HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-06-16; City Council; 6488-2; Proposed Personnel Rule ChangeCITY OF CARLSBAD
AGENDA BILL NO.
DATE: June 16, 1981
DEPARTMENT: PERSONNEL
Subject:
PROPOSED PERSONNEL RULE CHANGE
Statement of the Matter
Initial:
Dept.Hd.�
C. Atty.
C. Mgr.;�--_�
As the result of a Personnel Board hearing conducted on December 18,
1981, the city was directed to meet and confer with representatives
of the Carlsbad Police Officers' Association regarding a possible
personnel rule change. The CPOA proposed the following language
as a rule change involving anniversary date changes upon promotion.
Second paragraph Section 5, Rule IV, Page 9. A police employee
serving in Salary Step E, shall be eligible upon promotion for
subsequent salary step increases in a higher range on the
annual anniversary of the date of promotion. When a police
employee is promoted from Step A, B, C, or•D, that employee
shall retain the anniversary date which --was in effect in the
salary range from which the employee was promoted.
The purpose of this proposed change is to eliminate an apparent
inequity resulting from the current rule. Because similar inequi-
ties have not arisen in other departments and the Personnel Board
directed the meeting with CPOA, the change applies only to the
Pdiice Department.
At present when a police employee is promoted, a new anniversary
date is established. In the case which was referred to the
Personnel Board, this action delayed.a step increase for about
ten months. This delay proved to cause a salary disparity among,
peers.
As an example, if an officer is promoted before reaching the next
anniversary date of employment the promotion brings a salary increase`
equal to a step increase. The employee must then wait a year for
the next step increase. Whereas, if the employee waits until the
normal step raise and then is promoted, a two step increase is
received. In the Police'Department two individuals were promoted
under these conditions. The result was that junior employees further
down on the promotional list received two increases.
Fiscal Impart
The maximum fiscal impact would be the cost of one step increase,
or approximately 4.9% per employee per promotion. The dollar
amount would vary with salary range and step.
Exhibit
1. Personnel Director's clarifying memorandum to the City Manager.
2, Resolution No. for adoption with rule change approval
by the City Council.
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Recommendation
City Counil adopt Resolution No. 6581
APPROVED,
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Actenda Bill No. _6488-#2_ .
100WA ,art
MEMORANDUM
DATE April 29, 1981
TO City Manager
FROM Personnel Director
SUBJECT: CPOA Proposed Personne:. Rule Change
The attached agenda bill and resolution are a result of the
Personnel Board hearing in the case of Sergeant SHIPLEY, and
Senior Police Officer STAPLETON. The Personnel Board on the
conclusion of that hearing directed the city -to meet and
confer with representatives of the Carlsbad Police Officers'
Association in an effort to reach agreement concerning a
modification to the personnel rules. This modification was
intended to correct situations such as that which occurred
in the case of Senior Police Officer Stapleton.
In this case Officer STAPLETON was promoted prior to her
normal anniversary elate and received what equated to a one
step increase upon promotion from Police Officer to Senior
Police Officer. Contemporaries who were on the same promo-
tional list but promoted after their anniversary date
received a step increase in their previous range and then
another approximate step increase upon promotion to Senior
Police Officer. Therefore, they received two salary increases
during the same period that Officer STAPLETON received one
and Officer STAPLETON at one point was -not scheduled to
receive another salary increase until ten months later than
the appointment of her more junior contemporaries.
Therefore, the language shown in the attachment resolution
and agenda bill constitutes a recommendation for a change to
the existing personnel rules concurred in by the CPOA and the
City of Carlsbad.
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RESOLUTION NO. c-58),�
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING A CHANGE T4 SECTION 5,
RULE IV, OF THE PERSONNEL RULES.
WHEREAS, the present rule governing the change in anniversary
date upon promotion of police personnel has resulted in unequal
treatment among personnel;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the following language is directed and authorized
as an addition to Section 5, Rule IV, Personnel Rules and Regula-
tions, Resolution No.
"B. Anniversary Date Adjustment upon.Promotion:
A police employee serving in Salary Step E,- shall
be eligible upon promotion for subsequent salary step
increases in a higher range on the annual anniversary
of the date of promotion. When a police employee is
promoted from Step A, B, C, or U, that employee shall
retain the anniversary date which was in effect in
the salary range from .,;hich the employee was promoted."
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, on the 16th day
of June , 1981, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Packard, Casler, Anear, Lewis and KtA chin
NOES: None
ABSENT: Ibne
;N ALD C. PACKARD, Mayor
ATTEST:
AL E'1 iA L. RAUrNKRANZ, City Clerk
KAPV R. STEMS, Deputy City Clerk
(SEAL)