Title
FY19 Compensation & Classification Plan.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the FY19 Compensation & Classification Plan.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the FY19 Compensation & Classification Plan as requested.
Body
Tonight staff is requesting that Council approve the FY19 Compensation & Classification Plan (Attachment A). This document represents all of the County’s job titles listed by their job families. It reflects the salary grade assignment, the minimum, midpoint and maximum of the grade, and the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) designation of Exempt (EX) or Non-Exempt (NE).
The other attached documents, such as the compensation policy, are administrative in nature. As outlined in the Charter, the County Manager is responsible for their implementation. However, in order to give Council a better understanding of how the Compensation & Classification Plan is actually implemented, the staff report overview also includes the following:
Salary Grade Table (for regular and limited-term positions, excluding union and contract positions; sorted by job class.) (Attachment B)
FY19 Step Plan (Attachment C)
Compensation Administration Policy (Attachment D)
The County Charter, County Code and the Personnel Rules and Regulations provide the basic framework through which the job classification and compensation system is maintained and administered. The establishment of new job classes and the abolishment of existing classes are subject to approval by Council.
Summary Changes to the FY19 Plan:
The only change in the FY19 Compensation & Classification Plan is the addition of New MUNIS Job Class Codes. With the implementation of the MUNIS software, job class codes went from four digits to three digits. For transition purposes, both job class codes are included.
Compensation Philosophy:
The purpose of Los Alamos County's compensation philosophy is to define a competitive, total compensat...
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