448RESOLUTION No.448
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE AMENDING
THE BASIC COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EMPLOYMENT IN
THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the City Council that salary and wage schedules
shall be adjusted in accordance with salary surveys conducted in preparation
of the budget for 1968,and which are provided in the 1968 budget as approved
by the City Council,and
WHEREAS,provisions for payment of overtime wages,holiday pay and changes
in sick leave benefits were also approved by the City Council in adoption of
the 1968 budget,
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOSES LAKE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 .All city officers and employees shall receive that compensation
set forth in this amended position allocation schedule at the classification and
step said employee is assigned.
STEPS
POSITION ALLOCATIONS Rate Entry A B C D
PUBLIC WORKS
Public Works Director-47 879 922 966 1011 1054
City Engineer
Assistant City Engineer 37 689 723 758 792 827
Public Works Superintendent 35 656 688 720 753 785
Chief of Party 30 581 610 639 668 696
Building Inspector 31 594 624 653 682 711
Engineering Technician 25 515 540 566 592
Maintenance Foreman 26 528 554 579 604
Heavy Equipment Operator 24 502 527 551
Public Works Secretary 12 374 391 410 428
Equipment Supervisor 32 610 638 670 700
POSITION ALLOCATIONS Rate Entry
STEPS
B
Equipment Maintenance Man 22
Jr.Engineering Technician 23
Sewage Treatment Plant Op.27
Asst.Sew.Treat.Plant Op.22
Maintenance Man 22
479 502 526 —
490 514 537 561
540 567 594 620
479 502 526 549
479 502 526 _
PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICE
Chief of Police 40 741 778 814 850
Police Lieutenant 34 640 671 702 733
Police Sergeant 31 594 624 653 682
Patrolman 26 528 554 579 604
Police Secretary-Clerk 18 433 455 477 498
Poundmaster 22 479 502 526 549
Police Clerk 16 412 432 453 473
FIRE
Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief
Fire Captain
Fireman
Inspector
39 723 759 794 830
33 625 656 687 718
30 581 610 639 668
25 515 540 566 592
26 528 554 579 604
PARK AND RECREATION
Park &Recreation Director 39 723 759 794
Asst.Park &Rec.Director 33 625 656 687
Park Maintenance Foreman 25 515 540 566
Park Maintenance Man 22 479 502 526
CLERICAL,ADMINISTRATIVE
AND FISCAL
830
718
592
D
886
865
865
Finance Director-Clerk
Planning Director
City Planner
41 760 797 835 872 910
39 723 759 794 830 865
31 594 624 653 682
STEPS
POSITION ALLOCATIONS Rate Entry ABC D
City Treasurer 28 553 580 607 634
Administrative Secretary 22 479 502 526 549
Cost Bookkeeper 13 383 402 420 438
Secretary 12 374 391 410 428
Utilities Clerk 13 383 402 420 438
Bookkeeper -General 13 383 402 420 438
Police Court Clerk 10 356 374 390 408
Clerk-Receptionist 10 356 374 390 408
Section 2 .Overtime Pay and Compensatory Time
The requirement of frequent and considerable overtime service in any organizational
unit shall be considered evidence of improper organization and shall be subject to
investigation at the discretion of the City Manager.
Overtime work shall include only that work performed by an employee at the
direction of his department head or his authorized representative which,as a
part of a single tour of duty or by reason of a call back,exceeds the number of
hours constituting the established work day or work week for the class and for
the department.Reimbursement shall be made when it becomes necessary for
the employee to be kept on duty for a period in excess of one (1)hour over his
regularly assigned schedule.Whenever the employee is called back from off
duty,he shall be entitled to a minimum of one hour overtime or compensatory time.
Attendance of police officers in court,or attendance by any employee at a
city council meeting or general committee meeting shall not be construed as
overtime.
Reimbursement for overtime or compensatory time will not be made to administrative
officials,department heads,or supervisory personnel except as provided under
provisions for holiday pay.
A.Overtime Pay
Schedule 1.Overtime payment will not be made to part time,hourly,
seasonal or limited term personnel.
Schedule 2 .Employees paid on a monthly basis will not be
allowed overtime pay except as follows:
(a)When,because of seasonal requirements or work
schedules outside of the control of the city,professional
of inspectional employees of the engineering division are
required to work in excess of eight hours per day or forty
hours per week,overtime pay at the rate of time and one-half
shall be allowed.
(b)When,because of seasonal requirements or work of an
emergency nature,maintenance employees of the street,
water,sewer (excluding sewage treatment plant operators),
equipment rental and park departments are required to work in
excess of eight hours per day or forty hours per week,overtime
pay at the rate of time and one-half shall be allowed.
Pay shall be computed by dividing each employee's basic annual salary
by his normal annual hours worked to arrive at an hourly rate.Over
time rate for engineering,street,water,sewer,equipment rental,
parks
annual salary X I2
2080 hours
B.Compensatory Time.
Schedule 1.Employees paid on a monthly basis and not eligible for
overtime pay may be allowed compensatory time off if assigned
specifically to overtime work by the department director or division
head.
Schedule 2.Allowable compensatory time work shall be reported on the
daily time reports as prescribed by the director of finance.
Schedule 3.Compensatory time off must be requested,approved and
reported in the same manner as prescribed for vacation leave.
Section 3 .Holidays
Employees of the City of Moses Lake shall have the following holidays as
vacation with pay;except that part-time,hourly,seasonal and limited term
personnel shall not be entitled to holidays with pay:
New Years Day (January 1)
Washington's Birthday (February 22)
Memorial Day (May 30)
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November)
Friday following Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day (December 25)
Biennial State Election Day (even numbered years)
When one of the holidays listed above falls on Sunday,the next day following will
also be observed as a holiday with pay.When one of the holidays falls upon a
Saturday,no other day will be observed as a holiday.
Police,Fire and Sewage Treatment Plant Operators who normally are scheduled to
work on any of the above listed holidays shall,in addition to their regular salary,
be compensated in cash at the straight time rate for the actual hours worked.
Hourly rate for Police -Annual Salary
2190 hours
Hourly rate for Fire -Annual Salary
3276 hours
Employees whose normal schedules do not require holiday work,when required to
work on a holiday,shall be compensated in compensatory time off for the actual
hours worked.Should employees be eligible for compensation for overtime work,
they shall then be compensated in cash according to their designated overtime
rate for the actual hours worked.
Section 4 .Sick Leave.
Section 17 of Resolution No. 201 shall be amended to allow any sick leave
accrued but unused in any year to be accumulative for succeeding years to a
maximum of ninety (9 0)working days,except that firemen working a 63 hour week
shall have their leave accumulative in hours,not to exceed 1134 hours.
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Section 5 .Pay for Fractional Month
Fractional pay for beginning or for termination of employment shall be computed
for days worked.Hourly pay rates for employees paid by the month shall be
computed and established by dividing the annual salary by the total number of
hours worked per year,in accordance with the formulas in Section 2 and 3 of
this Resolution.
This Resolution shall become effective January 1,1968.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by its Mayor this 12th day of
December,1967.
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