RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PAY PLAN FOR CAREER SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF THORNTON, THORNTON. COLORADO, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2016.

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1 11 I Iiniiiiiiiiiimiii Ill 11 lii I iii RESO ^^^^ C D No RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PAY PLAN FOR CAREER SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF THORNTON, THORNTON COLORADO, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2016 WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Thornton provides for the adoption of a Pay Plan for all positions in the Career Service System; and WHEREAS, the Charter provides that the Career Service Pay Plan, including fringe benefits, be equal to general prevailing rates of employers selected by the City Manager and approved by the City Council and shall provide like pay for like work; and WHEREAS, a wage survey has been conducted for Career Service employees NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY\THE C1TY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: That the attached 2016 Pay Plan for Career Service employees is hereby adopted PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Thornton, Colorado, on September22, 2015 CITY OF THORNTON, THORNTON COLORADO ATTEST: Williams Mayor fljij- Nanc(y Nanqfy A V?ncent City Clerk 9ent

2 CITY OF THORNTON PROPOSED 2016 PAY PLAN CAREER SERVICE EMPLOYEES CDNO CD NO, The key provisions of the 2016 Pay Plan for Career Senñce Service employees are as follows: 1 Salary, All pay ranges will be adjusted by20% 20% in recognition of economic changes Employees who are rated as Successful or above will receive the 20% range adjustment in addition to a merit increase, the amount of which will be determined based upon fundingand departmental performance appraisal results Increases will become effective December 27, and first appear in the second paycheck in January Any merit increase or portion thereof which causes an employees employee's salary to exceed the top of his or her pay range will be paid in the form of one lump sum amount Employees whose performance appraisals result in a rating of Improvement Needed will not be eligible for any merit increase in 2016 If the employee s employee's performance improves to a Successful standard after 90 days, the employee may be recommended to receive the economic adjustment If approved, the economic adjustment increase will be effective the first paycheck in April but will riot be retroactive to January 1,, 2016 See attached Pay Schedule 2 çjityadiustments Equity As a result of the salary survey conducted by Human Resources, benchmark (indicated by * ) "*") positions that are either 4% or more above the survey median or 3% or more below the median will be moved, along with their associated positions, to a different pay range as follows: Golf Course Mechanic* Guest Services Specialist I Guest Services Specialist II Guest Services Specialist III Lab Technician* Pool Manager Program Leader, Water Plant Operator I Water Plant Operator II Water Plant Operator 111* III* I1 grade lower I1 grade lower 1 grade higher 1 grade higher 1 grade higher The Career Service Police Sworn Pay Plan will also be adjusted based on market data received More specifically, the pay structure for Police Officer Recruits will be adjusted by 8%, the pay structure for Police Officer will be adjusted by 25%, and the structure for Police Sergeant will be adjusted by 225% 3 Health Insurance The City and employee monthly contributions for health insurance will be as follows: CIGNA In Network Only - Single Dual(EE+1) (EE 1) Family 2016 Premium $84040 $1,66869 $2,36694 City $75636 $1,33495 $1,84622 Employee $8404 $33374 $52072 CIGNA - High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) Single $65367 $58831 DuaI(EE+1) Dual $1,30081 $1,04065 Family $ $1,84335 $1,43781 $6536 $26016 $40554

3 CDNO CD City Employee Employee Premium Kaiser-HMO - Single $51383 $46245 $5138 Dual(EE+1) $1,02792 $82234 $20558 Family $1,48507 $1,15835 $32672 Kaiser - High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) Single $44047 $39643 $4404 Dual(EE+1) $88117 $70495 $17622 Family $1,27301 $99297 $28004 In 2016 the City will continue to offer a Wellness Credit of $15 per month for employees enrolled in one of the City s City's medical plans Employees must meet the established eligibility requirements in order to receive the credit 4 Dental Insurance The City and employee monthly contributions for dental insurance will be as follows: 2016 City Employee Premium Delta - Passive PPO Single $4654 $4188 $466- $466 Dual(EE 1) (EE+1) $8659 $5111 $3548 Family $15382 $7846 $7536 Delta - EPO Single $2735 $2463 $272 Dual(EE+1) $5114 $3582 $1532 Family $9436 $6606 $ Vision Benefits The City and employee monthly contributions for vision coverage will be as follows: 2016 City Employee Premium Vision Service Plan (VSP), Single $847 $763 $084 Dual(EE 1) (EE+1) $1448 $762 $686 Family $2597 $763 $ Hexibiçpendinq Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA s) (FSA's) The City will continue to offer several FSA plans which provide employees the opportunity to pay their portion of the health, dental, and vision insurance premiums with pre-tax dollars; to pay dependent care costs with pre-tax dollars; and to pay for qualifying medical (includes dental and vision) expenses not not covered by by insurance with pre-tax dollars The cap for dependent care is $5,000, and the cap on employee contributions made for medical expenses not covered by insurance is $2,550 7 Retiree HealthSavhiqs Savings (RHS) Plan Participation in the RHS Plan will continue to be mandatory for all employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement in 2016 This Plan allows employees to accumulate assets to pay for medical expenses for themselves and their spouse or dependents at separation from service on a tax-free basis The City will make an annual contribution of $350, as was done in , for each participant

