01/26/2005 - Minutes 0 S
Minutes of Meeting
Citizens Compensation Advisory Committee
January 26, 2005
Members Present: John Campbell, Vice Chair
Diane Mansfield
Cori Petersen
Members Excused: Tom Bielen, Chair
Jill Carter
Ron Coleman
Lourdes Cooke
Staff Present: Vic Blanton, Compensation Program Manager
Brenda Hancock, Human Resources Director
Sylvia Jones, Constituent Liaison/Public Policy Analyst
Jamey Knighton, Labor Relations Manager
Janice Jensen, Human Resource Consultant
Guests: Employee Representatives:
Jack Tidrow, Fire
Marty Peterson, Fire
Patty Rich, AFSCME
Mike Miller,
Pat Peterson, PEC
Minutes of December 8, 2004 Meeting Approved
The Committee approved, as written, the December 8, 2004 meeting minutes.
(Although a quorum was not present, the minutes had been earlier distributed
by email to all the CCAC members with the request that they respond with any
suggested changes or corrections. There were none.)
Review of the CCAC 2005-2006 Annual Report Draft
John walked the group through the annual report draft. It was noted that this
year's comparison on average salary and benefits between SLCC and the
local marketplace looked a lot like last year's comparison.
One item that had not been provided in previous reports was a comparison of
SLCC's pay grade maximums to that of the marketplace. This prompted a
lengthy discussion to clarify that while the top of the pay grade puts a limit on
salary, the employer with the highest maximum is not necessarily the highest
payer. An employer with a lower grade maximum may nevertheless be paying
higher salaries on average if most of its employees are near or at the grade
top. The data showed that for the most part SLCC's grade maximums are on
average higher than the local market's.
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Regarding professional employees' open range plans, Vic noted that most
structures in the marketplace have followed a common design where the grade
maximum is 20 percent above the midpoint. So when the data indicates that
the market's actual average salary is 82 or 83 percent of the grade maximum,
the conclusion is that employees are being paid on average slightly over the
midpoint. SLCC employees are being paid on average very close to midpoint,
Vic said. He added that most employers use the open range midpoint as the
control point for pay decisions, and that the grade maximum rarely comes into
play.
The discussion moved on to the Committee's recommendation for a general
salary increase, if any. After a considerable amount of dialogue in which
employee representatives expressed their views, it was decided that the
Committee should not reach a conclusion without a quorum present. It was
agreed, therefore, that Vic would contact each of the Committee members by
telephone and get his/her opinion on whether the Committee should
recommend a general salary structure increase, and, if so, how much. Vic
would then update the report with the information received.
Proposal to Change the Way Golf Employees are Paid
John indicated that this matter needed little discussion, because the
Committee had addressed and supported it several times in the past. Diane
said she favored the approach because she was familiar with it, having been
formerly a teacher and the recipient of a 12-month salary for 9 months work.
She commented that based on her experience, the approach works well.
Other
Presentation of the report to the City Council is planned for February 15. John
will do the honors.
Next Meeting
Committee's next regular meeting will probably be in June.
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