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In June, 1998 a Parks Foreman position description was created. However, in a memo dated August 19, 1998, Cari Schmidt informed Chuck Whiting that the title for the Parks Maintenance Worker had changed to Parks Maintenance Supervisor and that the HAY points would be set at 276. Despite this memo, for at least the last two years the position has been commonly referred to Parks Foreman. Compensation for the Parks Foreman A draft pay equity report from July 1998 indicates that, at the time, the maximum base salary for the Parks Foreman was $35,364, the same maximum salary for all other PW bargaining unit employees. As compensation for his increased responsibilities, the Parks Foreman received Lead pay ($1.00 per hour) per the Public Works bargaining agreement. The Parks Foreman has indicated that this approach was taken in lieu of increasing his base wage because this approach was used when the PW Foreman was promoted from Maintenance Worker to Leadperson. On average, over the last couple years, the Parks Foreman has earned approximately $43,735 annually. This includes: • base pay • lead pay ($1.00 per hour) • overtime, and • call-out pay. In 2001 the Parks Foreman received extra duty pay (7.5%) for maintaining the golf course in the absence of a Superintendent. In addition, he worked many more overtime hours than usual to cover the golf course. These factors caused a significant increase in the Parks Foreman’s total annual salary for 2001, which was $49,000 (this figure is not included in the average listed above). LRA Recommendation As mentioned above, Labor Relations believes that the proposed Parks Supervisor position is more advanced than what the City may want or need. LRA does, however, recommend that the Council take formal action to properly classify the Parks Foreman position. Those recommendations are as follows. • remove the position from the PW bargaining unit • set HAY points at 320 which is consistent with the benchmark for the Parks Foreman • classify the position as “exempt” per FLSA guidelines • approve current position description with noted amendments • set maximum annual salary at $47,000 (the increase is budgeted for 2002) • move the incumbent to step five ($47,000) of the revised pay scale effective Jan. 1, 2002