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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018, AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 8162, BY REVISING THE AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND ESTABLISHING A NEW PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT STUDY.
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Issue/Request:
This Bill was previously read on January 11, 2018 but did not recieve a Second for second reading.
At the February 1, 2018 Regular Session, a motion was made by Councilmember Forte, second by Councilmember Carlyle, to reconsider Bill No. 17-263 (Amendment No. 7) on February 8, 2018. The motion carried the following vote:
Aye:
Councilmember Forte
Councilmember Carlyle
Councilmember Edson
Councilmember Binney
Councilmember Faith
Councilmember DeMoro
Councilmember Seif
Nay:
Councilmember Mosby
Key Issues:
This budget amendment authorizes the City to spend an additioinal $188,922 in the current fiscal year for the purpose of wage adjustments identified in the Compensation and Benefit Study. Of this, $136,440 will be incurred in the General or Internal Service Funds. The annual cost to the City of the wage adjustments is $460,512 across all funds, excluding Parks and Recreation. The employees elligible for wage adjustments through the Compensation and Benefit Study are those who are below the proposed minimum rate of pay in Exhibit A, the pay and classification plan, and are not represented by a collective bargaining group.
The implementation process will begin immediately after final approval by the City Council. In order to implement the new pay and classification plan, staff must reconfigure the current setup in the Lawson system. While it is the City's goal to have the new pay and classification plan implemented as soon as possible, the process will be undertaken during the same time period that year end processes for pay and benefits are being completed, which may result in additional time being needed for full...
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