2025/05/14 Council Agenda Packet (2)

7 7 Section 3: Auto Progression Employees are eligible to progress from the Inspector to the Inspector II level based on the employee achieving of qualifications defined in the job description of the classification series, i.e. certification and years of service. Employees must successfully pass probation in each classification and cannot progress to the next classification if currently under a performance improvement plan. The employee and/or supervisor shall be responsible to provide documentation validating that the specified qualifications of the higher classification have been met. The employee’s Department Director will approve or deny the promotion based on their assessment of whether the employee has met all qualifications of the higher classification. The Director shall forward the applicable documentation to the Human Resources Department. The effective date of the classification progression shall be retroactive to the date the department director approved the promotion. Section 4: Temporary Lead Pay Employees assigned to temporarily act as a Lead Inspector shall be paid 5% above the Inspector II classification. Section 5: The resulting percentage increase shall be applied to the previous year's current base monthly wage in each classification. Calculations resulting in less than fifty cents to be rounded to the next lower dollar and any calculations resulting in fifty cents or more to be rounded to the next higher dollar. Section 6: A. To provide a method of orderly transition from old salary schedules to new salary schedules, the following shall apply: Any employee whose base salary under a previous schedule is greater than the base salary provided in the current schedule shall continue to receive the previous base pay. B. For purposes of computing longevity, vacation, retirement and layoff seniority, the employee's adjusted employment date shall be used. All credit toward longevity shall terminate upon the employee's voluntary termination from City Service. If an employee is laid off for budgetary reasons, the City is obliged to rehire such laid off employee for a period of one year with continuous services rights restored. C. For determining advancement steps due after a promotion, the current appointment date of the promotion shall be the official appointment date to that classification. D. An employee receiving a promotion shall receive not less than one (1) full salary step above that held in the previous grade.