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City Council Minutes October 2, 2006 Page 4 5.6. Consider Contribution for LibraJ;y Project . Councilmember Motin had forwarded to the City an offer from Econar to contribute geothermal pumps to the Library project. Ms. Johnson stated that staff has been working with KKE Architects and Econar to work through the details of the proposed donation. It was felt that additional time was needed to address the desjgn and specification questions. This item will come back to Council on October 16th. 5.7. Pay Plan Reclassification Study City Administrator Lori Johnson explained that at previous meetings the Council had reviewed the proposed hierarchy and pay plan prepared by Rod Kelsey of Riley, Dittman and Kelsey. The third step is to develop an implementation plan. This study was done to address internal issues in the City's pay structure due to the reorganization and to check our pay against the market and to adjust it accordingly. This study produced a proposed pay plan that provides internal balance and places the city's pay in the 60 percentile of the comparable cities used for the market study. As a result, pay range adjustments were made to most positions. Council is asked to provide input and direction to staff on the final hierarchy, which version of the pay plan the Council prefers, and the proposed implementation plan. The following is what the Council decided: . The hierarchy would be as presented with the exception of putting back into pay grade 5 the position of Street Maintenance Operator 1. The hierarchy as presented does have separated out into pay grade 15 Community Development Director and Fire Chief; and into pay grade 16 Finance Director and Police Chief. . The employees would receive a cost of living increase on January 1, 2007. . Employees continue to receive steps on July 1 if their performance is satisfactory, including employees who are at the top of their current pay range, but no longer are because their pay range has increased. . No employee has his/her pay reduced below last year's pay rate even if the reclassification caused his/her pay range to decrease. . Employees who are above the pay plan continue to receive a pay increase equivalent to the cost of living increase with one half of it being applied to the base pay. . Employees who currently are below the bottom of their new pay grade: If the annual difference is less than $3,000, the employee will go to step A on January 1, 2007, if it is above $3,000 the difference would be made up in thirds on January 1, 2007, July 1, 2007, and January 1, 2008. . The position of Community Development Director would be at step B+. . The position of Parks and Recreation Director would receive pay retroactive to July 1,2006 and the position would go to D+. . A pay increase and promotion would be given to two individuals to the Maintenance II position in the Streets Department as of October 1. . The positions of Assistant Administrator, Public Works Director, and City Engineer would be placed into the plan. . The Assistant Liquor Store Manager for Westbound Liquor would be given COLA then brought back into pay plan, but not pay per old plan as requested. . Council wishes to have tlle summary of these groups on the regular agenda for October 16. Formal action on this item will be taken at that time. .