HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-08-19 Special MinutesAugust 19, 1976 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
7:30 P.M. SPECIAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
COUNCIL
MEMBERS IN
ATTENDANCE
M I N U T E S
Tukwila City Hall
Council Chambers
Mayor Bauch, presiding, called the Special Meeting of the Tukwila
City Council to order. He introduced Mark Hendricks to the City
Council. Mr. Hendricks is replacing Steve Beatty as reporter for
the Record Chronicle.
GARDNER, HILL, MS. PESICKA, SAUL, TRAYNOR, VAN DUSEN
PRESENTATION Mayor Bauch explained that the meeting had been called to update
OF THE the Council on the progress of Harry J. Prior Associates on the
SALARY Salary Administration Plan for the City employees. He explained
ADMINISTRATION that the plan is not finished and what the Council is seeing this
PLAN evening is still raw data to be reviewed by the Department Heads
and himself.
Mayor Bauch then turned the meeting over to Mr. Harry Prior of the
Consulting Firm. Mr. Prior gave a brief report on the philosophy
of salary administration and on the background of the proposed
plan. He stated that to have a satisfactory salary plan the trick
is to take the pay roll that you have and divide it in such a way
that it is most satisfactory to the people receiving the pay. In
order to have a happy group of employees you need to divide the
payroll in a manner so that some employees do not feel they are
under paid in relation to others. Their philosophy in establishing
salary rates is based on this.
Mr. Prior introduced Mr. Ross Ardrey of his firm. Mr. Ardrey has
been working with the Employee Committee in determining the relative
value of the jobs of the employees, not in dollars but on a point
systems.
The members of the Employee Committee are: Kathy Johnston, Court
Administrator; Jerry Kelleher, Police Department; Dennis McCollum,
Fire Department; Dale Snelling, Maintenance Shop; Kjell Stoknes,
Director of the Office of Community Development, and alternate
Mabel Harris, City Treasurer.
Mr. Ardrey explained the highlights of the major steps that the
Committee went through and showed examples of these steps. The
Committee has spent 54 committee hours in developing the work that
has been done.
Once Mr. Ardrey had completed his presentation he explained that
they were now to the point of asking the Council for some policy
decisions.
He showed a graph of the City of Tukwila salary levels compared to
the Public agency curve and asked the Council to make the decision
as to where they wanted the Cities salary level to be. They have
used the ten following Cities as comparison: Auburn, Bothell,
Edmonds, Kent, Kirkland, Lynnwood, Mount Lake Terrace, Puyallup,
Redmond, and Renton. After discussion, MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECOND-
ED BY HILL, THAT THE CITIES SALARY LEVEL BE MADE TO COINCIDE WITH
THE PUBLIC AGENCY CURVE. MOTION CARRIED.
Second, salary administration policy regarding the use of ranges
should be made.
MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE SALARY RANGE OF 20%
SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. MOTION CARRIED.
Mr. Prior stated that they are ready to proceed with dollar figures
and suggested calling an Executive Session to discuss this portion
of the plan.
MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE COUNCIL CALL AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1976, 7:30 P.M. TO DISCUSS DOLLAR
AMOUNTS. MOTION CARRIED.
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August 19, 1976
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ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY TRAYNOR SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE SPECIAL MEETING
ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED.
Edgar p. B auch, Mayor
Ma ine Anderson, City Clerk Pro Tem
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