4 8 Life Insurance The City will provide term life insurance in the amount of 1V2 1% times annual salary CDNO CDNO A3 9 pefinedczontribution Defined Retirement Plans The City will provide a 585% employer contribution with a 5% mandatory employee contribution for employees in the General Employee Retirement Plan, a 9% employer contribution with a 9% mandatory employee contribution for employees in the Police Retirement Plan, and an 8% employer contribution with an 8% mandatory employee contribution for employees in the Fire Retirement Plan In addition, employees in these plans are eligible for a 50% employer match, up to a total 2% additional employer contribution 10 Sick Leave Incentive Program This program will allow employees with a specified balance to convert a limited portion of sick leave to either cash or vacation leave on an annual basis 11 Holidays ^ City holidays include the following: (1) New Year's Year s Day, Day January 1 1 (2) Martin Luther King, Jr Day, third Monday in January (3) Memorial Day, last Monday in May (4) Independence Day, Day July 4 (5) Labor Day, first Monday in September (6) Veteran s Veteran's Day, Day November (7) Thanksgiving Holiday, fourth Thursday and Friday in November (8) Christmas Day, Day December 25 (9) Two floating holidays One floating holiday [eight floating holiday hours (12 hours for non-union 56-hour-per-week schedule)] may be utilized at such time as is approved by the employee s employee's supervisor, except that an employee who is hired after June 30 shall not receive any such floating holiday for such year The floating holiday must be utilized during the year in which it is earned or it will be forfeited The second floating holiday [eight floating holiday hours (12 hours for non-union 56-hourper-week schedule)] may be utilized at such time as is approved by the employee s employee's supervisor, unless the Appointing Authority designates the use of such holiday for the day before (Monday) or after (Friday) the Christmas Holiday The floating holiday must be utilized during the year in which it is earned or it will be forfeited 12 Overtime Employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA employees) who, with the supervisor s supervisor's approval, work hours in excess of their established workweek shall be paid for such hours in accordance with the provisions of the FLSA Holiday Leave and Sick Leave shall be counted as hours worked for the purposes of determining an employee's employee s eligibility for overtime Sick Leave may not be used in a given day that causes an employee to exceed the number of hours in their established workday At the discretion of the Department Head and with the consent of the affected employee, FLSA employees may be granted compensatory time in lieu of payment for overtime Compensatory timeshall be earned at the rate of 11/2 VA hours of compensatory time for each hour worked in excess of the established workweek The maximum number of compensatory time hours that a full-time FLSA employee may accumulate shall be limited to 80 hours For certain work groups, the City Manager or designee may determine that the payment of overtime is more cost-effective and/or efficient for the City than the accrual of

5 CDINO CDNO Z compensatory time and thus a lower maximum or none at all may be established for these work groups 13 On-Call An employee shall be considered to be on uncontrolled on-call status during such time as the employee is required by the employee s employee's supervisor to be immediately available by pager or phone in the event it is necessary for the employee to return to work during the employee s employee's off-duty hours Only FLSA employees shall be compensated for uncontrolled on-call time which shall be at the rate of 118th 1/8^^ hour of the employee s employee's regular hourly pay for each hour during which the employee is on uncontrolled on-call time An employee shall not receive uncontrolled on-call on-cali pay for hours hours actuallyworked worked' 14 Leave Donatign Donation Employees may be eligible for leave donation to assist those who experience an off-the-job illness or injury or must care for an immediate family member Specific guidelines for both receivers and donors are outlined in an Administrative Directive 15 Other Provisions ' There are no proposals to change other provisions of the Career Service employees employees' pay and benefits plan for 2016

6 CDNO CD NO 2O15i CITY OF THORNTON - PROPOSED 2016 PAY SCHEDULE FLSA NON-EXEMPT/CAREER SERViCE SERVICE 9/22/15 Annual RANGE POSITION TITLE MINIMUM MIDPOINT MAXIMUM , , , ,397 30, , , , Custodian I Guest Services Specialist I , , Park Operations operations Worker ,096 31,055 36, Custodian II ,123 37, AdministrativeSpecialistl I 27, ,228 38, GuestServicesSpecialistll Specialist II ,371 39, ,878 35, , SeniorCustodian AccountingSpeciaiistl Specialist , , , , , , FieldMaintenanceWorkerl I 33,069 39, ,635 Guest Services Specialist III Park Maintenance Worker I Pool Manager Administrative Specialist II 34, , , , Accounting Specialist II ,601 43, ,510 Administrative Specialist III Records Specialist 422 Communications Center Specialist I ,860 45, Court Specialist Environmental Services Specialist Equipment Operator I Field Maintenance Worker II Park Maintenance Worker II Permit Technician I Police Records Specialist 423 Labtechnician Technician ,163 46, , Purchasing Technician Recreation Support Specialist TrafficOperationsTechnician Technician I Water Plant Operator I To calculate hourly rate, divide annual salary by 2080, 2080 To calculate bi-weekly rate, divide annual salary by 26

