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An Ordinance approving Amendment No. 6 to the Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, as adopted by Ordinance No. 9441, Ordinance No. 9442, Ordinance No. 9449, Ordinance No. 9450, and Ordinance No. 9451, by amending the full-time equivalent positions, expenditures, and establishing a new Pay and Classification Plan for the City.
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance approving Amendment No. 6 to the Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, as adopted by Ordinance No. 9441, Ordinance No. 9442, Ordinance No. 9449, Ordinance No. 9450, and Ordinance No. 9451, by amending the full-time equivalent positions, expenditures, and establishing a new Pay and Classification Plan for the City.
Key Issues:
The current vacancy in the position of Assistant Director of Finance/Controller provides an opportunity to create a succession plan for the Finance Department. The proposed Pay and Classification Plan creates a position of Deputy Director of Finance/Controller at an increased grade level. If no suitable candidate can be found for the Deputy Director/Controller position, the plan allows for the selection of a replacement Assistant Director of Finance/Controller as the position currently exists. No additional FTE is being requested for this purpose.
The Finance Department has functioned with one Payroll Specialist for many years. Backup support to the Payroll function had been managed through the partial assignment of other Finance staff. In the last year, both staff members with backup payroll training have been lost. Payroll is a critical function that includes many of the processes necessary to employee pay such as monitoring of employee time, calculation and monitoring to assure City employees are paid correctly, the proper deductions are applied to employee paychecks, timely payment of taxes, and reporting. Laws and regulations are changing constantly. The needs of the City organization have grown so that it is in the best interest of the City to...
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