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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1075 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1969/09/15e • SEPTEMBER 8, 1969 7C 1 P.17 i ORDINANCE NO. - °J 1 -3 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A STUDY INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS THEREFOR THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. A Study Incentive Program for the City of St. Louis Park shall be established and regulated as follows: Section 1:308 (F) Study Incentive Program. 1. Program Established. A study incentive and experience point system program of added compensation for employees of the City of St. Louis Park is hereby established and regulated as hereinafter set forth. 2. Eligibility. Employees meeting the following qualifications and conditions shall he eligible to participate in this program: a. Employees must be permanent employees and successfully completed one year of full-time service with the City to be eligible for the program. b. Employees must receive an adequate annual performance rating in their regular duties to be eligible for the program. c. Employees in position ranges 1 through 49 inclusive are eligible, provided, however, any employee holding a position in these ranges having a college degree as a job qualification shall not be eligible. d. Beginning with salary increment payments made under the incentive plan in 1972, employees must complete sufficient studies to earn not less than three (3) points per year to qualify for the program unless, in the judgment of the City Manager, he has reached the highest level of education necessary to perform his job as effectively as possible. 3. School Expense of Employees. a. The City will not pay the cost of tuition, fees, books, or for time expended for employees who are eligible for the study incentive program. b. The City will pay the cost of tuition and fees for duly approved courses taken by employees who are not eligible to participate in the study incentive program. 4. Course Completion and Scholarship Level. a. All courses taken in which grades are given must be completed with the equivalent of a "C" grade or better to receive points. Other types of courses must be completed with a rating demonstrating a satisfactory level of accomplishment in the course. b. All points allocated to an employee under the program will be based only upon official transcripts, or similar documents, evidencing the type of course undertaken, employee's attendance and successful completion of all of the required course work. 5. Point Computation. a. The number of study points awarded for duly approved college study, business schools, trade schools, or other post -high school training will be the number of points achieved based upon a computation of the number of actual classroom hours or hours of supervised study in a three months period, adjusted as hereinafter set forth for shorter periods, divided by ten. If the standard course length shall be less than three months, the number of acutal hours shall be proportionately increased by the relationship of the actual period of classwork to three months. A sample calculation based upon a 20 hour course completed in one month would be 20 x 3 10 = 6 hours. b. Short courses or training sessions attended not included in Subdivision a will be evaluated by the City Manager and points assigned thereto, based upon job applicability and employee enrichment. Courses which are not required for degrees or certificates of completion and which are not related in subject matter to city employment shall be subject to special review as to number of points to be allocated to an employee. Outside courses shall be approved by the department head and must then be approved and evaluated by the City Manager. Any course desired to be approved by an employee under the program may be submitted for approval before enrollment. Prior approval shall not, however, be necessary to allocation of whatever number of points if any, shall be designated after completion. 6. Point System -Study Course Evaluation. Incentive Point System by employees commencing January 1, 1969 shall have point values allocated to them for academic credits, in-service training courses, extension division correspondence courses, and other types of education and training courses converted into point values as follows: -2- • 1 w a. Master's Degree in job related field -- 215 points. b. Baccalaureate Degree in job related field -- 170 points. c. Associate Degree in job related field -- 85 points. d. For each approved study hour credit or equivalent in job related field at a college, technical institute, or other institution of higher learning -- 1 point. e. For each approved study hour credit or equivalent, in non - job related field at a college, technical institute or other institution of higher education -- 1/2 point. f. Credits based upon hours of attendance at approved in- service training courses, seminars, short courses, etc. not financed by the City, as follows: g. 72 hour course -- 1/4 point 48 hour course -- 1/8 point 24 hour course -- 1/16 point 8 hour course -- 1/32 point For employees who are rated as instructors in certain phases of their job skills and instruct courses other than training of other City employees as a normal course of job responsibility -- 1/32 point for each four hours of instruction. 7. Point System - Experience Point Evaluation. Employees having five or more years of service with the City shall be allocated points under the program. Years of service and experience shall be converted into point values as follows: Points Per Year of Service Number of To Be Allocated In_Each Year Years of Service 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 5- 9 15 10 5 0 0 0 10 - 14 20 15 10 5 0 0 15 - 19 25 20 15 10 5 0 20 plus 30 25 20 15 10 5 8. Combined Incentive Points and Experience Points. Incentive points and experience points are not intended to be an independent longevity program nor a part of total renumeration as set forth in Section 1:309 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, but are designed to be an integrated part of the total study incentive program for educational improvement of employees, a stimulant to continued high standards of performance, and an allowance for the employeeslinvestment of money, time, and other expense. The above scale will apply to all eligible -3- • employees and the experience points shall be combined with study incentive points, where applicable. All general regulations, apply to the service point system as well as the study incentive point system. 