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PRESENTED BY/ ORDINANCE NO. ✓ O �o�-�
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An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 6446, entitled:
"An administrative ordinance fixing the compensation
rates of certain city positions and employments,"
approved January 23, 1925, as amended.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 6446, approved January 23, 1925,
as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out
Section VI, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:
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Yeas Councilmen Nays
Dalglish
Holland
Loss
Meredith
Peterson
Rosen
Mr.President (Vavoulis)
Attest:
Passed by the Council
Approved:
City Clerk Mayor
iM e-ea Form approved Corporation Counsel . '
Tn Favor
Against
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ORDINANCE
COUNCIL FILE NO. Z
PRESENTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 3—± v
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Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after January 1, 1966.
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Yeas Councilmen Nays
Dalglish
Holland
/ Loss D
C /..� Peter er�son
Rosen
Mr.President (Vavoulis)
City Clerk
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OCT 131965
Passed by the gun
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Approved: OCT 131965 '
PUBLISHED OCT 16 1965,
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"Section c�
VI SALARY FORMULA -- f 25a M
A The following words or phrases shall, for the purpose of this section,
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:
"Salary ". Salary shall mean the fixed compensation paid regularly
for services to an employer and shall exclude fringe benefits.
"Salary rates" or "rates ". Salary rates or rates shall mean the salary
rates under the headings Step A through Step G, inclusive, in the
Schedule of Standard Ranges in Section I A of this Ordinance,
"Fringe benefits ". Fringe benefits shall mean moneys paid by the City
on behalf of its employees, compensatory time granted by the City to
its employees in lieu of monetary compensation or paid leaves of absence
granted to the City's employees. The term "fringe benefits" shall include
vacation, sick leave, holidays, amounts paid by the City for health and
welfare insurance coverages for its employees, and amounts expended
by* the City for pension, workmen's compensation benefits afforded to
City employees.
"Police group ". The term "police group" shall mean all the classes
of positions set forth under the heading "Police Group" in Section 6 of
Ordinance No. 3250. lk_11
"Fire group ". The term "fire group" shall mean all the classes of
positions set-forth under the heading "Fire Group" in Section 6 of Ordi-
nance No.-3250.
"Attendance and Inspectional group ". The term "attendance and in-
spectional Group" shall mean all the classes of positions set forth under
the heading "Attendance and Inspectional Group" in Section 6 of Ordinance
No. 3250.
"Clerical group ". The term "clerical group" shall mean all the classes
of positions set forth under the heading "Clerical Group" in Section 6
of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Manual and Maintenance group ". The term "manual and maintenance
group" shall mean all the classes of positions set forth under the heading
"Manual and Maintenance Group" in Section 6 of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Professional group ". The term "professional group" shall mean all
the classes of positions set forth under the heading "Professional Group"
in Section 6 of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Subprofessional group ". The term
all the classes of positions set forth
Group" in Section 6 of Ordinance No.
" subprofessional group" shall mean
under the heading "Subprofessional
3250.
"Maximum base salaries ". The maximum base salaries shall be the
salary rates under the heading "Step G" as shown in Section I A of the s
ordinance.
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"Rate differential ". The term "rate differential" shall mean the percentage l301-7/
of differential between any two consecutive rates shown in any standard
range in the Schedule of Standard Ranges in Section I A of this ordinance,
and also the percentage of differential between any two consecutive rates
in any column under the headings Step A, Step B, Step C, Step D, Step E,
Step F, or Step G. When implementing the provisions of this section the
rate differentials shall in all cases be three per cent (3 11b).
B Each year the
Civil Service Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall ascertain the average
per cent of increase or decrease,occurring from January l of the then
current year to January 1 of the preceding year, of the standard weekly
salaries of "office clerical" and of "unskilled plant" workers, for all
industries, as shown in Table 2 in the Occupational Wage Survey for
Minneapolis -St. Paul published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor, The Civil Service Bureau shall submit
a report of its findings to the Council and shall also file for public record
a copy thereof with the City Clerk. Thereafter the Council shall set a
public hearing for the purpose of considering revision of salaries, which
hearing shall be not less than ten days after such public notice as the Council
may deem necessary. After such hearing the .Council shall, by resolution,
indicate the per cent of change to be made in the City salary rates and such
per cent of change shall be applied uniformly to the rates for all positions
in the Graded Division of the Classified Service. All such changes shall
become effective on the first day of the first whole payroll period in the
January next following the completion of such survey and passage of the
aforesaid resolution by the Council.
