IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE enacting section 287., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the salaries of employees not within the Merit System, and enacting in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4599, January 13, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, sections 285. and 286. of the County Code set out the rules to be followed for awarding salary increases to County employees not within the Merit System; and
WHEREAS, theses sections do not address the manner in which such employees at the maximum of their respective salary ranges may participate in a "merit pool" for performance-based salary increases, when authorized by the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate the Legislature make such provision at this time, as is the current practice for merit employees and the past practice for non-merit employees, so that each such non-merit employee may receive a lump sum payment representing the annualized amount of the salary increase, not to exceed the "average" amount of the merit pool, without receiving an actual increase to the employee's base annual salary; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. New section 287., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby enacted to read as follows, with existing section 287. to be renumbered accordingly:
287. Merit Pool, Employees Not Within the Merit System.
Whenever the Legislature makes available a "merit pool," out of which performance-based salary increases may be awarded, all non-merit employees are eligible to participate in such merit pool, even if such participation would increase an employee's salary above the maximum authorized by the applicable salary range set out in schedules I through VII of this chapter. For any non-merit employee whose salary would increase beyond the max...
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