FIN 2018-03-20 Item 2B - Discussion - Compensation Policy for City Employees

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The following statements and processes are adopted for the purpose of guiding compensation programs for employees of the City of Tukwila. A. Information to be provided to the City Council. 1. For Represented Employees. A written presentation of current internal and local external public agency salary and benefit trends, including a salary and benefits market survey of comparable jurisdictions, as defined herein, will be provided to the City Council. This presentation must be made to the Council prior to the commencement of negotiations with the bargaining units regarding salary and benefits. The City Council and Administration will discuss represented employee group negotiation expectations, negotiating points, salary and benefit change floors and/or ceilings prior to the beginning and at appropriate points during negotiation sessions. 2. For Non -Represented Employees. A written presentation of current internal and local external public agency salary and benefit trends, including a salary and benefits market survey of comparable jurisdictions, as defined herein, will be provided to the City Council every year that a non -represented salary increase is due. Relevant Association of Washington Cities (AWC) data from the previous year's Washington City and County Employee Salary and Benefit Survey, for the comparable jurisdictions, will be used in the salary market survey. B. Compensation Policy. 1. All Puget Sound jurisdictions with +/-50% of Tukwila's annual assessed valuation, based upon the Department of Revenue data, will be used to create the list of comparable jurisdictions for evaluation of salary information. It is desirable to use the same comparable jurisdictions for both represented and non -represented employee groups. 2. For non -represented employees, the City desires to pay the average salary for the particular pay scale, as derived from the comparable jurisdiction data described in Section B.1. If the City's pay scale for any classification does not represent the average of comparable salary ranges (+/-5%), written justification must be provided to the City Council. For represented employees, the City desires to pay salaries that are competitive to the City's comparable jurisdictions. 3. The cost -of -living adjustment (COLA) in odd -numbered years for non - represented employees shall be based upon 90% of the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton Consumer Price Index (CPI -W) Average (June to June). It is desirable to calculate represented cost -of -living adjustments the same way, unless a different method is authorized by the Council. W'.\Word Processing\Resolutions\Compensation policy for City employees 5-29-13 strike-thru SB.bjs 20 Page 2 of 3