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Home My WebLink About2478MEMORANDUM January 28, 1988 TO: Mayor McPhee and City Council Members FROM: Administrative Services Department RE: Implementation of Compensation Study for Employees Represented by AFSCME Local #1619 QUESTION: Should the City Council adopt the attached salary ordinance, thereby implementing the results of the compensation study for employees represented by AFSCME Local #1619? BACKGROUND /ANALYSIS: A compensation study was completed in November, 1987, per the terms of the 1985 - 1988 labor contract between the City of Port Angeles and AFSCME Local #1619. This compensation study has taken over two years to complete and involved a committee of employees and management representatives, plus several meetings with the Union to resolve differences. The study included all the classifications within the bargaining unit by: (1) ranking the classifications internally; (2) conducting a benchmark wage /benefit survey using comparable Washington cities; (3) writing new job descriptions for all the classifications within the bargaining unit; and (4) reviewing the four -step pay plan. The study affected 68 positions, representing about 50 separate classifications, which were reduced to 33 classifications as a result of the study. As a result of the compensation study, the City and the Union agreed to change the present four -step pay plan with 5% between the steps to an expanded salary schedule of seven steps with approximately 3% between the steps. This was done to resolve a salary compaction problem where an employee who was promoted moved from the top step of the lower class to the top step of the higher classification and was "dead ended" within the pay structure. Under the new pay structure, an employee who is promoted, in most instances, will have one or two additional salary steps to achieve, based upon satisfactory performance evaluations in the higher classification. This compensation study has been finalized, including the four items mentioned above, with the exception of implementing the compensation portion of the study. The results of the wage survey conducted reveal that overall, the City's compensation package is very competitive, placing most classifications' wages at or near the average of the survey cities' used in comparison (i.e., cities in Washington between 10,000 - 30,000 population). However, there were six classes which would receive an upward salary adjustment, based upon the survey data and /or internal alignment through the ranking process, and these are noted below: No. Classification Title % Increase # of Positions 1 Street Mtce. Supervisor 7.3% 1 2 Associate Planner 6.8% 1 3 Building Inspector 6.8% 1 4 Customer Service Rep. 8.3% 1 5 Parks Facility Caretaker 6.2% 3 6 Senior Cashier 5.2% 1 The annualized cost of the salary increase to these classes, calculated at the top step of the salary schedule, represent approximately $14,971, including mandatory benefits (Social Security, retirement, and worker's compensation). However, to minimize the cost impact to the City of Port Angeles, the affected employees would be moved into the proposed salary range at a step nearest their present rate of pay (without a decrease), and this represents a cost to the City for 1988 of $8,230. This cost is considerably less, because the majority of employees in these classes are not at top step within their new salary ranges; therefore, future costs of this study will be spread over subsequent years as merit step increases are awarded. The remaining employees (60) included in the compensation study did not receive a salary increase based upon the survey data or internal alignment, and the cost of the study for these employees only reflects moving into the new seven -step pay plan from the prior four -step pay plan. The annualized cost of this action is approximately $7,708 and affects 60 employees. The combined annual cost of the compensation study for 1988 is $15,938, or said another way, represents a .81% increase to the wage /benefit base of the bargaining unit. The compensation study also revealed that five classifications affect- ing six full -time and a few part -time positions were overpaid relative to the survey data or internal alignment ranking process. However, ground rules with the Union relative to the compensation study were such that no employee