HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-2843 SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT PAY ORDINANCE NO. 2843
AN ORDINANCE relating to City personnel; providing for special
assignment pay; amending Subsection 2.20.088B of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring
an emergency.
WHEREAS, the provisions, terms and conditions of the
collective bargaining agreement between the City of Yakima and
AFSCME Local 1122 call for special assignment pay under circum-
stances defined by the following amendment to Subsection 2.20.088B
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and negotiations on that
agreement have recently concluded so that the Yakima City Council
will authorize the execution of that agreement by the City at
the meeting held the same date as the enactment of this ordinance;
and the agreement by its terms is effective retroactively to
January 1, 1985, so that it is necessary that this ordinance be-
come immediately effective in order to comply with that agreement;
and the City Council therefore finds and declares an emergency
to exist so that this ordinance shall be effective immediately
on its publication, as authorized by the Yakima City Charter, now,
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 2.20.088B of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.20.088 Uniform Allowance -- Special Assignment Pay.
B. (1) Except for employees in the fire department
and except for employees represented by AFSCME Local 1122,
when a salaried employee works in a higher classification
for a period of one day or longer, performs substantially
all of the duties of such higher classification and is not
actually receiving supervised training for that position,
the employee shall be paid at the pay step in the higher
classification which is next higher in amount above the
employee's pay in the lower classification. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to management personnel.
(2) When an hourly employee works in a higher classifi-
cation for a period of one hour or longer, performs sub-
., stantially all of the duties of such higher classification
and is not actually receiving supervised training for such
position, the employee shall be paid at the step in the
higher classification which is next higher in amount above
the employee's pay in the lower classification.
(3) When a salaried permanent employee represented by
AFSCME Local 1122 works for one hour or longer in a higher
classification and in a different classification series from
which the employee is regularly employed and performs sub-
stantially all of the duties of such higher classification
and is not actually receiving supervised training for such
position, the employee shall be paid at the pay step in the
higher classification which is next higher in amount above
the employee's pay in the lower classification for all such
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hours consecutively worked in the higher classification.
(4) When a salaried permanent employee represented by
AFSCME Local 1122 works four consecutive hours or longer
in a-higher classification in the same classification
series in which the employee is regularly employed and
performs substantially all of the duties of such higher
classification and is not actually receiving supervised
training for such position, the employee shall be paid at •
the pay step in the higher clasification which is next
higher in amount above the employee's pay in the lower
classification for all such hours consecutively worked •
in the higher classification."
Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and
welfare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval and
publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 5th
day of February , 1985.
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ATTEST: .
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City Clerk
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Publication Date 2/8/85
Effective Date 2/9/85
Provision retroactive to 1/1/85
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