating that the Consultant would make recommendations for salary adjustments, staff requested, and the City Council approved, $500,000 in the annual budget for 2025. This amount is sufficient to implement the recommended pay structure outlined below which is Phase 1 of this initiative.
DISCUSSION:
Methodology:
The project involved the following three steps:
1. Data collection
2. Interviews
3. Data analysis
The first step of the study involved gathering data that pertains to current compensation practices and non-union pay structure wit...
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