TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Cathy Hanson, Human Resources Director
SUBJECT: Title
Status Update from Creative Management Solutions - Barry Newton, Consultant for Classification Portion of the Classification and Compensation Study.
RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review the status update from consultant Barry Newton regarding the classification portion of the Classification and Compensation Study.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal implication associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
On May 17, 2011, City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a contract with Creative Management Solutions to provide consultation services to the City for a comprehensive classification, compensation and benefits study. The consultant has been working to complete the classification and compensation study.
DISCUSSION:
Employees are the city’s most important asset. As the city plans for work to be done, a Class/Comp study is a tool for reviewing job duties, classifying positions on the basis of uniform criteria, and, ultimately, allocating positions to salary grades that reflect market value. Class/Comp is a system that lays the foundation for many other parts of the city’s personnel system. Consultant Barry Newton of Creative Management Solutions conducted the job analysis. Although there are many steps ahead, this ultimately will provide the foundation for many employment functions, including structuring positions, writing the job descriptions and job announcements, designing the selection tests, determining compensation, evaluating performance, determining training needs, and deciding on assignments.
All city employees completed a job analysis questionnaire detailing their current job functions. Based on the questionnaire and interviews which included ...
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