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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOY114ENT OF CITY AND
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SERVICE OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN CONNECTION VIITH POSITION
CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLANS FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COM[.1ISSIONERS Or, THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
IENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City and Public Administration Service of Chicago,
Illinois shall be employed for the preparation of position classification
and pay plan for officers and employees of the City of Paducah and that the
Mayor shall be and is hereby authorized to execute and deliver on behalf
of the city of Paducah an agreement -or contract of employment of said
service in condition and figures as follows:
"^1HIS AGREM-1ENT made and entered into this day of October, 1952,
by and between the City of Paducah, Kentucky, hereinafter designated as
the City and Public Administration Service of Chiacgo, Illinois, herein-
after designated the Service, WITNESSETH:
That the Service hereby agrees to perform the following work for the
City in the preparation of position classification and pay plans for officers
and employees in the municipal service:
1. Supply appropriate classification questionaire forms to be
completed by employees and their supervisors in setting forth
the duties and requirements of each of the positions included
within the scope of the study.
2. Conduct extensive field audits of the work of individual
positions, discussing duties and work requirements of positions
with individual employees and their supervisors at their place
of work and with departmental officials.
3. Establish, on the basis of information secured through the
above steps, classes of positions which, in effect, constitute
a simplified grouping of all positions -on the basis of duties,
resnons:!.oilities, and qualification requirements.
4. Develop for all classes suitable titles and class specifications
w, ich describe in some detail the nature and requirements of
the stork of each class.
5. Allocate all positions by assigning each to its appropriate
class in the classification plan.
G. Review proposed classifications and allocations with appropriate
departmental officials.
7• Participate in hearings on and discussions of the classification
plan by appropriate officials of the City.
8. Revise the classification plan as may be found desirable in
the light of the above hearings prior to approval by the
appropriate officials of the City.
9. 11otify employees of the proposed classification of their posi-
tions and participate in the review of allocation appeals
from individual employees.
10. Present to the City allocation lists showing the recommended
classification of each position as a basis for revising payrolls
and other personnel records so as to reflect new classifications.
11. Present and explain to appropriate officials of the City the
proposed classification plan as evidenced by the revise£ list
of titles, class soecifications and allocation lists referred
to above.
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12. Through salarinformation qucstionaires, P^_r onal iaa�ov-
vieWS, and study of classification and pay plans for selected
private and public agencies, secure.ropresentative information
with respect to current rates of nay and pay -related benefits
for positions in comparable public jurisdictions and in private
employment within the City.
13. Analyze such salary and wage information and such related factors
as the relative difficulty and responsibility of the work of the
various classes, the cost of living, and the City's recruitment
problems and pay and financial policies and requirements.
14. Prepare a comprehensive compensation plan with rates or ranges
of rates of pay for all classes of positions included in the
classification plan.
15. Calculate, by departments, the budgetary effects of the re-
commended pay plan, showing the estimated costs of putting
the plan into effect.
16. Prepare, and submit to the City, a report which represents the
pay plan, discusses factors considered in its developraent,
summarizes supporting information and estimated budgetary
effects anC. Provides a (.raft of a proposed salary ordinance,
and explain the proposed pay plan to appropriate city officials
in the period immediately following the submission of this
report.
17. Develop and present to the City a statement of recommended
rules and procedures for the installation and continuing
administration of the classification and pay plans.
The Service agrees•to.furnish the professional services outlined above
for a sum not to exceed .2,000.00, assuming that not over 225 positions are
included in the study. Should the number of positions exceed 225, the fore-
going estimate of cost will be increased by {)8.00 for each additional position
included in the survey. The Service agrees to furnish the City each month
invlices setting forth the number of staff days devoted to the project, the
per diem rates applicable to each staff member, actual transportation and other
direct project expenses incurred, and the total amount due in connection with
services rendered during the month.
In consideration of the agreements on the part of the Service, the City
agrees:
1. To pay the Service, within thirty days after submission of
monthly statements referred to above, amounts due for services
rendered.
2. Provide necessary office space, facilities and equipment for the
Service's staff and to assign to -this work such necessary stenographic
and clerical assistance as may be necessary to the expeditious and
economical conduct of the project.
3. To arrange for full cooperation by the City's officials and employees,
including access to such records and other information needed
by the Service to carry out the work set forth above, and prompt
decisions on matters affecting the progress of the work.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SERVICE
By _ H. 0. Pope (signed)
Executive Director
Witness:
CITY OF
By
Title
_ Elsie Meyr (signed) By �t
Secretary Title
SECTION 2. The contract price for the Service as set out in Section 1
of this ordinance shall be paid for from funds to be appropriated or re-
apportioned for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be introduced and remain on file for
public inspection for at least one week in the completed form in which it
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shall be put upon its final passage; and, it appearing that the survey of
the positions in the City of Paducah and the pay plan are matters of public
health and safety, requires that such survey be immediately conducted and an
emergency is hereby declared and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its adoption.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners October 14, 1952
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners October 21, 1952
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, October 21, 1952.