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A. The salary structure assigns a pay range, which is a range of hourly or annual rates of pay, to each grade. A pay range consists of a series of steps through which an employee may progress in accordance with this chapter. The salary structure is adopted annually by council resolution. Employees may provide input to the mayor and the council regarding pay ranges.

B. The mayor and council may consider any of the following factors in assigning a pay range to a grade:

1. Duties and responsibilities of positions within the grade;

2. Market rates for comparable work in both public and private employment, including comparative fringe benefits;

3. Pay relationships between supervisors and their subordinates;

4. Employee recruitment and retention;

5. Economic trends and forecasts; and

6. Availability of funds.

C. Pay ranges are based on full-time employment. An annual rate of pay in a pay range is divided by 2,080 hours per year to determine the corresponding hourly rate of pay.

D. When an amendment to the pay range for an employee’s position increases the minimum rate of pay in the range above the employee’s current rate of pay, the employee’s rate of pay shall be increased to the minimum rate of pay in the pay range. When an amendment to the pay range for an employee’s position decreases the maximum rate of pay in the range below the employee’s current rate of pay, the employee’s rate of pay will not change.

E. When the mayor finds it is in the best interest of the city, the mayor annually may authorize a lump sum longevity payment not exceeding three percent of the employee’s annual pay to an employee whose pay is at the top of the pay range for the employee’s position. The authorization of such a lump sum longevity payment in any year does not obligate the city to provide the payment in any other year, or increase the rate of pay of the employee receiving the payment. (Ord. 09-44 § 4, 2009)