HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 4986ORDINANCE NO. 4 9 8 6
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.84.020 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SALARY
PLAN.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.84.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
2.84.020 Salary plan.
The general basis for allocating a salary range of pay to a class or position
is to provide "equal pay" for "equal work." This applies to the relationship between
jobs of comparable cities and those in the community, as well as to the internal
relationships among city positions.
A. Administration. The city manager shall administer the step salary plan
and from time to time make recommendations to the council of the city on the
allocation of salary range to classes or positions. The city council shall set the salary
range for each class or position within the city service.
B. Step Salary Plan. The step salary plan shall consist of a salary range
for each class or position title as listed in the Schedule of Salaries and Related
Benefits adopted by resolution of the city council. Each class or position salary
shall include a salary range with five steps of rates of pay. The five steps within a
class or position salary range shall be administered in the following way:
1. Step One—First Step. The first step of each range is the beginning
salary level and is the standard hiring rate for a class or position.
2. Step Two—Second Step. Employees shall be advanced to step two
after six months of satisfactory service in step one and after advancement is
recommended by the department head and approved by the city manager.
3. Step Three—Third Step. Employees may be advanced to step three
of the salary range allocated to their class or position after a minimum time of one
year of satisfactory work has been spent in step two, and after a
recommendation has been made by the department head and approved by
the city manager.
4. Step Four—Merit. This step is reserved for employees who are
considered to be fully qualified in their class and who maintain a consistent
satisfactory standard of work performance. An employee may be advanced to
step four after a minimum of one year's service in step three, upon the8AKF9N
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recommendation of the department head with the approval of the city
manager. An employee advanced to step four of the pay range shall retain such
status so long as job performance remains at the level required to attain this step.
5. Step Five—Merit. This step is to be considered a further and final step
for employees who attain and maintain a thoroughly satisfactory standard of
work performance. An employee may be advanced to step five after a minimum
of one year's service in step four, upon recommendation of the department head
with the approval of the city manager. An employee advanced to step five of
the pay range shall retain such status as long as job performance remains at the
level required to attain this step.
6. Y-rating—Positions Abolished. Employees who have had their position
abolished and who are reallocated in city service in a different classification are
considered to by Y-rated. Employees in step Y shall continue receiving the same
rate of compensation until the rate of compensation of their new positions equals
or exceeds their Y-rated salary or until the employee is appointed to a higher
paying position, whichever shall occur first. The Y-rate shall not be applicable to
layoffs.
C. Step Increases. No step increase shall be considered automatic or
subject to increase by reason of time-in-service. All increases shall be based upon
increased service value of the employee performance records, and must be
recommended by the department head and approved by the city manager.
Withholding recommendation for advancement to merit steps four and five shall
not be considered a disciplinary action. All recommendations for salary step
increases shall be submitted to the city manager for approval thirty calendar days
before the effective date. Upon submission of satisfactory evidence and
recommendation of the department head and the qualifications of the
employee warrant, the city manager may authorize employment to any step. In
computing length of service for step advancement purposes, service begins
accruing from date of appointment to the position.
D. Merit Step Deferral. When an employee no longer meets the
standards set for a merit step, the department head may recommend deferring
a merit step increase. Such recommendation shall be made upon an Employee
Performance Evaluation Form with a copy furnished to the employee of proposed
deferral. If and when the employee's performance has improved to the point that
a merit step increase is justified, the department head shall initiate and forward
Personnel Action Form to the human resources manager for approval.
E. Merit Step Reduction. When an employee no longer meets the
standards set for a merit step, the department head may recommend withdrawal
of the merit step increase. Such recommendation shall be made upon the
Employee Performance Evaluation Form with a copy furnished to the employee
sixty calendar days prior to the effective date of proposed reduction.
Reevaluation of the withdrawal recommendation on an Employee Evaluation
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head thirty calendar days prior to the effective date of action. If the withdrawal
recommendation is maintained and approved by the city manager, the
employee shall be reduced by one merit step. Employees no longer meeting
standards established may be reduced for all merit steps following the above
procedure. Any employee reduced from a merit step shall again be eligible for
advancement six months after effective date of reduction.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted,
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
AUG 1 L 1019 by the following vote:
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AY COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN, EARLIER
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: NAY@
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER: �NVn
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: NOr\4-
APPROVED: AUG 16 1019
By:
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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UAH. RUDNICK
puty City Attorney
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JUL E DRIMAKIS
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 16th day of August, 2019 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a
full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4986, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 14th day of August, 2019 and entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.84.020 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SALARY
PLAN.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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