File #: ORD-08:034    Version: 2 Name: Adopt of pay realignment for the FD
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/28/2008 In control: Public Safety Council Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/15/2008
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE JONESBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPOSED PAY REALIGNMENT PLAN
Sponsors: Fire Department
Indexes: Employee benefits, Policy - creation/amendment
Attachments: 1. Jonesboro Fire Department Pay Realignment, 2. current to new grade
Related files: ORD-08:008, MIN-08:161

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AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE JONESBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPOSED PAY REALIGNMENT PLAN

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WHEREAS; The City of Jonesboro has seven (7) Captains and seventeen (17) Drivers making less money than Officers and Firefighters of lower ranks.

 

WHEREAS; The City of Jonesboro Fire Department wishes to upgrade the twenty-four (24) members pay through step increases to the lowest step above the highest pay of the rank immediately below.

 

WHEREAS; The City of Jonesboro Fire Department wishes to give the employees listed in exhibit A step increases from their current pay to their new pay step with an additional total cost of $75,248.11 to payroll for the remainder of 2008 budget year.

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT:

 

Section 1: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby adopts the Jonesboro Fire Department Pay Realignment Plan (exhibit A).

 

Section 2: The 2008 annual budget for the City of Jonesboro, Adopted as Ordinance 08-008 on Jan 24, 2008 is amended  by an additional $75,248.11 to convert the 24 Fire Officers (Captains and Drivers) from their current Grade and Step to their new Grade and Step (see exhibit B).

 

Section 3: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, establishes the base pay for each rank within the Jonesboro Fire Department as shown the realignment Plan in accordance with Grade and Step.

 

PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of July, 2008.