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Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council <br />4.7 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Consent <br />February 4, 2019 <br />Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Manager <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Compensation Plan Update <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, by motion, adjusting the pay plan to differentiate between the six positions in paygrade 2E and <br />provide a retroactive adjustment to the police chief, fire chief, and public works director/chief engineer <br />positions retroactive to the beginning of the pay period that includes January 1, 2019. <br />Background/Discussion <br />At the January 22, 2019, work session, Mayor Dietz requested to have a discussion about the pay for the <br />six department director positions. City Council direction was to re -benchmark the three positions that <br />scored slightly higher than the other three due to increased hazards in their work environment. The City <br />Council does not want the other three potions impacted due to this re -benchmarking. <br />Attached is the adjusted pay plan following Council's direction. The change includes a new pay grade <br />which is now 2E and "renumbering" the other exempt paygrades to accommodate the addition of the <br />new pay grade. <br />Financial Impact <br />Adjusting the pay of the police chief, fire chief, and public works director/chief engineer positions <br />retroactive to the beginning of the pay period that includes January 1, 2019, will impact the 2019 general <br />fund budget by approximately $6,125.00. <br />Attachments <br />■ Adjusted 2019 pay plan <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A PehoMing community Pitb revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional P,` 01 W E H E 8 6 T <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity INAWRE1 <br />