IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing Schedules I-IX to Chapter 2, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the salary ranges of employees not under the Merit System and enacting, in lieu thereof, six new schedules relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE 2891, January 25, 1999
INTRODUCED BY Victor E. Callahan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, pursuant to article II, 16.15 of the Constitutional Home Rule Charter of Jackson County, the Legislature is responsible for setting the compensation of county employees, not under the merit system; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature has fulfilled this responsibility by enacting 285. of the County Code, which establishes salary ranges for these employees, within which the appointing authorities of the employees have the discretion to fix specific salaries, subject to the availability of budgeted funds; and,
WHEREAS, there has not been a comprehensive review, revision, and updating of these salary ranges since 1988; and,
WHEREAS, in 1998, the County retained Burgess & Associates of Overland Park, Kansas, to perform a comprehensive Classification and Compensation Study of all county position including those not within the merit system; and,
WHEREAS, in September 1998, Gail T. Ross-Meriweather of Burgess & Associates presented the study to the County; and,
WHEREAS, this study recommends significant revisions to the salary ranges of all county positions; and,
WHEREAS, the ranges recommended by Burgess for employees not within the merit system are incorporated in new Schedules I-VI to chapter 2 of the code, attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, the adoption of these salary ranges for the County's non-merit employees is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Schedules I-IX to ...
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