_. -.C. - Commencing on the 10th day -of June, 1967, and the 10th day of June of every
third year thereafter, the Civil Service Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall
conduct a survey of the maximum salaries of Patrolman (or position of
equivalent title) in the ten communities with the largest populations in the
area included in Ramsey, Hennepin, Washington, Dakota and Anoka Counties,
which ten largest municipalities shall be specified by resolution adopted by
the Council of the, City of Saint Paul. Adoption of the aforesaid resolution
by the Council shall be between the first_ and the tenth days of June of the
year in which the survey is conducted. The maximum salaries of Patrolman
in such communities taking the salaries of the five of these communities
paying the highest Patrolman salaries, taking the unweighted average thereof,
shall then be compared with the existent maximum salary for Patrolman in
the City of Saint Paul, and in the event the average maximum salary in such
communities is higher or lower than the maximum salary for Patrolman in
the City of Saint Paul, the Council shall, by resolution, on public hearing
after published notice thereof given not less than five days prior to such
public hearing.A change the maximum salary for Patrolman in the City of
Saint Paul so as'to conform to the aforesaid area salary average.- -in the
event the maximum salary for Patrolman is adjusted in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such per cent of change shall be applied uni-
formly to the rates for all positions in the Police Group and for all positions
in the Fire Group. All such changes shall become effective on the first day
of the first whole payroll period in July of each year aforesaid.
D Commencing in 1967 and every third year thereafter, ,the Civil Service
Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall conduct a survey of the thirty -two
companies hereinafter listed, of actual salaries paid to key classes as
determined by the Civil Service Bureau in the Manual and Maintenance,
Attendance and Inspectional, Clerical, and Subprofessional groups.
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The salaries of the positions surveyed shall then be compared with existent
salaries of the City positions for such key positions. In the event the third
quartile salaries of the positions surveyed are lower. than the existent
maximum base salaries of the City positions, or the third quartile salaries
of the hiring rates of the beginning level positions surveyed for any
separate group listed below are lower than the City's existent hiring rates
for such positions, as the case may be, salaries shall not be reduced, but
adjustment shall be made for each separate group mentioned above by
granting only 5016 of the increase due in any future annual survey until
such time as the City rates no longer exceed the survey rates. The annual
gain in the survey rates shall each year be added to the survey rates. In
the event the survey rates for the key positions for each separate group
are higher than the existent City rates, the Council shall resolution,
on public hearing after published notice thereof given not�/less than five
days prior to such public hearing, change Vie salaries for such key posi-
tions, so as to conform to the survey rates. In the event the rates for
the key positions in any group are adjusted in accordance with the fore-
going provisions, the same per cent of change shall be applied uniformly
to the rates for all other positions in the same group. All such changes
shall become effective on the first day of the first whole payroll period in
July of 'each year aforesaid.
The 32 companies referred to above are:
1. American Can Company
2. American Hoist & Derrick Company
a- 3. Brown & Bigelow
4. Curtis 1000, Inc.
5. Donaldson Company, Inc.
6:_ Economics Laboratory,_ Inc..
7. Ellerbe and Company
8. Farwell, Ozrrun, Kirk & Company
9. Ford Motor Company
10. First National Bank of Saint Paul
11. Gould - National Batteries, Inc.
12. Great Northern Railway Company
13. Theo. Hamm Brewing Company
14. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
15. Minnesota Plastics Corporation
16. Montgomery Ward & Company
17. Mutual Service Insurance Companies
18. Northern States Power Company
19. Northwest Publications, Inc.
20. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
21. Rayette, Inc.
22. Saint Paul Insurance Companies
23. Saint Paul Foundry & Manufacturing
24. Telex, Inc.
25. The Emporium Department Store
26. Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson & Associates
27. United States Bedding Company
28. Univac Corporation
29. Waldorf Paper Products Company
30. Webb Publishing Company
31. West Publishing Company
32. Whirlpool Corporation
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The Council may, by resolution, from time to time as it deems necessary,
substitute companies for those above designated as those being representa-
tive of prevailing wage conditions in the City of Saint Paul. The survey
shall be on forms prepared and developed by the Civil Service Bureau, and
shall encompass only employees of representative companies serving in
plants of such companies located within the County of Ramsey. In the
event less than 80% of the 32 designated companies having positions in any
particular key class return the completed form for that key class to the
Civil Service Bureau within 45 days after said Civil Service Bureau mails
the report forms to the companies designated by the Council and reports
said date of mailing to the Council, the survey with regard to the particular
key class shall be considered invalid and may be disregarded by the Council.
