OHR/CSA Request Template
Date Submitted: 03-21-17
Requesting Agency: Office of Human Resources
Division:
* Name: Nicole de Gioia-Keane
* Phone: 720-913-5643
* Email: Nicole.deGioia-Keane@denvergov.org
Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).
Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
title
A bill for an ordinance amending the classification and pay plan for employees in the Career Service and for certain employees not in the Career Service.
Revises the Community Rate Salary and Training and Intern Salary schedules for City employees to comply with the State increase in minimum wage for 2017 from $8.31 per hour to $9.30 per hour, abolishes certain pay grades and associated ranges, and moves all classes in the Short Range schedule to the Community Rate schedule. The Committee approved filing this bill by consent on 3-28-17.
body
Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide
Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
The State of Colorado approved an increase of the state's minimum wage for 2017 from $8.31 per hour to $9.30 per hour. Subsequent increases will be in $0.90 per hour increments annually until minimum wage reaches $12.00 per hour effective January 1, 2020, and then will be adjusted based on a cost of living calculation thereafter.
In order to align with this change, a review of the current pay ranges was done to comply with the minimum wage increase.
First, it was found that two pay grades in the Training & Intern Schedule were below the $9.30...
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