Form revised: July 12, 2011

 

 

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

 

Department:

Contact Person/Phone:

CBO Analyst/Phone:

Personnel Department

Joan Matheson / 386-9081

Greg Shiring / 386-4085

 

Legislation Title:

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment commonly referred to as the Fourth Quarter 2011 Employment Ordinance; establishing new titles and/or salaries; designating positions as exempt from Civil Service status; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

 

Summary of the Legislation:

This legislation seeks to 1) establish new salaries and 2) establish five positions as exempt from Civil Service status; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

 
 
 


Background:

  

  1. This ordinance seeks to establish new wage rates for the Water Quality Engineer, Senior title to bring this class into alignment with other city engineering classifications whose work Seattle Public Utilities considers comparable; and new wage rates for the Parks Maintenance Crew Chief title whose duties and responsibilities have significantly grown in scope and complexity. 

 

  1. This ordinance seeks to establish five positions as exempt from Civil Service status, due

to the nature of the work to be performed by the positions, consistent with Personnel Rule 2.2. These position changes create a minor cost increase for the affected departments, which will be funded within existing budget authority. 

 

__X_   This legislation has financial implications.

 

Total Regular Positions Created, Modified, or Abrogated through this Legislation, Including FTE Impact: 

(This table should only reflect the actual number of positions affected by this legislation.   In the event that positions have been, or will be, created as a result of other legislation, please provide details in the Notes section below the table.)

 

Position Title and Department

Position # for Existing Positions

Fund Name & #

PT/FT

2011

Positions

2011

FTE

2012 Positions*

2012 FTE*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* 2012 positions and FTE are total 2012 position changes resulting from this legislation, not incremental changes.  Therefore, under 2012, please be sure to include any continuing positions from 2011.

 

Position Notes:

No positions are being abrogated or created with this legislation. Please see fiscal note attachment for the positions affected by this legislation.

 

Do positions sunset in the future? 

No.

 

Other Implications: 

 

a)      Does the legislation have indirect financial implications, or long-term implications?

The estimated costs associated with this legislation are summarized in Fiscal Note Attachment 1 and will be funded through departments’ existing budgets.

 

b)     What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation?  

N/A

 

c)      Does this legislation affect any departments besides the originating department? 

This legislation will affect Seattle Public Utilities, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Information Technology, the Seattle Police Department, Seattle City Light and the Department of Finance and Administrative Services.

 

d)     What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives?

There are no alternatives available at this time.

 

e)      Is a public hearing required for this legislation? 

No.

 

f)       Is publication of notice with The Daily Journal of Commerce and/or The Seattle Times required for this legislation?

No.

 

g)      Does this legislation affect a piece of property?

No.

 

h)     Other Issues:

 

List attachments to the fiscal note below:

 

Attachment:    PERS 4Q11 Employment FISC Attach 1

 

Dept

Report

New Position Title

Potential Positions Impacted

2010

2011

New Title and/or Salary Reviews

 

 

 

 

 

SPU

#11-11885

Water Quality Engineer, Senior¹

3

 

$17,753

PARKS

#11-11946

Parks Maintenance Crew Chief¹

8

 

$25,442

Exempt Actions

 

 

DoIT

#11-11926

IT Professional A, Exempt²

1

 

$6,775

SPD

#11-11947

IT Professional A, Exempt²

2

 

$27,874

CL

#11-12063

Executive 2²

1

 

$2,657

FAS

#11-12108

Strategic Advisor 2, Exempt²

1

 

$5,157

 

 

 

Subtotal

0.00

$85,658

 

 

 

Total³

0.00

$85,658

Costing Assumptions:

¹Positions in step pay programs are costed from top step to top step of the old and new title and/or rate.

²Positions in discretionary pay programs are costed from midpoint to midpoint of the old and new title and/or rate.

³The 2011 costs will be absorbed in departments' current budgets.