E Commencing in 1967, and every third year thereafter, the Civil Service
Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall make a survey of the hiring rates
for key positions in the professional group as determined by the Civil
Service Bureau, in the companies listed in subdivision D hereof. The
Civil Service Bureau shall also make a survey of the hiring rates for such
key positions as shown in the latest available Midwest College Placement
Survey which is published in October of each year and shows the hiring
rates for college graduates, for the previous June. The College Placement
hiring rates for the positions surveyed shall be compared with the City's
existent hiring rates for such positions, and the company survey hiring
rates for such positions shall also be considered when making such com-
parisons. In the event the hiring rates of the positions surveyed are lower
than the existent hiring rates for such positions in the City of Saint Paul,
salaries shall not be reduced, but adjustment shall be made for positions
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future-annual survey until such time as the City rates no longer exceed the
survey rates. The annual gain in the survey rates shall each year be
added to the survey rates. In the event the survey rates are higher than
the City rates as set forth above, the Council shall, by resolution, on
public hearing after published notice thereof given not less than five days
prior to such public hearing before the Council /change the hiring rates
for the key positions, by resolution, so as to conform to the survey rates.
In the event the rate for the key positions are adjusted in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, the same per cent of change shall be applied
uniformly to the rates for all other positions in the Professional Group.
All such changes shall become effective on the first day of the first whole
payroll period in July of each year aforesaid.
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ediately upon the passage of this ordinance, the Civil Service Bur
shall con urveys based upon the procedures set forth i ection B
hereof, using as i. s ' of comparison the peri anuary 1, 1963 to
January 1, 1964. The per cen a nge shall be ascertained and
reported as provided in sub . p to salary changes as
demonstrated b rvey shall, by resolution o ncil after
public g on published notice thereof, be applied and shal
ective as provided in subsection B.
It is the intention of the Council of the City of .Saint Paul that this ordinance
and every provision thereof shall be considered separable; and the invalidity
of any section, clause, provision or part or portion of any clause or provision
of this ordinance shall not affect any other .portion of this ordinance."
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OCT 13 1965
OCT 13 1965
"Section
VI SALARY FORMULA --
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A The following words or phrases shall, for the purpose of this section,
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:
"Salary ". Salary shall mean the fixed compensation paid regularly
for services to an employer and shall exclude fringe benefits.
"Salary rates" or "rates ". Salary rates or rates shall mean the salary
rates under the headings Step A through Step G, inclusive, in the
Schedule of Standard Ranges in Section I A of this Ordinance.
"Fringe benefits ". Fringe benefits shall mean moneys paid by the City
on behalf of its employees, compensatory time granted by the City to
its employees in lieu of monetary compensation or paid leaves of absence
granted to the City's employees. The term "fringe benefits" shall include
vacation, sick leave, holidays, amounts paid by the City for health and
welfare insurance coverages for its employees, and amounts expended
by the City for pension, workmen's compensation benefits afforded to
City employees.
"Police group ". The term "police group" shall mean all the classes
of positions set forth under the heading "Police Group" in Section 6 of
Ordinance No. 3250.
"Fire group ". The term "fire group" shall mean all the classes of
positions set forth under the heading "Fire Group" in Section 6 of Ordi-
nance No. 3250.
"Attendance and Inspectional group ". The term "actendance and in-
spectional Group" shall mean all the classes of positions set forth under
the heading "Attendance and Inspectional Group" in Section 6 of Ordinance
No. 3250.
"Clerical group ". The term "clerical group" shall mean all the classes
of positions set forth under the heading "Clerical Group" in Section 6
of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Manual and Maintenance group ". The term "manual and maintenance
group" shall mean all the classes of positions set•forth under the heading
"Manual and Maintenance Group" in Section 6 of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Professional group ". The term "professional group" shall mean all
the classes of positions set forth under the heading "Professional Group"
in Section 6 of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Subprofessional group ". The term "subprofessional group" shall mean
all the classes of positions set forth under the heading "Subprofessional
Group" in Section 6 of Ordinance No. 3250.