would receive a pay cut as a result of the study. Therefore, employees in these classifications will be "Y- rated ", which results in their present salary being frozen, until through subsequent pay increases, their salary catches up to the new salary range for the classifications. The classifications having "Y- rated" employees are: 1. Accounting technician; 2. Community Service Coordinator; 3. Drafting Technician; 4. Landfill Scale Attendant; 5. Laborer (part- time). The agreement between the City and the Union was to implement the results of the compensation study effective January 1, 1988, subject to City Council adoption of the salary schedule (see attached). The Union membership has already ratified the results of the compensation study. Please note that the results of this compensation study are part of the 1985/88 labor agreement and does not represent any negotiated cost of living adjustments which may result from the contract negotiations currently in progress. This item is presented to the City Council at this time because Local #1619 requested this matter be handled separately from contract negotiations. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached salary schedule for AFSCME Local #1619, effective January 1, 1988. Robert Coons Personnel Manager RC:LM Attachment cc: John Cole, Staff Rep. Local #1619 Doyle McGinley, Union President Scott Kenyon, Union Vice - President City Manager City Attorney Director of Adm. Services HR0134[4] ORDINANCE NO. 2478 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles establishing a pay plan for the employees represented by AFSCME Local #1619 (Schedule A), for the period of January 1, 1988, through December 31, 1988, amending Ordinance No. 2434, and providing for the payment thereof. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Effective January 1, 1988, through December 31, 1988, the wages for the classifications and bargaining unit noted below are hereby adopted as follows: SCHEDULE A - AFSCME LOCAL #1619 CLASSIFICATION SALARY RANGE Engineering Specialist - Field 19 Engineering Specialist - Office 19 Street Maintenance Supervisor 19 Treatment Plant Supervisor 19 Associate Planner 18 Building Inspector 18 Maintenance Carpenter 16 Gardener 16 Treatment Plant Operator 16 Leadworker 16 Water Quality Maintenance Technician II 16 Customer Service Representative 16 Engineering Survey Technician 15 Permit Technician 15 Equipment Operator II 14 Community Service Coordinator 12 Maintenance Worker II 12 Parks Facility Caretaker 12 Water Quality Maintenance Technician I 12 Drafting Technician 12 Accounting Technician 12 Computer Operator 12 Building Permit Technician 12 Equipment Operator I 12 Meter Reader 10 Maintenance Worker I 10 Senior Cashier 10 Parks Caretaker 10 Cashier 6 Laborer 6 Landfill Scale Attendant 6 Clerk /Typist Receptionist 3 -1- PAY STEP PLAN 1988 SALARY S A L A R Y S T E P S RANGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 $1,200 $1,236 $1,273 $1,311 $1,351 $1,391 $1,433 2 1,236 1,273 1,311 1,351 1,391 1,433 1,476 3 1,273 1,311 1,351 1,391 1,433 1,476 1,520 4 1,311 1,351 1,391 1,433 1,476 1,520 1,566 5 1,351 1,391 1,433 1,476 1,520 1,566 1,613 6 1,391 1,433 1,476 1,520 1,566 1,613 1,661 7 1,433 1,476 1,520 1,566 1,613 1,661 1,711 8 1,476 1,520 1,566 1,613 1,661 1,711 1,762 9 1,520 1,566 1,613 1,661 1,711 1,762 1,815 10 1,566 1,613 1,661 1,711 1,762 1,815 1,870 11 1,613 1,661 1,711 1,762 1,815 1,870 1,926 12 1,661 1,711 1,762 1,815 1,870 1,926 1,983 13 1,711 1,762 1,815 1,870 1,926 1,983 2,043 14 1,762 1,815 1,870 1,926 1,983 2,043 2,104 15 1,815 1,870 1,926 1,983 2,043 2,104 2,167 16 1,870 1,926 1,983 2,043 2,104 2,167 2,232 17 1,926 1,983 2,043 2,104 2,167 2,232 2,299 18 1,983 2,043 2,104 2,167 2,232 2,299 2,368 19 2,043 2,104 2,167 2,232 2,299 2,368 2,439 20 2,104 2,167 2,232 2,299 2,368 2,439 2,513 Section 2. The above wages shall be paid in bi- weekly installments per accounting procedures established by the City of Port Angeles, and shall be paid within five (5) working days after the end of the payroll period, or as soon thereafter, per procedures established by the City of Port Angeles. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of the Council held on the 2nd day of February, 1988. ATTEST: Sherri L. Anderson Sherri L. Anderson, City Clerk APPROV P AS TO FORM: f Craig D.�Snut , City Attorney PUBLISHED: c-}e6 7 /9/8 -2- if) 1ll M A Y O R