HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 444ORDINANCE NO. 444
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF LODI AND REPWIBG ffiL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINBCES INCONSISTENT
THEREWITH
The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Short Title
This ordinance shall be known as the "Salary Ordinance".
Section 2. Classification of Positions
The provisions of this ordinance shall q ply to both the un- (a)
classified and classified services except as the unclassified service
is exempted by general law ad the rules of the Personnel Board of
Review.
(b) The classification of positions for the purposes of this ordin-
ance shdl be as contained in the official book of class specifications,
(c) The classification of positions may heredter be amended by the
addit ion, division, consolidation or abolishment of classes on approval
of the Personnel Board of Review, recommendation of the City Manager,
and adoption by the City Council,
Section 3. Definition of Terms
me words and terms defined in this section shll have the follow-
ing meanings in this Ordinance and in cng other Ordinance classifying
and fixing the salaries and compensation or authorizing the employment
of personnel in any department or office of the CLty of Lodi.
(a) "City service" or "service of the City'' means all positions
in a1 departments as herein defined, that are subject to control arid
regulation by the City Council of City of Lodi.
(b) "Exempt service" means I1 positions of elective ad
appointive officials and those specifically designated by the City
Council to be exempt from the classification plan,
(0) "Classified service" means all positions in the City
service except those specifically placed in the exempt service,
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(a) "Classtt or "class of positions" means a definitely recog-
nized kind of employment in the City service designed to embrace all
positions having duties and responsibilities shfficiently similar
so that the same requirements as to education, experience, knowledge
and ability may be demanded of incumbents, and so the same schedule
of compensation may be made to apply with equity.
(e) ttTitlett, Vlass Title", or "Title of Classtt means the
designation given to or name applied to a class or to each position
allocated to the class and to the legally appointed incumbent of
each position allocated to the class.
the corresponding definition and the class specification, and it is
always to be used and understood in that sense, even though it may
Its meaning is set forth in
previously have had a broader, narrower or diff esent significance.
(f) IfPosition": A group of current duties and responsibili-
ties assigned or delegated by competent authority, requiring the
full or part-time services of one parson.
(g) Wnployee" means person legally occupying a position
in City service.
(h) "Allocationtt means the official determination of the
class in which a ppsition shall be deemed to exist and the assign-
ment of an individual position to an appropriate classe
(i) "Reallocationt! means a reassignment or change in
allocation of an individual position by raising it to a higher
class, reducing it to a lower class, or moving it to another class
at the same level on the bttsis of substantial changes in the kind,
difficulty, or responsibility of duties performed in such position.
(3) Wompensationtt means the salary, wage, allowances, and all
other forms of valuable consideration, earned by or paid to any
employee by reason of service in any position, but does not include
any allowances authorized and incurred as incidents to employment.
(k) Wontinuow SerVLae" means employmen% with the City
without break or interruption.
the purposes of this Ordinance, neither military leaves nor leaves
In computing continuous service for
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of absence on account of illness whether with or without pay shall
be construed as a break in employment or service, Other absences
aggregating in excess of ninety days in any period of twelve months,
including layoffs on account of lack of work, lack of funds, or
abolishment of positions, shall be construed as breaking “continuous
Service’, ,
Section 4. Allocation of Position.s
Each Position shall be allocated to its appropriate class on
the basis of duties and responsibilities, The present allocation
of positions may hereafter be changed by the City Manager on the
approval of the Personnel Board of Review, provided the proposed
change conforms with this ordinance, with the established classifi-
cation plan, and with the approved budget.
Section 5. Qualifications of Rnplogees
(a) Officers and employees holding positions upon the taking
effect of this ordinance are deemed to be qualified for the position
to which they are allocated, subject to the right of the department
head, the City Manager, or the City Council to dismiss any employee
in accordance with law.
(b) No person shall be hereafter employed in or appointed to
any position requiring full-time or part-time service and Which
position is included in the classification plan and for which a
class specification exists establishing desirable quallfications
of unless said person possesses in full the desirable qualifications
of education and experience prescribed for that class, provided,
however, if qualified persons cannot be recruited the City Manager
shall authorize the appointment of persons having less than the
desirable qualifications and report the action to the Personnel
Board of Review,
(c) In the event an employee entering upon City employment
is found to possess extraordinary qualifications for a position
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tbough former training and/or experience, the City Manager with
the approval of the Personnel Board of Review may authorize the
employment at not higher than the second step of the appropriate
salary range.
