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Home My WebLink About5415ORDINANCE NO, 5415 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Chapter 2.50 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Management and Professional Staff Compensation Program" by amending Section 2.50.032 related to promotions and benefits. WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend provisions of Section 2.50.032 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to promotions and benefits; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Section 2.50.032 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Actual Salary Rate" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.50.032 ACTUAL SALARY RATE. (a) Initial Rate. The salary rate of a person upon appointment to a management or professional position shall be set no lower than Rate 1 of the salary band to which an employee's position is assigned. When it is in the best interest of the City, the City Council may authorize an initial salary of a newly hired person at a rate which exceeds Rate 1. (b) Salaries may be increased as follows: (1) Salary Rate Advancement. Each person shall be eligible for a salary rate advancement upon completion of twelve (12) full months of regular (as opposed to interim) service at each rate in the salary band. To receive a salary rate advancement, the employee must be evaluated as "meets expectations" (or equivalent) on his or her work performance evaluation. Salary rate advancements shall be an increase of one rate in the same salary band, if available. (2) Additional Advancement. Those employees who receive a rating that exceeds the rating "meets expectations" (or equivalent) may be eligible to receive an additional salary rate advancement for an increase of one additional rate in the same salary band, if available, above the initial rate advancement provided in subsection (b)(1) of this section. This additional advancement shall require the recommendation of the department head, or equivalent, and approval of the Mayor and City Council. (3) A rate advancement that was denied may be granted following a minimum sixty (60) day review period of the employee's performance. (4) Notwithstanding the above, when it is in the best interest of the City, the City Council upon the recommendation of the Mayor may authorize an in -range adjustment to provide additional salary in instances of promotion, to provide for internal equity corrections, or for another reason deemed appropriate by the City Council. (c) Changes to Employee Classifications. (1) Downgrading an Employee's Classification. Upon the City Council's approval of downgrading a person's classification to a lower salary band, the person's initial salary rate will be set at the same rate in the new band that was in effect in the former salary band. In the event a person's salary rate exceeds the maximum rate of the salary band to which Page 1 of 3 BMC 2.50.032 —Actual Salary Rate his or her position is assigned on the date of downgrading, his or her actual salary rate shall be frozen until such time as the maximum rate of the new band is equal to or greater than his or her actual salary and, at such time, the employee's salary rate shall be set at the maximum rate of the salary band to which his or her position is assigned. (2) Upgrading an Employee's Classification. If an employee's classification is moved from one salary band to a higher band (excluding promotions), the employee's salary rate at the higher band shall be set at the next rate which is higher than the salary he or she was receiving at the former band. Any additional rate advancements shall require City Council approval. The employee's salary rate advancement date does not change. (3) Promotions. In the event an employee is promoted from one classification to a higher classification (one salary band to a higher salary band), the employee's salary rate at the higher band shall be set at the next rate which is higher than the salary he or she was receiving at the former band. Promoted employees shall be eligible for a salary rate advancement upon completion of twelve (12) full months of regular (as opposed to interim) service at each rate in the new salary band, which shall be the employee's new salary rate advancement date. In the event an employee is promoted to a management/professional classification outside of IAFF Local 437 said employee will maintain their current and future benefits covered in the collective bar ag ining agreement in lieu of the benefits covered in Sections 2.50.032 through 2.50.070. Any additional rate advancements shall require City Council approval. SECTION2. Corrections. The City Clerk and codifiers of this ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener, clerical, typographical, and spelling errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto. SECTION3. Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or sentences A this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten (10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. PASSED by the City Council the day of F=.6 r�..A q mr 2021. KEVlf4 GORMAN, Council President Approved this 1$j!` day of �e.lpcµo�� , 2021. W � GRMNJHEELER, Mayor Page 2 of 3 BMC 2. S0.032 —Actual Salary Rate ATTEST: ANGEb� HOOVER, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ROGER A. LUBOVICH, City Attorney PUBLISHED the ` P1 day of Fed V\ng r y , 2021. EFFECTIVE the day of h , 2021. ORDINANCE NO. � y t . R:\Legal\Legal\Ordinances\Fire\2020.03.24 BMC 2.50.032 Actual Salary Ordinance.docx Page 3 of 3 BMC 2.50.032 —Actual Salary Rate 3 Kwitsap PO Box 52173, Phoenix, AL 85072-2173 PART OF THE ocA TODAY NETWORK CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON PROOF OF PUBLICATION ORDINANCE N0.5414 Angela Hoover City Of Bremerton 345 6 Th Street Suite 100 Bremerton WA 98337 STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN I, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That I am now, and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by the order of the Superior Court of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than 6 months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County, Washington and is now and during all of the said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of an advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date(s), to wit: And on 02/19/2021 such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. Subscribed and sworn to before on 02/19/2021. Notary, State My commission expires Order No: Customer No: PO #: Publication Cost: 5589569 288797 Ord. 5414 & 5415 $19.34 THIS IS NOT AN INVOICE! Pleu.ce do nnl u.ce this %orm /nr ptn'ment remirnu�ce. SHELLY HORA Notary Public State of Wisconsin 1 # of Copies: AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremer- ton, Washington, amending Chapter 10.10 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Parking Code," relating to parking permits and parking in the right-of-way and city property. ORDINANCE N0.5415 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremer- ton, Washington, amending Chapter 2.50 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Management and Professional Staff Compensation Program" by amending Section 2,50.032 related to promotions and benefits. PASSED by the City Council on the 17th day of February 2021. The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 100, Bremerton, WA 98337. Feb. 19, 2021 #15589569 RECEIVED FEB 2.2 2021 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK Page 1 of 1