§ 3.04.120. Pay plan—Establishment and review—Recommendation.

The city manager shall annually instruct the chief human resources officer to review and establish a pay plan based on the prevailing market rate, as defined by both salary and benefit levels and other factors the city manager deems appropriate for job titles within the pay plan. The pay plan shall annually be recommended by the city manager to the city council.

Market rate is defined as the average salary or salary range for a position. Market rates will be determined and utilized as follows:

(1)

For government-specific positions that can be compared to a local labor market and filled via local recruitment, market rate will be determined by valid local government market surveys.

 The city will set the midpoint at the 50 ^th percentile of municipalities of similar size (+/- 100 pecent population) within a 50-mile radius.

(2)

For cross-industry positions with a local labor market and filled via local recruitment, market rate will be determined by valid local government market surveys and cross-referenced to other valid industry services.

 The city will combine surveys and set the midpoint at the 50 ^th percentile of combined market.

(3)

For positions involving national recruitment, the market rate will be determined by national surveys, as appropriate.

 Any national survey data utilized will incorporate a local market index.

 For specialized positions without a local or government benchmark, national surveys will be utilized to set the midpoint. Any national survey data utilized will incorporate a local market index.

(Code 1981, § 1-23-5(5-1); Code 1993, § 3.04.120; Ord. No. O-79-13; Ord. No. O-85-14, § 1; Ord. No. O-97-23, § 2; Ord. No. O-2015-39, § 2, 8-18-2015)