Agenda - Council - 09/23/1997 - Laserfiche WebLink

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The options for Council consideration appear to be: 1. Withdraw the offer in that it was contingent upon exempt employees developing a workable proposal for performance-based pay. 2. In some fashion carry the money over to 1998. 3. Distribute the funds set aside for 1997 wages for exempt positions to exempt employees in some fashion other than a formal performance-based pay plan. The Council, in 1996, set aside this extra consideration for wages in the hopes that these persons could build a reasonable system that perhaps could be negotiated into contracts coveting other staff positions in the future. The Council made the funds available contingent on staff developing a workable pay-for-performance system. The staff did not develop a workable system. Therefore, in my opinion, it would not be appropriate to roll the wages into some form of across the board wage increase. Further, it is my understanding that the participants in this process understand that failure to produce a plan amounts to forfeiting wage increases from the set aside funds. Hence, that leaves only options #I or #2 above, the most positive of which would be the second. Given that, my recommendation is that Council carry over these funds by future budget resolution to provide the same opportunity in t 998 or 1999 that existed in 1997 to establish a pay-for- performance system for exempt positions. Council Action: Direct the Finance Officer to prepare a resolution carrying forward funding into 1998 for performance wages based upon the above discussion and understanding. Reviewed by: City Administrator Administrative Services Manager Finance Officer Also distributed to: Exempt Personnel CC: 9/23/97 I I I I I I I