"Maximum base salaries ". The maximum base salaries shall be the
salary rates under the heading "Step G" as shown in Section I A of thi s
ordinance.
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"Rate differential ". The term "rate differential" shall mean the percentIge
of differential between any two consecutive rates shown in any standard
range in the Schedule of Standard Ranges in Section I A of this ordinance,
and also the percentage of differential between any two consecutive rates
in any column under the headings Step A, Step B, Step C, Step D, Step E,
Step F. or Step G. When implementing the provisions of this section the
rate differentials shall in all cases be three per cent (37o).
B Each year . the
Civil Service Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall ascertain the average
per cent of increase or decrease,occurring from January 1 of the then
current year to January 1 of the preceding year, of the standard weekly
salaries of "office clerical" and of "unskilled plant" workers, for all
industries, as shown in Table 2 in the Occupational Wage Survey for
Minneapolis-St. Paul published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor. The Civil Service Bureau shall submit
• report of its findings to the Council and shall also file for public record
• copy thereof with the City Clerk. Thereafter the Council shall set a
public hearing for the purpose of considering revision of salaries, which
hearing shall be not less than ten days after such public notice as the Council
may deem necessary. After such hearing the Council shall, by resolution,
indicate the per cent of change to be made in the City salary rates and such
per cent of change shall be applied uniformly to the rates for all positions
in the Graded Division of the Classified Service. All such changes shall
become effective on the first day of the first whole payroll period in the
January next following the completion of such survey and passage of the
aforesaid resolution by the Council.
C Commencing on the 10th day of June, 1967, and the 10th day of June of every
third year thereafter, the Civil Service Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall
conduct a survey of the maximum salaries of Patrolman (or position of
equivalent title) in the ten communities with the largest populations in the
area included in Ramsey, Hennepin, Washington, Dakota and Anoka Counties,
which ten largest municipalities shall be specified by resolution adopted by
the Council of the City of Saint Paul. Adoption of the aforesaid resolution
by the Council shall be between the first and the tenth days of June of the
year in which the survey is conducted. The maximum salaries of Patrolman
in such communities taking the salaries of the five of these communities
paying the highest Patrolman salaries, taking the unweighted average thereof,
shall then be compared with the existent maximum salary for Patrolman in
the City of Saint Paul, and in the event the average maximum salary in such
communities is higher or lower than the maximum salary for Patrolman in
the City of Saint Paul, the Council shall, by resolution, on public hearing
after published notice thereof given not less than five days prior to such
public hearing, change the maximum salary for Patrolman in the City of
Saint Paul so as to conform to the aforesaid area salary average. In the
event the maximum salary for Patrolman is adjusted in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such per cent of change shall be applied uni-
formly to the rates for all positions in the Police Group and for all positions
in the Fire Group. All such changes shall become effective on the first day
of the first whole payroll period in July of each year aforesaid.
D Commencing in 1967 and every third year thereafter, the Civil Service
Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall conduct a survey of the thirty-two
companies hereinafter listed, of actual salaries paid to key classes as
determined by the Civil Service Bureau in the Manual and Maintenance,
Attendance and Inspectional, Clerical, and Subprofessional groups.
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The salaries of the positions surveyed shall then be compared with existent
salaries of the City positions for such key positions. In the event the third
quartile salaries of the positions surveyed are lower than the existent
maximum base salaries of the City positions, or the third quartile salaries
of the hiring rates of the beginning level positions surveyed for any
separate group listed below are lower than the City's existent hiring rates
for such positions, as the case may be, salaries shall not be reduced, but
adjustment shall be made for each separate group mentioned above by
granting only 5076 of the increase due in any future annual survey until
such time as the City rates no longer exceed the survey rates. The annual
gain in the survey rates shall each year be added to the survey rates. In
the event the survey rates for the key positions for each separate group
are higher than the existent City rates, the Council shall, by resolution,
on public hearing after published notice thereof given not less than five
days prior to such public hearing, change tie salaries for such key posi-
tions, so as to conform to the survey rates. In the event the rates for
the key positions in any group are adjusted in accordance with the fore-
going provisions, the same per cent of change shall be applied uniformly
to the rates for all other positions in the same group. All such changes
shall become effective on the first day of the first whole payroll period in
July of each year aforesaid.