Seotion 6. Use of Class Titles
The title of the class to which any position is allocated
shall be used in all official personnel records and in all official
personnel transactions of the City of Lodi.
Section 7. Compensation Plan
(a) The five-step schematic schedule of salary ranges and
steps listed below, as Table I, constitutes the compensation plan
applicable to all classes of positions included in this ordinanceo
(b) All salaries prescribed are monthly rates. In those
positions where it is more appropriate to pay upon an hourly or daily
bases, the hourly and daily rates of pay applicable to the salary
range steps are shown in Table 11,
arrived at by:
The hourly and daily rates are
40 hours week is equivalent to 173.33 hours a month
48 hours week is equivalent to 208 hours a month
daily rates are equivalent to ihe appropriate hourly
rate multiplied by 8 hours
(c] The compensation of officers and employees of the
City of Lodi shall be as set forth in the alphabetical arrangement
of class titles and salary range and entrance step allocations
shown in Table 111.
TABLE I
SCHEDULE OF SALFLEZY MGES
Range Number Steps
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
A
$180
190
200
210
220
231
243
255
268
281
295
310
325
341
3 58
376
395
415
B
$190
200
210
220
231
24 3
255
-
268
281
295
310
325
341
3 58
376
395
415
43 6
C -
$200
210
220
231
243
255
268
281
295
3 10
325
341
358
376
395
415
43 6
4 58
D -
8 210
220
231
243
25 5
268
281
295
310
325
341
3 58
37 6
395
415
436
458
481
19 436 458 481 505
20 458 481 505 530
21 481 505 530 556
22 5 05 530 556 584
23 530 556 584 613
24 556 5 84 613 644
25 584 613 644 676
E -
8220
231
243
255
268
281
295
310
3 25
341
3 58
376
395
415
43 6
4-58
481
505
530
556
584
613
644
676
710
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TABLE I1
SALARY CONVERSION TABLE
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For those positions which are to be paid on an hourly or daily rate basis, and for the payment of overtime, the table below pro- vides the equivalent rates for the range steps. The monthly salaries
have been divided b 173.3 hours for the 40 hour week-month, and by 208 hours for the 4 B hour week-month.
Salary Range
Steps
$180
190 200
210
220
231
24 3 255 268 281
295 310 325 341 358 376 395 415 436 458 48 1
505 530 556 584
TO hour week
hourly rate
#lo04 1.10 1-15 1.21
1.27 1.33 1.40 1.47 1-55
1-70 1-79
1.97 2.07 2.17
1-62
1.88
2.28
2039 2.52 2.64 2.78 2,91 3.06 3.21 3.37
$0 hour week
daily rate
$8 032
9.20 8-80
9.68 10.16 10~64
11.20 11.76
12,40 12.96
13 60 14.32
15.04 15.76 16.56 17-36 18.24 19.12 20.16
21.12
22.24 23.28 24.48 25.68 26.96
-8 hour week
hourly rate
$0.87 0091 0.96
1.01
1006
1.11 1.17 1.23 1.29 1.35 1.42 1.49
1. 56 1.64
1.81 1-90 2.00
2.10
2.20 2031 2.43
2.55 2.67 2.81
1.72
$8 hour week
daily rate
$6.96 7.28 7.68 8.08 8.48 8088
9.36
10032 9.84
10 80 11.36
12,48 11092
13 012
13.76
15.20 14 -48
16.00 16.80
18.48 19.44
20.40 21.36 22-48
17 60
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Class Title Range No. and Entrance Step
Account Clerk 4-A Apprentice Lineman 10-B Assistant Fire Chief 14-A
of Public Utilities 16 -A
Building Inspector 14-A
City Clerk' 14-B
City Engineer 21-B
Chief of Police 18 -B
Clerk Stenographer 3 -A Clerk Typist 2-A Collector 104 Community Counsellor 13-A
Deputy City Clerk 9 -A
Electric Inspec tor 12-A Electric Construction Foreman 14-B
Electric Serviceman 11-c Engineering Aid 74 Equipment OperatoT 8 -C
Assistant superintendent
Finance Director Fire Chief Fireman
Fire Marshall
18-B 18 -B
10-A
12-A
Gro undman 6-c
Janitor 4 -c
Laborer
Labor Foreman Lineman
4-c 8 -C
12-D
Salary Range
210-220-231-243-255 295-310-325-341 341-358-376-395-415
3 7 6-3 9 5415-436-458
341-398-37 6-395-415
358-376-395-415 505-530-556-584 436-458-481-505 200-210-220-231-243 190-200-210-220-231 281-295-310-325-341
3 25-341-3 58 -37 6-395
268-281-295-310-325
310-325-341-3 58 -37 6