7 ! CDNO CD NO I A3 CITY OF THORNTON - PROPOSED 2016 PAY SCHEDULE Annual FLSA NON-EXEMPT/CAREER SERVICE 9/22/15 RANGE POSITION TITLE MINIMUM MIDPOINT MAXIMUM 424 AnirnalControlOfficer Animal , ,208 55,905 Civil Engineering Technician I Communications Center Specialist II Communications Technician Equipment Operator II Farm Operations Specialist Human Resources Technician Permit Technician II Program Leader Risk Management Technician Senior Supply Maintenance Worker Senior Utilities Maintenance Worker Video Production Technician Water Resources Technician 425 AccountingTechnicianl I 41,904 49,866 57,828 Building Maintenance Specialist Forestry Technician Golf Course Irrigation Technician Golf Course Mechanic Traffic Operations Technician II Water Plant Operator II 426 Collections Officer 43,346 51,582 59,818 Communications Center Specialist Ill Lead Animal Control Officer Mow Crew Coordinator Park Maintenance Worker111 Permit Technician III Ill Planning Technician Senior Equipment Operator Utility Locator 427 Code Compliance Officer 44,838 53,358 61,877 Instrumentation Technician I Neighborhood Services Programs Specialist Plant Mechanic I Police Administrative Technician Police Property Evidence Technician Revenue Agent I Water Plant Operator III Ill 428 Building Inspector I 46,380 55,193 64,005 Civil Engineering Technician II Food Services Coordinator Victim Advocate Specialist 429 Accounting Technician II Building Maintenance Technician Lead Accounting Specialist Lead Police Property Evidence Technician Plant Mechanic II Il Revenue Agent II 47,977 57,093 66, Benefits Coordinator 49,627 59,056 68,485 Building Inspector II Development Inspector 1 Payroll Coordinator Traffic Operations Technician III Ill To calculate hourly rate, divide annual salary by by 2080 To calculate bi-weekly rate, divide annual salary by 26 26

8 CITY OF THORNTON - PROPOSED 2016 PAY SCHEDULE FLSA NON-EXEMPT/CAREER SERVICE 9/22/15 CDNO CD NO ZO A 3 Annual RANGE POSITION TITLE MINIMUM MIDPOINT MAXIMUM 431 Police Armorer Senior Plant Mechanic Senior Sun eyor Surveyor 51, , , Building Inspector III Criminalist I Plans Examiner I Traffic Engineering Technician Water Treatment Specialist ,190 73, Construction Coordinator Crime Analyst Criminalist II Development Inspector II 11 Instrumentation Technician II Senior Code Compliance Officer 54, ,365 75, Building Inspector IV Fire Protection Engineer I 56,818 67,614 78,409 Plans Examiner M II Senior Water Treatment Specialist Senior Crirninalist Criminalist Fire Protection Engineer II ,796 62,888 65,051 67,290 69, ,940 72, ,411 80,075 82,830 81,107, I 83,899 86,785 89, , Tocalculate hourly rate, divide annual salary by 2080 To calculate bi-weekly rate, divide annual salary by 26

9 ! CDNO CITY OF THORNTON - PROPOSED 2016 PAY SCHEDULE FLSA NON-EXEMPT/cAREER NON-EXEMPT/CAREER SERVICE POLICE SWORN 9/22/15 9/22115 CD NO ZO Annual RANGE POSITION TITLE MINIMUM MIDPOINT MAXIMUM L f -! 7- '"L -, w? --:rr ^ T^rr,T^'~T ^ " ^ Pokce Police Officer Officei: Recrt Recruit ' ' ' ' ^ " ' ;, I EEE] ^ PRO 5M 55,455-55,455 zzzzi LSice0SEEZJiZZZEEEEEEZ Police Officer I - ZEZZZZZJEZ ^ 1 P00 POO 58, , ,052 P01 60, ,052 65,807 P02 62,406, 65,807 69,209 P03 64,590 69,209 73,827 P04 66,851 73,827 80,803 EZZZZintZEZZZZZZZZEZZZZEZZEEEEZZEZZZEEEZ r:iz" Police Sergeant ' 1 P50 PSO 86,021 87,256 88,490 PSI PS1 86,494 88, ,486 P52 PS2 86,970 90,486 94,003 P53 PS3 87,448 94, ,557 'Police *Police Commander, Deputy Police Chief, and Executive Director - Police Chief are on Excluded Pay Plan **Advancement 'Advancement to next range will occur upon anniversary date; however, this is contingent upon successful performance appraisal during previous I12 2 months and availability of budget dollars To calculate hourly rate, divide annual salary by 2080 To calculate bi-weekly rate, divide annual salary by 26