SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of the Reclassification of the Positions of Battalion Chief, Division Chief, Deputy Chief and Fire Chief, as well as the Reclassification of all Director Positions, Executive Director Position and the Position of Assistant County Administrator within the Departments Outlined in the Information Below; and the Deletion of One (1) Quality Assurance Manager and the Addition of One (1) Division Chief Position within Marion County Fire Rescue (Budget Impact - Expenditure of $531,477 in EF300522, Expenditure of $7,840 in AA305526 and Expenditure of $633 in AA410513)
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INITIATOR: |
DEPARTMENT: |
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Sara Caron, Director |
Human Resources |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The position of Battalion Chief was created in 2021, within Marion County Fire Rescue, establishing a chief level position between Division Chief and the Rank and File, in the field. Over the past several months, Human Resources has worked with the Fire Chief and Administration to review the position’s responsibilities, pay structure and job description. Throughout this process it was determined the position of Battalion Chief would best be utilized as a non-exempt (hourly) position. The job description was evaluated and updated and as a result a new pay grade is being recommended. In order to not create compression amongst the chief positions the following pay grades changes are also being recommended:
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Position |
Current Pay Grade |
Proposed Pay Grade |
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Fire Chief (1) |
305 |
307 |
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Deputy Chief (3) |
304 |
306 |
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Division Chief (7) |
303 |
305 |
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Battalion Chief (21) |
302 |
303 |
In order to calculate the new pay rates of the employees in the position of Battalion Chief a conversion factor was used to change from exempt to non-exempt, based on hours worked and a market adjustment of 5% was applied to the new base pay of employees with more the 5 years of consecutive service to Marion County Fire Rescue. Employees that qualified to receive the 5% were capped at the midpoint of the new pay grade of 303. The methodology used for the calculation of the new pay rates of the employees in the position of Division Chief was a market adjustment of 6% or the base pay of the proposed pay grade of 305, whichever is greater. Employees that qualified to receive the 6% were capped at 6% above the proposed pay grade of 305. The caps in the scenarios listed above only apply to this exercise. For the positions of Deputy Chief and Fire Chief, changes were only made to an employee’s pay if the employee was below the base pay of the proposed pay grade (306/307).
In addition to the changes to the pay grades of the Chief level positions, it is also recommended to delete the position of Quality Improvement Manager (vacant) and create an additional Division Chief position to oversee the Community Paramedicine program and quality improvement.
In an effort to maintain continuity of the pay grade system the positions of Director, Executive Director and Assistant County Administrator were also evaluated. The County Administrator is recommending the following pay grade changes:
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Position |
Current Pay Grade |
Proposed Pay Grade |
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E911 Management Director Procurement Director Veterans Services Director Tourism Development Director PR Communications Director |
117 |
119 |
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Library Director Fleet Management Director Public Safety Communications Director Community Services Director MSTU Assessment Director |
118 |
120 |
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Information Technology Director Animal Services Director Parks and Recreation Director Facilities Management Director Building Safety Director TPO Director Solid Waste Director Growth Services Director Human Resources Director |
119 |
121 |
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Utilities Director County Engineer Executive Director |
120 |
122 |
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Assistant County Administrator (3) |
122 |
124 |
For the positions of Director, Executive Director and Assistant County Administrator, changes were only made to an employee’s pay if the employee was below the base pay of the proposed pay grade.
The detailed changes, by position, and total budget impact of these proposed changes can be found on the Agenda Action Table attached to this item.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Expenditure of $531,477 in EF300522, Expenditure of $7,840 in AA305526 and Expenditure of $633 in AA410513.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Recommended action
Motion to approve the Reclassification of the positions of Battalion Chief, Division Chief, Deputy Chief and Fire Chief, as well as the Reclassification of all Director positions, Executive Director position and the position of Assistant County Administrator within the Departments Outlined; and the deletion of one Quality Assurance Manager and the Addition of One Division Chief Position within Marion County Fire Rescue.
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