' 3 58-376-395-415 3 25-341-358 243 - 2 5 5- 2 6 8 -28 1- 2 9 5
2 8 1-2 9 5-3 10
436-458-481-505 436-458-481-505 281-295-310-32 -341 310-325-341-35 B -376
2 5 5 - 2 6 8 -,28 1
231-243-255
231-243-255 281-295-310 358 -376
Class Title
Maintenance Laborer
Maintenance Supervisor
Meter Reader Motor Patrolman
Office Engineer
Office Manager
Park Caretaker Pat rolraan
PBX Operator
Plumbing Inspector Police Secretary Clerk
Police Sergeant Poundmast er
Purchasing Clerk
Recreation Director
Range No. and
Entrance Step
54 13-B
94 10-A
16-11 13 -A
8 -B
10-A
3 -A 12-A 6-A
12-A
9-A 12 -A
17-I3
Secretary to City Maaager 8 -A
Senior mglneering Aid 11-A
Sewage Plant Operator 8 -C Street Foreman 10-B
Street Painter 7 -c Surveyor 11-A Superintendent of Public
Utilities 19-B
Truck Driver 7 -c
Utility Plant Operator 10-A
Water Service Foreman 10-B
~pyarn pnnqtruotion
Salary Range
341-358 -37 6-3 95
243-2 55-268
268-281-295-310-325 281-295-310-3 25-341
376-395-415-436-458 325-341-358-376-395
268 -28 1-29 5-310 28 1-295-310-3 25-341
200- 21 0- 2 20-23 1-24 3
310-3 25-341-3 58-37 6 23 1-243-25 5-268 -281 310-3 25-341-358-376 268 -281-29 5-310-3 2 5 310-325-341-3 58 -376
415 -43 6-458 -48 1
255-268-281-295-310 295-310-3 25-341-3 58 281-295-310 295-310-3 25-341 268-281-295 295-310-3 25-341-3 58
. 268-281-295
28 1-295-310-32 5-341
295-310-325-341
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Section 8.
The salary schedule for the respective classes of positions
Application of Compensation Plan to Positions
as set forth in Tables I and I1 with such amendments as may be
adopted by the City Council from time to time by Ordinance shall
have the force and effect and shall be interpreted and applied
as follows:
(a) The salaries or rates of compensation prescribed are
fixed on the basis of full-time service in full-time positions,
unless otherwise designated,
(b) The rates of pay prescribed shall be deemed to include
pay in every form, except for necessary expenses authorized and
incurred incident to employment, or except as herein provided.
(c) The letters A, B, C, D, E, respectively denote the
various steps in the pay range. As herein provided, the entrance
step shall be A, B, C, or D. Advancement to the second higher step
above the entrance step shall be made upon Successful completion of
the probationary period of six months. Thereafter, advancement to
higher salary range steps may be made on the basis of a written
recommendation of the department heads to the City Xanager and
his approval following the completion of a year of Service in the
lower salary range step,
(a) VJhere a salary range for a given Class or for several classes
is revised upward or downward, the incumbents of positions in classes
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for the class of positions to which his position is allocated.
(b) Upon the taking effect of this ordinance the salary now
being paid to each officer and employee shall. be adjusted to the
step in the new salary range for his class according to merit increases
previously awarded and length of service; provided that no adjustment
may be made above the maximum step in any range.
Section 10. Qplicable Salary Rates Following Promotion,
Demotion or. Transfer
(a) In case of the promotion of any employee in the City
service to a position in a class with a higher salary range, such
employee shall be entitled to receive the rate of compensation in
the entrance step of the class to which he has been promoted. In
cases where the salary range overlaps, promotion shall be effected
at the next higher step in the range of the new classo
(b) In the case of the demotion of any employee in the
City service to a class with a lovier salary range, such employee
shall be entitled to retain the salary step in the lower range
corresponding to that which he was receiving in the higher class
before such demotion; in such cases the employee shall retain his
original anniversary date.
