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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
Ordinance No. 16 of 2012
(Amending certain provisions of Chapter 2.35 pertaining to the Citizens’ Compensation Advisory Committee)
An ordinance amending Chapter 2.35, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to the Citizens’ Compensation Advisory Committee to modify terms of service; expand the Committee’s consideration to “total” compensation; modify the due date for the Committee’s annual report; to eliminate outdated language that was necessary when the Committee was established in 1992; and to include minor word changes reflecting that the Committee’s role is “advisory” only.
WHEREAS, amendments to the Citizens’ Compensation Advisory Committee were discussed by the Committee as necessary to modify terms of service; expand the Committee’s consideration to “total” compensation; modify the due date for the Committee’s annual report; to eliminate outdated language that was necessary when the Committee was established in 1992; and to include minor word changes reflecting that the Committee’s role is “advisory” only.
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 2.35 of the Salt Lake City Code is amended as follows:
Chapter 2.35
CITIZENS'
COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2.35.010: PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS:
2.35.020: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; QUALIFICATIONS:
2.35.030: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE DEEMED VOLUNTEERS:
2.35.040: TERMS OF OFFICE:
2.35.050: ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS; VACANCY FILLING:
2.35.060: POWERS AND DUTIES:
2.35.070: MEETINGS:
2.35.080: STAFF SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES:
2.35.090: COMMITTEE ACTIONS SHALL NOT BIND THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL:
2.35.010: PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS:
The purpose of this chapter is to create the citizens' compensation advisory committee (the "committee") and provide for its duties and responsibilities in making recommendations regarding the total compensation of the city's elected officials and employees. (Ord. 65-92 § 1, 1992)
2.35.020: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; QUALIFICATIONS:
A. The committee shall be comprised of seven (7) members appointed as follows:
1. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the mayor.
2. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the city council.
3. One member shall be appointed by the other six (6) appointed members.
B. In appointing the members to the committee, the mayor and the city council shall give consideration to achieving representation from a broad cross section of persons with compensation and/or benefits expertise. No member of the committee shall be deemed an employee of the city. (Ord. 65-92 § 2, 1992)
2.35.030: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE DEEMED VOLUNTEERS:
Members of the committee
shall perform their services on the committee without pay or other compensation,
except expenses actually and reasonably incurred as approved by the mayor and
the city council. Members shall be deemed volunteers as defined in section
67-20-1 et seq., Utah Code Annotated, and successor sections, and as such shall
be immune from any liability with respect to any decision and action taken in
the performance of their duties and responsibilities on the committee as
provided by section 63-30b-1 et seq., Utah Code Annotated. (Ord. 65-92 § 3,
1992)
2.35.040: TERMS OF OFFICE:
All members appointed to
the committee shall each serve for a term of four (4) years, limited to two
consecutive terms. (Ord. 65-92 § 4, 1992)
2.35.050: ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS; VACANCY FILLING:
The committee shall
select a chair and a vice chair. Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled
for the unexpired term of the vacated member in the same manner as the vacated
member was appointed. Four (4) members of the committee shall constitute a
quorum. The committee shall take no action or make any determination without the
concurrence of the majority of its members being present. (Ord. 65-92 § 5,
1992)
2.35.060: POWERS AND DUTIES:
A. With the purpose of evaluating the total compensation levels of the city's elected officials, executives and employees and making recommendations to the Human Resources Department, mayor and the city council, the committee shall:
1. Determine a comparable market, comprised of public and private employers, which, if surveyed, would provide reliable, competitive compensation comparisons to the pay practices of the city;
2. Recommend survey parameters to determine wages and benefits paid by surveyed employers to their employees;
3. Recommend the total compensation strategy;
4. Evaluate the total compensation of the city's elected officials and employees relative to the survey data;
5. Propose other studies as the committee deems necessary to perform its duties and formulate the recommendations required herein;
6. On or before March 1 of each year, prepare and submit a written report to the mayor and the city council containing the following:
a. A list of public and private employers the committee relied upon for its compensation comparisons and the factors the committee used to select the comparable employers,
b. A summary of the committee's findings based on the survey data,
c. Recommendations, based on the survey data, of the appropriate competitive position for the city relative to the compensation practices of comparable employers,
d. Recommendations regarding the wages and benefits of the city's elected officials and executive employees,
e. General recommendations regarding the mix of compensation for city employees, e.g., base salary, benefits, incentives,
f. Recommendations regarding revisions, modifications or changes, if any, which should be made to the compensation practices of the city;7. Provide other advice and recommendations, or perform other studies related to the total compensation of the city's elected officials, executives and employees as may, from time to time, be requested by the mayor and the city council;
8. Unless otherwise directed by the mayor and the city council, the committee shall make no recommendations or studies regarding working conditions, grievance processes or other non-compensation matters. (Ord. 65-92 § 6, 1992)
2.35.070: MEETINGS:
Meetings may be ordered
by the majority of the committee, its chairperson, the mayor or the city
council. Notice shall be provided as required in the open and public meetings
act, section 52-4-1 et seq., Utah Code Annotated, and successor sections. The
committee may close the meeting if allowed under section 52-4-5, Utah Code
Annotated, upon affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of
the members of the committee in an open meeting for which notice is given
provided a quorum is present. The meeting shall be closed if the discussions
relate to records which are defined as protected or private under the government
records access and management act, section 63-2-201 et seq., Utah Code Annotated
or any ordinance adopted by the city council pursuant to said act. (Ord. 7-96
§ 1, 1996: Ord. 65-92 § 7, 1992)
2.35.080: STAFF SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES:
The department of human
resources shall provide staff support to the committee to assist the committee
in the performance of its duties. (Ord. 39-10, 2010)
2.35.090: COMMITTEE ACTIONS SHALL NOT BIND THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL:
The recommendations of
the committee shall not be deemed to bind the mayor and the city council in
their determination of total compensation levels for their employees. Nothing
herein shall be construed to be a delegation of the mayor's and the city
council's responsibility and authority to establish the total compensation
levels for their employees. (Ord. 65-92 § 9, 1992)
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 27th day of March, 2012.
Bill No. 16 of 2012.
Published: April 3, 2012.