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Home My WebLink About02/20/2024 00. Misc Distributed at the Meeting Distributed t the 3 / Meeting y My name is David Macias, president of AFSCME Local 1122 If you take a look at our master pay ordinance, wage compression will be blatantly obvious Let me give you an example A Department Assistant One is at a 5.5 pay grade AND a Department Assistant Two is at a 6.5 pay grade These positions require different amounts of experience And yet they both start JUST two pennies above minimum wage pause Does that sound Competitive? Unfortunately, this theme festers throughout the master pay ordinance Another example exists out at Wastewater with the Industrial Maintenance Mechanic position If an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic one was on his last step and wanted to get a "promotion" He would need to test and become licensed as a Wastewater Operator one This process isn't easy or fast It's like taking higher education classes after work Once licensed, he would be promoted to an industrial maintenance mechanic two How is he compensated? He's not He would be started at step D which is the fourth step out of a five-step progression Normally if everything goes right It takes an employee three and a half years to make it through the five- step progression Instead of having five steps to grow into This so-called promotion has just one step left and he'll be maxed out in 6 months There is too much overlap in our promotional positions Not just at wastewater but everywhere We are no longer rewarding long-tenured employees with valuable experience like we should When you combine this issue with uncompetitive wages, Rising insurance premiums, and no longevity for employees hired after 2012 You start to understand why people don't want to put down roots with the City of Yakima It doesn't stop there There are positions like mine that have absolutely no hope of advancing within our organization We all too often pass up experienced employees who have put years and sometimes decades into our organization If we are going to keep our essential employees that keep this city running and attract new ones This needs to change I am tired of saying goodbye to great people who deserve to be compensated appropriately And I hope that you all take this information under serious consideration I have attached my speech and highlighted pages from the master pay ordinance that I reference Thank you Master Pay Ordinance - Legislative zl • VI Page 9 of 38 -NNW/ City of Yakima, WA Jam, Job Claris Cods s Title Pay -Effect 8tsp Sep Step Step Step Step- Grade Date . A B C D t 1P' 11740 CRIME ANALYTICS SUPERVISOR 973SA 01/01/2024 42. 16 44 .34 46.52 48.86 51.28 CS: CHARTER Union: TEAMSTERS 8511 CUSTODIAN 4 . 5 01/01/2026 17. 13 17. 90 18. 69 19.53 20.42 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 16.71 17.46 18.23 19.05 19. 92 01/01/2024 16.30 17.03 17.79 18.59 19. 43 7121 DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT I 5.5 01/01/2026 17.13 17.90 18. 69 19.53 20.42 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 16.71 17.46 18.23 19.05 19. 92 01/01/2024 16.30 17.03 17.79 18.59 19.43 7122 DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT II 6.5 01/01/2026 17. 13 17.90 18. 69 19. 53 20.42 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 16.71 17.46 18.23 19.05 19.92 01/01/2024 16.30 17.03 17.79 18.59 19.43 7123 DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT III 8. 5 01/01/2026 18.60 19.42 20. 35 21 . 19 22.26 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 18. 15 18. 95 19.85 20.67 21.72 01/01/2024 17.71 18.49 19. 37 20.17 21.19 7124 DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT IV 10. 5 01/01/2026 20. 35 21. 19 22.26 23.19 24 . 30 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 19.85 20. 67 21.72 22. 62 23.71 01/01/2024 19.37 20. 17 21. 19 22.07 23. 13 10502 DEPUTY CITY CLERK 979SA 01/01/2024 31 . 48 33.06 34 . 69 36.39 38.27 CS: CHARTER Union: TEAMSTERS 6380 DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF 965 01/01/2024 58.27 61. 16 64 .20 67. 36 70.78 CS: FIRE Union: NONE 1281 DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF 962 01/01/2024 67.36 70.78 74 . 32 78.05 81 .97 86.06 CS: EXEMPT Union: NONE 3120 DESIGN ENGINEER 22. 5 01/01/2026 34 . 93 36.55 38.29 40.02 41.91 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 34.08 35. 66 37. 36 39.04 40.89 01/01/2024 33.25 34 .79 36.45 38 .09 39.89 RR PAY ORD_MSTR_LEG 01/01/2024- 12/31/2026,CS ALL, BC ALL, Union ALL, Dept ALL, By Job Title 1/28/2023 14:40:58 O, Master Pay Ordinance - Legislative f t1- '•` Page 15 of 38 City of Yakima, WA .47ob Clam' Code 4 Title Pay SefoOt Step Step Step Step Step Step Grad. Data A B C D = ! 10103 HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 981SA 01/01/2024 28.54 30.01 31. 48 33.06 34 .69 CS: CHARTER Union: TEAMSTERS 12201 INDUSTRIAL MAINT SUPERVISOR 974 01/01/2024 39.44 41.35 43.46 45.64 47.93 CS: CHARTER Union: NONE 8241 INDUSTRIAL MAINT. MECHANIC II 17.0 01/01/2026 27. 13 28.43 29.78 31 . 11 32. 61 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 26.47 27.74 29.05 30.35 31 .81 01/01/2024 25.82 27.06 28.34 (9. 61 31.03) 8242 INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE MECHANIC I 15.0 01/01/2026 24 .86 25.98 27. 13 28. 43 29.78 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 24 .25 25.35 26.47 27.74 29.05 01/01/2024 23.66 24 .73 25.82 27.06 28.34 4240 INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN 18.5 01/01/2026 29.04 30.49 31. 91 33.35 34. 97 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 28.33 29.75 31. 13 32. 54 34. 12 01/01/2024 27.64 29.02 30.37 31.75 33.29 6263 INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST 14 .0 01/01/2026 23. 67 24 .86 25. 98 27. 13 28.43 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 23.09 24 .25 25. 35 26.47 27.74 01/01/2024 22. 53 23.66 24 .73 25.82 27.06 8673 IRRIGATION CREW LEADER 17.0 01/01/2026 27. 13 28.43 29.78 31 . 11 32.61 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 26.47 27.74 29.05 30.35 31.81 01/01/2024 25.82 27.06 28.34 29.61 31.03 8671 IRRIGATION SPECIALIST I 13. 5 01/01/2026 23. 19 24 . 30 25.47 26.60 27.83 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 22.62 23.71 24 .85 25.95 27. 15 01/01/2024 22.07 23. 13 24 .24 25. 32 26.49 8672 IRRIGATION SPECIALIST II 15.0 01/01/2026 24.86 25. 98 27. 13 28.43 29.78 CS: CHARTER Union: AFSCME 01/01/2025 24 .25 25.35 26.47 27.74 29.05 01/01/2024 23.66 24 .73 25.82 27.06 28.34 RR_PAY_ORD_MSTR_LEG 01/01/2024- 12/31/2026,CS ALL, BC ALL, Union ALL, Dept ALL, By Job Title .1/28/2023 14:40:58 Distributed Meeting ,at the February 20, 2024 TO: Yakima City Council FROM: Natalie McClendon RE: Proposed procedural rules change C.3. Meetings - Items considered (a)At regular meetings of the City Council, no action should be taken on any item(s) not appearing on the posted agenda of such meeting except and unless, by majorityunanimous vote of the City Council members present, it is determined that an emergency exists and these procedural rules should be suspended and the Council should take action to address the item not appearing on the posted agenda, or that an emergency exists and that immediate action must be taken by the City Council to address the emergency.