(c) In the case of the transfer of any employee from one
position to another in the same class, or to another class to which
the same salary range is applicable, the employee shall remain at
the same salary step and shall retain his original anniversary date.
Cumulation of Service in One Class of Position Section 11.
Whenever an employee accepts work under a diff epenb class
of position or in exempt series in the City service, the character
and nature of which work is similar and the responsibilities are
equal or superior to the work such employee has been performing, and
later returns to his former position, his term of employment under
such different class of position shall apply on and be added to his I
term of Service in the former class upon his return to same, provided
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his employment in the City service has been continuous from the
date on which the employee accepts work in such different class.
Section 12.
Every employee shall be allowed vacation leave with pay
at the rate of two calendar weeks for each full year of service;
provided that no vacation shall be granted during a probationary
period, but on successful completion thereof, vacation time shall
be allowed for time served in pro-tationary status,
authorization of the City Manager, earned vacations shall not be
carried over in excess of the amount earned in one calendar year to
any subsequent year.
(a)
Vacation Leave with Pax
lcxcept upon
Employees working a 48 hour work week schedule shall
accumulate vacation time at the rate of one working day a month.
(b) mployees working a 40 hour work week schedule shall
accumulate vacation time at the rate of five-sixths of a working
day a month.
(c) Employees in the Fire Department/shall accumulate
vacation time at a proportionate rate which will result in the
accumulation of 12 working days a yearo
(d) All vacations shall be taken at such time or times
during the calendar year as may be approved by the head of the de-
partment and the City Manager.
(e) No accumulated vacation time shall be allowed to any
person who is discharged from City service for cause.
A person about to resign, about to retire, or who is (f)
to be laid off without fault on his part, and who has earned vacation
time to his credit shall be paid for such vacation on the effective
date of such resignation, retirement or layoff.
(g) If a holiday falls within a scheduled vacation period,
one additional day shall be granted.
Section 13.
(a)
Sick Leave with Pay
Each City employee is entitled to twelve days of sick
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leave with pay for a calendar year of service, or one day of sick
leave with pay for each calendar month of service, on the submission
of satisfactory proof of the necessity for sick leave. For the pur-
pose of computing sick leave, each employee shall be considered to
work not more than five days each week.
(b) Sick leave may be accumulated up to a total of 90 days.
No additional sick leave with pay beyond that accumulated shall be
granted unless, in unusual circumstances the City Council shall so
authorize.
(c) A City employee who is entitled to temporary disability
indemnity under the Labor Code may elect to take as much of his
accumulated sick leave, or-his accumulated vacation after his accmu-
lated sick leave becomes exhausted, as when added to his disability
indemnity will result in a payment to him,. of his full salary or wage.
(d) No employee shall be entitled to receive any sick leave
with pay until he has been continuously employed for a probationary
period of six months.
the employee shall be credited with six days of sick leave.
Upon the completion of the probationary period,
Section 14. Partytime Employment
Except as otherwise provided herein, a daily work schedule
of less than the number of hours of full-time employment shall be
considered part-time service, and the actual compensation there-
fore shall be determined by the relation that the actual number of
hours of service bears to the number of hours required in full-time
employment in each class of position.
Section 15. Efective Date
The salaries and personnel rules as heretofore set forth
shall be effective July 1, 1951.
Section 16. Repeals
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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Section 17. Publication
This ordinance shall be published one time after its final
passage and approval in The Lodi Times, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation printed and published in the City of Ihdi,
Approved this 1st day of August, 1951.
Attest:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN ss
CITY OF LODI 1
I, J. F. BLAKELY, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 444 was regularly
introduced and read at a regular meeting of said City Council
held Suly 18, 1951 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered
to print at a regular meeting held August 1, 1951 by the folloWing
vote:
AYES: Councilmen, HASKEU, PFUBZLEFt, BULL. RI" & TOUm
NOES: Councilmen, NONE
ABSENT: Councilmen, NQNE
I RTRTHER CERTIFY that Ordinance No. 444 was approved and
signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and that the same