A RESOLUTION
NO.________
A RESOLUTION DEFINING RULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FY2007 PAY PLAN FOR
EMPLOYEES OF THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WHEREAS, the proposed FY2007 consolidated government budget provided for the
implementation of the University of Georgia Pay Plan, the Columbus Council must
approve rules for administration of said Pay Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section I.
That the University of Georgia Pay Plan adopted by the Council of Columbus,
Georgia, shall be implemented subject to the following conditions:
1. Personnel Actions During the New Pay Plan Implementation Period.
Newly hired employees will start work on/after July 1 at the new pay plan rate
for their respective positions, to simplify administration and help prevent
errors.
Promotions and transfers (intra and inter-departmental) during the
implementation period are discouraged. However, those that occur will be held
and processed with retroactive pay (when required), after full implementation
of the pay plan.
2. Multi-level Qualification and Career Ladder positions.
UGA assigned some positions multiple levels to provide salary differentials for
different levels of qualifications and competency. Clear measurable criteria
will be used to determine qualification for each advanced level. In some cases
UGA evaluated and placed employees at specific levels while requirements for
others are stated in the plan such as a Georgia Professional Engineer license;
others will require departmental development with approval by the City Manager.
Employees that qualify for advancement will receive the salary obtained by
advancing the current salary in the current grade one (1) step for each grade
that the new grade exceeds the prior grade, or the equivalent thereof, the
employee will then be placed in the new grade at this salary.
While levels at which UGA places employees will normally be implemented,
obvious errors will be corrected. Department heads may also request changes in
recommended levels with appropriate justification. In all cases approval of
the City Manager is required.
Employees not placed at initial implementation must fully satisfy approved
criteria and/or present valid credentials prior to advancing.
In the UGA pay plan the higher-level designation ?Senior? is used in two ways.
The first is when a Tag number is assigned and the position has a separate job
description. Positions so designated are promotional positions and not part of
a career ladder. Employees may only advance to these positions by successfully
competing for an authorized vacant position.
The other reference to Senior occurs as a numbered footnote to a position.
When so designated, it is a career ladder advancement opportunity, open to all
employees in the underlying position that meet the established/approved
qualification criteria.
3. Reclassified Positions
In developing the new pay plan, UGA evaluators analyzed the duties and
responsibilities of all classified positions. This resulted in many of our
positions being classified at different levels or ranks than they were
previously, some lower and some higher.
According to Dr. Condrey a change in classification level is not a promotion
event but, as noted on page 4 of the plan report, ?assignment to a grade in the
classification plan.?
Following instructions provided by Dr. Condrey, all employees are placed in the
classification plan according to the position they occupied on June 30, 2006,
including employees that changed positions during the study.
Therefore, the new promotion policy as approved by Council does not apply to
the initial placement of employees into the new classification plan and will
not result in a promotional salary increase.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held the
_________day of _____________ 2006, and adopted at said meeting by the
affirmative vote of
_____________members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting __________.
Councilor Anthony voting __________.
Councilor Davis voting __________.
Councilor Henderson voting __________.
Councilor Hunter voting __________.
Councilor McDaniel voting __________.
Councilor Turner Pugh voting __________.
Councilor Rodgers voting __________.
Councilor Suber voting __________.
Councilor Woodson voting __________.
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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Robert S. Poydasheff, Mayor
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