The 32 companies referred to above are:
1. American Can Company
2. American Hoist & Derrick Company
3. Brown & Bigelow
4. Curtis 1000, Inc.
5. Donaldson Company, Inc.
6. Economics Laboratory, Inc.
7. Ellerbe and Company
8. Farwell, Oz -mun, Kirk & Company
9. Ford Motor Company
10. First National Bank of Saint Paul
11. Gould - National Batteries, Inc.
12. Great Northern Railway Company
13. Theo. Hamm Brewing Company
14. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
15. Minnesota Plastics Corporation
16. Montgomery Ward & Company
17. Mutual Service Insurance Companies
18. Northern States Power Company
19. Northwest Publications, Inc.
20. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company .
21. Rayette, Inc.
22. Saint Paul Insurance Companies
23. Saint Paul Foundry & Manufacturing
24. Telex, Inc. '
25. The Emporium Department Store
26. Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson & Associates
27. United States Bedding Company
28. Univac Corporation
29. Waldorf Paper Products Company
30. Webb Publishing Company
31. West Publishing Company
32. Whirlpool Corporation
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The Council may, by resolution, from time to time as it deems necessary,
substitute companies for those above designated as those being representa-
tive of prevailing wage conditions in the City of Saint Paul. The survey
shall be on forms prepared and developed by the Civil Service Bureau, and
shall encompass only employees of representative companies serving in
plants of such companies located within the County of Ramsey. In the
event less than 807o of the 32 designated companies having positions in any
particular key class return the completed form for that key class to the
Civil Service Bureau within 45 days after said Civil Service Bureau mails
the report forms to the companies designated by the Council and reports
said date of mailing to the Council, the survey with regard to the particular
key class shall be considered invalid and may be disregarded by the Council.
E Commencing in 1967, and every third year thereafter, the Civil Service
Bureau of the City of Saint Paul shall make a survey of the hiring rates
for key positions in the professional group as determined by the Civil
Service Bureau, in the companies listed in subdivision D hereof. The
Civil Service Bureau shall also make a survey of the hiring rates for such
key positions as shown in the latest available Midwest College Placement
Survey which is published in October of each year and shows the hiring
rates for college graduates for the previous June. The College Placement
hiring rates for the positions surveyed shall be compared with the City's
existent hiring rates for such positions, and the company survey hiring
rates for such positions shall also be considered when making such com-
parisons. In the event the hiring rates of the positions surveyed are lower
than the existent hiring rates for such positions in the City of Saint Paul,
salaries shall not be reduced, but adjustment shall be made for positions
in the Professional Group by granting only 507o of the increase due in any
future annual survey until such time as the City rates no longer exceed the
survey rates. The annual gain in the survey rates shall each year be
added to the survey rates. In the event the survey rates are higher than
the City rates as set forth above, the Council shall, by resolution, on
public hearing after published notice thereof given not less than five days
prior to such public hearing before the Council, change the hiring rates
for the key positions, by resolution, so as to conform to the survey rates.
In the event the rate for the key positions are adjusted in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, the same per cent of change shall be applied
uniformly to the rates for all other positions in the Professional Group.
All such changes shall become effective on the first day of the first whole
payroll period in July of each year aforesaid.
Lra_mediately upon the passage of this ordinance, the Civil Service Bu
shall co urveys based upon the procedures set forth ' section B
hereof, using as i s of comparison the per' anuary 1, 1963 to
January 1, 1964. The per cen " ange shall be ascertained and
reported as provided in subs n . App a salary changes as
demonstrated by s rvey shall, by resolution of it after
public he i on published notice thereof, be applied and shall bec
ive as provided in subsection B.
It is the intention of the Council of the City of Saint Paul that this ordinance
and every provision thereof shall be considered separable; and the invalidity
of any section, clause, provision or part or portion of any clause or provision
of this ordinance shall not affect any other portion of this ordinance,"
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`Dalglish Dalglish
Holland �Holland
Loss Loss
Nays
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Peterson l � Peterson
Rosen \ Rosen L/
Mr. President Vavoulis Mr. President Vavoulis