AGENDA #6c

                                                                  MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Ordinance Establishing a Position Classification and Pay Plan, Effective July 1, 2001

 

DATE:             June 25, 2001

 

SUMMARY

 

Adoption of the attached ordinance would establish the Classification and Pay Plan for the new fiscal year, effective July 1, 2001.  This recommended ordinance includes new positions as explained in the Manager's Recommended Budget and discussed in budget work sessions.  Recommended changes to the current Classification and Pay Plan are enumerated below.

 

DISCUSSION

 

SECTION  IV of the Classification and Pay Ordinance,  Part B changes:  New Council salaries would be:

 

       Mayor:                              $17,772 annually

       Council Members:$10,633 annually

 

SECTION  IV of the Classification and Pay Ordinance,  Part C changes:  The recommended Classification and Pay Ordinance incorporates the following changes from the present Pay Plan which was effective October 20, 2000:

 

Department:

Job Title:

Position change:

Comment:

 

Finance

Information Technology Analyst

1 FT added

Computer support technician, funded through elimination of Police Officer position

Finance

Payroll Technician

7.5 hours added

30 hour a week part-time position converted to full-time

Inspections

Assistant Director

Reclassification

Reclassification of 1 Inspector position in recognition of increased position responsibilities

Public Works: Traffic

Traffic Technician

1 FT added

Added for annexation services

Public Works: Streets

Construction Worker

3 FT added

Added for annexation services

Public Works:  Drainage

Construction Worker

1 FT added

Added for annexation services

Public Works: Landscape

Groundskeeper

1 FT added

Added for annexation services

 

Public Works: Solid Waste

1 Sanitation Equip. Op. II and 3 Refuse Collectors

4 total positions deleted

Deleted through attrition following the implementation of the first phase of curbside collection [1]

Police

Police Officer

6 FT added  [2]

Added for annexation services

Fire

3 Firefighter and 3 Fire Equipment Operator

6 FT positions added

Added for annexation services

Library

Library Circulation Supervisor

7.5 hours added

30 hour a week part-time position converted to full-time

Parks and Recreation [3]

Recreation  Specialist

1 PT added

Conversion of temporary 30 hour Athletics Specialist position to a regular part-time position at 20 hours a week; no net change in cost

Transportation

Transit Supervisor

1 FT added

Addition of full-time position needed to provide on-duty supervision during all operating hours

Transportation

Bus Driver

1 FT added 7/1

8 FT added 1/1/2002

Added to cover additional hours of service not related to annexation

Transportation

Bus Driver

12 PT converted to 8 FT

Converted to allow more efficient distribution of employee route assignments; no net change in costs

Transportation

Bus Driver

3 FT added

Added for annexation services

Transportation

EZ Rider Driver

1 FT added

Added for annexation services

 

RECOMMENDATION:

 

That the Council approve the attached ordinance, effective July 1, 2001.


[1].  Five additional Equipment Operator and Collector positions will be eliminated through attrition as the second phase of curbside collection is implemented during the upcoming fiscal year.

 

[2].  In addition, 1 Police Officer position was eliminated and funding transferred to the Finance Department  for a computer  support technician position, and 1 Officer position was added as a School Resource Officer with funding from the City Schools, for no net change in Officer positions except those added for annexation services.

 

[3].  A full-time Recreation Specialist position already established in the Pay Plan but not funded for the last 3 fiscal years will be funded in 2001-2002 to provide special population services. The department had originally recommended adding 8 additional hours to an Office Assistant position, then to an existing position providing Special Olympics services.  However, with the Council’s decision to the fund the existing full-time special populations position from a reallocation of resources, we recommend allocating funds included for those 8 hours for the full-time position.  The balance of funding for the position would come from a small amount of revenue from new programs, and other reallocations and estimated salary savings during the year.