ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE establishing 29 positions in the Executive Services Department; providing for salary placement therefor; and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 4.13 to exempt the new titles.

WHEREAS the SFMS Replacement Project will require staffing by individuals with very specialized skills and abilities; Now Therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.

A . A title of SFMS Project Specialist I is hereby created, with a current salary range of:

$23.00 $24.09 $25.23 $26.42 $27.67 $28.97 $30.33 $31.76

B. A title of SFMS Project Specialist II is hereby created, with a current salary range of:

$28.07 $29.28 $30.54 $31.85 $33.22 $34.65 $36.14 $37.89

C. SFMS Project Specialist I and SFMS Project Specialist II shall be awarded any cost-of-living adjustments that are awarded to the City's civil service exempt and nonrepresented titles.

D. SFMS Project Specialist I and SFMS Project Specialist II shall be unique to the SFMS Replacement Project, and shall not be used to classify or compensate work elsewhere. Job duties are described in Exhibit A, attached.

Section 2.

A. The following exempt positions are hereby created in the Executive Services Department:

POSITION NUMBER TITLE

025602 SFMS Project Specialist I

025603 SFMS Project Specialist I

025604 SFMS Project Specialist I

025606 SFMS Project Specialist I

025607 SFMS Project Specialist I

025608 SFMS Project Specialist I

025609 SFMS Project Specialist I

025610 SFMS Project Specialist I

025611 SFMS Project Specialist I

025612 SFMS Project Specialist I

025613 SFMS Project Specialist I

025614 SFMS Project Specialist I

025615 SFMS Project Specialist I

025616 SFMS Project Specialist I

025617 SFMS Project Specialist I

025618 SFMS Project Specialist I

025620 SFMS Project Specialist I

025621 SFMS Project Specialist I

025622 SFMS Project Specialist I

025623 SFMS Project Specialist I

025624 SFMS Project Specialist I

025625 SFMS Project Specialist I

025626 SFMS Project Specialist I

025627 SFMS Project Specialist I

025628 SFMS Project Specialist I

025629 SFMS Project Specialist I

025630 SFMS Project Specialist I

025605 SFMS Project Specialist II

025619 SFMS Project Specialist II

B. All of the positions created in subsection A above shall sunset on or before January 1, 2001, and the titles "SFMS Project Specialist I" and "SFMS Project Specialist II" shall be eliminated from the payroll system at that time.

C. The Classification Director has reviewed the positions assigned to SFMS Project Specialist I and SFMS Project Specialist II by this ordinance, and has made determinations as to which are hourly and covered by the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and which are salaried and not covered by the overtime provisions of the FLSA. The Project Director will resubmit a position description for FLSA review any time that the duties or responsibilities of a position undergo a significant change.

Section 3.

A. Salary step placement calculations for current City employees who are appointed to SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II will be pursuant to Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.20.080 (B); provided, that the SFMS Replacement Project Director may place them at any step of the salary range. Salary step placement for new hires appointed to SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II will be in accordance with Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.20.030. Following initial placement, salary step progression shall be as provided in Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.20.040; provided, that the SFMS Replacement Project Director is authorized to award salary step increments or decrements at any time based on measurable changes in scope and complexity of duties, level of responsibility and accountability for duties completion, or impact of error.

B. The SFMS Replacement Project Director shall define expected work outcomes and accomplishments for each employee appointed to a position created by Section 2 of this ordinance, and may, at the completion of an evaluation period, award an employee a lump sum performance recognition payment of from zero percent (0%) to five percent (5%) of base salary for meeting or exceeding those targeted objectives. A description of the performance appraisal system is attached as Exhibit B. The lump sum performance recognition payment shall not be cumulative and shall not be added to base salary. For affected members of the City Employees' Retirement System, the lump sum performance recognition payment shall be considered a part of regular compensation for purposes of withholding retirement contributions and calculating retirement benefits.

Section 4. Current City employees who are appointed to SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II will be eligible for return to the positions they held immediately prior to such appointment upon the completion of or their departure from their SFMS Replacement Project assignments, provided that such return must occur no later than January 1, 2001; provided, further, that the City has no obligation to return an employee who is discharged from an SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II position. The employing units in which such positions are budgeted may backfill the vacated positions for the duration of the SFMS Replacement Project assignments using out-of-class assignments, intermittent employees, or regular appointments, as appropriate. Current City employees who are appointed to SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II from positions in the classified service will continue to accrue service credit for layoff purposes in the classifications to which their pre-SFMS Replacement Project positions are allocated, and shall be subject to any change to their regular positions, occurring as a result of budget or classification action or reorganization, upon their return thereto. Salary step placement upon return to a regular position shall be calculated pursuant to Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.20.080.

Individuals whose initial City appointment is to SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II shall have no automatic right to continued City employment upon the termination of the SFMS Project Specialist I or SFMS Project Specialist II assignment.

Section 5. Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.13.010, Ordinance 113579 as amended, is further amended as follows:

G. Executive Services Accounting Services Director

Administrative Services Director

Administrative Services Deputy Director

Administrative Staff Assistant (Pos. No.

025346)

Architectural Services Director

Building Operations Director

Classification Director

Communication and Network Services

Director

Compliance Manager/Deputy Director

Computer Services Manager

Contracting Division Director

Contracting Services Administrator

Data Processing Applications Director

Debt Management Coordinator

Director IV

Director VIII

Director X

Director XII

EconomistDepartment of Finance

Emergency Preparedness Administrator

Employment Services Director

Finance Director

Fleet Services Director

Hearing Examiner, Deputy

Information Systems Director

Administrative Services

Investment Officer

Investment Officer, Assistant

Labor Relations Director

Management Planning and Support

Director

Manager VIII--#011162

Municipal Facilities Administrator

PPS Replacement Project Director

Personnel Director

Personnel Services Administrator Planner, Senior

Planning Director, Assistant

Policy Development Director

Purchasing Manager

Risk Manager

{ + SFMS Project Specialist I + }

{ +SFMS Project Specialist II + }

Strategic Technology Planner

System Services Director

Technology Officer, Chief

Telecommunications Director

Vehicle Maintenance Director

Section 6. Any acts made consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

PASSED by a two-thirds vote of the City Council of the City of Seattle this day of , 1997 and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this day of , 1997.

President of the City Council

Approved by me this day of , 1997.

Mayor

Filed by me this day of , 1997.

City Clerk

(Seal)

Sarah Welch/Kathy Steinmeyer

SFMSord3.doc

August 7, 1997

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