Greenfield Municipal Code Ch. 2.24 Salary Ordinance

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For statutory provisions requiring the salaries of the city clerk and city treasurer to be fixed by ordinance or resolution, see Gov. Code §36517.

This ordinance shall be known as the salary ordinance.

(Ord. 109 § 1, 1968)

In order to establish a basic compensation policy and plan for municipal employment by the city which will recognize efficient service and will aid in establishing the principal of equal pay for equal work for municipal employment, this ordinance is hereby enacted.

(Ord. 109 § 2, 1968)

Subject to the limitations contained in this ordinance there is hereby created a five-step compensation plan which shall be applied to all monthly employments in the service of the city except those for which no compensation range has been established.

(Ord. 109 § 3, 1968)

The following monthly salary ranges are established and are applied to the several classes of positions as indicated in Section 2.24.060 as otherwise expressly shown:

Above table may from time to time be adjusted by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 109 § 4, 1968)

Where any monthly salary established in Section 2.24.040 is converted to a daily or hourly basis, the following formulae of conversion shall be observed:

A. Where the monthly salary is based on a forty-hour work week, the hourly salary shall be twelve times the monthly salary, divided by two thousand eighty.

B. Where the monthly salary is based on a forty-four-hour work week, the hourly salary shall be twelve times the monthly salary, divided by two thousand two hundred eighty-eight.

C. Where the monthly salary is based on a forty-eight-hour work week, the hourly salary shall be twelve times the monthly salary, divided by two thousand four hundred ninety-six.

(Ord. 109 § 5, 1968)

A. The salary range number for each class of position shall be fixed by resolution of the city council and may be changed from time to time by resolution of the city council.

B. When it is deemed advisable by the city council, it may, by resolution, consolidate compatible positions, in which the compensation for each such position shall be prorated in accordance with the amount of time devoted thereto by the individual as determined by resolution of the city council.

C. The following positions shall be unclassified as to range number:

1. City manager;

2. City clerk;

3. City treasurer;

4. Building officer.

The salary or other compensation for each of the unclassified positions shall be as fixed by resolutions of the city council, and may be changed from time to time by resolution of city council.

D. When the services required of any part-time employee are temporarily more than anticipated under normal conditions, the city council may, by resolution, adjust such salary for a period of not to exceed six months. At the end of the specified time, the salary of such employee shall revert to the appropriate rate classification.

E. In addition to the foregoing salaries, employees may be compensated for uniforms and other items or equipment, or for necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties, in such amounts as the council from time to time determines.

(Ord. 109 § 6, 1968; Ord. 132 (part), 1973; Ord. 203 § 1, 1978)

The duties and responsibilities of each job classification shall be determined by the city council from time to time by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 109 § 7, 1968)

The hiring rate for a particular position should normally be by the first step within the applicable salary range, but if the city council deems it to be to the best interests of the city to use a higher figure in a particular case, it may by motion or resolution authorize the hiring of an employee at a higher step rate within the applicable salary range. Step advances within each salary range may be given from time to time by the city council by motion or resolution. The salary of each department head shall be at least one step higher than that paid to the employee receiving the highest salary in that department.

(Ord. 109 § 8, 1968)

Every permanent full-time officer and employee of the city, whether paid a salary or daily wage, who has been such officer or employee for at least twelve full months is entitled to, and shall be allowed, up to ten working days vacation each year computed at the rate of five-sixths day per month. Following five years of eligible service, each employee shall be credited with fifteen working days; following fifteen years of eligible service, each employee shall be credited with twenty-one working days. Any further changes in vacation time will be set by resolution. Every permanent part-time officer and employee of the city whether paid a salary or daily wage, who has been such officer or employee for at least twelve full months shall be allowed vacation each year on the same basis, except that the number of days vacation time shall be proportionately reduced, so that, for example, a one-third time employee shall be allowed one-third of ten working days vacation each year and a one-half time employee shall be allowed one-half of ten working days vacation each year. When impractical for any reason to schedule any vacation within any year, vacations may be accumulated up to two years. Employees shall be paid for accumulated vacations (maximum thirty days) upon termination of employment.

(Ord. 109 § 9, 1968)

Every permanent officer and employee of the city whether paid a salary or daily wage, who has been such an officer or employee for at least six full months, is entitled to, and shall be allowed one and one-quarter days sick leave with pay for each month of service up to ninety days, which time off is dependent on a bona fide illness, physical injury or physical disability. The city council may require proof thereof by a certificate of a physician or a surgeon duly licensed to practice medicine in the state of California or an affidavit or other satisfactory evidence. Five days sick leave is permitted in case of death of a relative of the first degree by blood or marriage. There shall be deducted from an employee on sick leave, or on leave for physical injury or physical disability, any sum received by such employee by way of industrial compensation. Sick leave or leave for disability or injury is not allowed when the disability results from self-inflicted sickness or injury or wilful misconduct or in the event disability is sustained while on leave of absence. When any officer or employee has not accumulated sick leave, the city council may allow such officer or employee full pay for a period of sixty days of each year for absence on account of disability occasioned by injury received while in the discharge of his or her duties as an officer or employee of the city, provided, that there shall be deducted from such payment all disability payments received by such employee under Workmen's Compensation Act of the state of California; provided further, that pay for any such case of disability or injury received in line of duty is subject to review by the city council, and such further compensation may be awarded as the merit of the case requires and the city council determines by resolution.

(Ord. 109 § 10, 1968)