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1 To: City Council From: Jeff Karlson, City Administrator Date: September 5, 2017 Re: 2018 Budget – Wage Adjustments from 2011-2017 One of my budget requests is to increase the Community Development Director’s salary by three percent. I have provided justification for this in the 2018 preliminary budget. To alleviate concerns that employee compensation is only adjusted upward, I put together a record of what has transpired since 2011. After the completion of an organizational assessment in 2011, the following positions (with the exception of the finance director) have seen a wage or salary drop as a direct or indirect result of the 2011 organizational analysis. Old Position New Position Department Year Change Occurred Wage/Salary Reduction1 Office Manager Office Tech. II2 Public Services 2012 $8,602 Streets Supt.3 Streets Supervisor Public Services 2012 $15,458 Dir. of Admin. (2011) HR Manager (2016) Administration 2011-2016 $9,240 Deputy Clerk Deputy Clerk4 Administration 2013 $7,968 CD Assistant Administrative Asst. Comm. Dev. 2014 $7,911 Community Relations Coordinator (2012)5 Administrative Asst. (2014) Public Safety 2012-2014 $7,829 Finance Director6 -- Finance 2015 $2,223 1 Numbers are based on the top step of compensation plan for each position. 2 Employee’s pay was “redlined.” Position was changed to Administrative Assistant in 2014. 3 Tim Payne was promoted to new Streets Supervisor position after retirement of Tom DeWolfe and two positions were eliminated: Environmental Specialist and Public Works Superintendent. 4 Position was restructured. 5 This was a .75 FTE position. 6 The City Council elected to freeze the finance director’s salary in 2015; an action I did not support.