9. Incentive Allowance System. The total number of points earned by an employee under the program shall provide additional incentive steps according to the point system over and above the regular rate of base pay, using the following table: Incentive Allowance Number of Points Required Incentive Step Percent of base pay to reach the incentive steps 1 2% 20 2 3% 30 3 6% 85 4 9% 125 5 12% 170 6 15% 215 The study incentive points and years of service and experience points will be determined for each employee and then added together to determine the proper incentive step. The incentive allowance will then be an appropriate percentage of the regular base pay which will then be added to the regular base pay and paid with each regular bi-weekly salary check. As incentive points are earned by employees, they will be added as they are approved. Changes in incentive steps and incentive allowances will be made effective on January 1 and July 1 of each year in which they are earned. Incentive allowances under the incentive program shall not be included in determining overtime pay, or terminal leave pay, nor in calculating pension benefits. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council ember Attest: Reviewed'for administration: City Manager Mayo Approved as to,form and legality: 1zi City Attorney -4- 6601 W. 78th St. SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARK SUN State of Minnesota t County of Hennepin SS. Bloomington, Minnesota W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows• (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to erve the City of St. Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of ie in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business ars for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- tained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con• trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1986 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed ORDINANCE NO. 1075 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for 1 successive weeks; that it was first so published otvrhurs • the 18 day of Sept . 19 69 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit• abcdefghi jklmnopgrstuvwxyz abcdefghgklmnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this /" day of (Notarial Seal) i Bar amuelson, Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn. My Commission Expires November 8, 1971 1 10111cial Publication) SEPTEMBER 8, 1969 7C ORDINANCE NO 1075 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A STUDY INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS THEREFOR THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 A Study Incentive Program for the City of St Louis Park shall be established and regulated as follows Section 1308(F) Study Incentive Program 1 Program Established A study incentive 1 and experience point system program of added compensation for employees of the City of St Louis Part is hereby estab- lished and regulated as hereinafter set forth 2 Eligibility Employees meeting the fol- lowing qualifications and conditions `shall be eligible to participate in this program a Employees must be permanent em- ployees and successfully completed one year of full -tune service with the City to be eligible for the program b Employees must receive an ade equate annual performance rating in their regular duties to be eligible for the program c Employyes in position ranges I , through 49 inclusive are eligible, pro- vided, however any employee hold- ing a position in these ranges having a college degree as a job qualification shall not be eligible d Beginning with salary increment pay- ments made under the incentive plan in 1972, employees must complete suf- ficient studies to earn not less than three 13) points per year to qualify for the program unless in the judg- ment of the City Manager, he , has reached the highest level of education necessary to perform his job as ef- fectively as possible 3 School Expense of Employees a The City will not pay the cost of tui tion fees books or for time expended for employees who are eligible for the study incentive program b The City will pay the cost of tuition and fees for duly approved courses taken by employees who are' not eligible to participate in the study in- centive program 4 Course Completion and Scholarship Lev- el a All courses taken in which grades are given must be completed with the equivalent of a ' C" grade or better to receive points Other types of courses must be completed with a rat- ing demonstrating a satisfactory level of accomplishment in the course b All points allocated to an employee un- der the program will be based only ' upon official transcnpts or similar documents, evidencing the type of ' course undertaken, employee's attend- - ance and successful completion of all J of the required course work i 5 Point Computation a The number of study points awarded , for duly approved college study, busi- , ness schools, trade schools or other y' post-tugh school trauung will be the number of points achieved based upon a computation of the number of actual, , classroom hours or houEs of supervis- ed study in a three months penod, ad- justed as hereinafter set forth for 1 shorter penods, divided by ten If the•', standard course length shall be less It than three months, the number of ac- , tual hours shall%be proportionately in- creased by the relationship of the actu-', al period of classwork to three , months A sample calculation based , upon a 20 hour course completed in , one month would be 20x3 10 hours b Short courses or training sessions at tended not included in Subdivision a will be evaluated by the City Man- ager and points assigned thereto, based upon job applicability and employee ennchmenl Courses which are not re- quired for degrees or certificates of completion and which are not related in subject matter to city employment shall br subject to special review as to number of points to be allocated to an employee Outside courses shall be approved by the department head and must then be approved and eval- uated by the City Manager Any course desired to be approved by an employee under the program may be submitted for approval before enroll- ment Prior approval shall not, how- ever, be necessary to allocation of whatever number of points if any shall be designated after completion 6 Point System -Study Course Evaluation Incentive Point System by employees commencing January 1 1$69 shall have point values allocated to them for aca- demic credits, in service training courses, extension division correspondence courses, and Other types of education anti traimng courses converted into point values as follows a Master's Degree; in job'related held - 215 points b Baccalaureate Degree in job related field -170 points ' c Associate Degree in job related field— Number of Years of Sernce L9701971 1972 1973 1974 1975 5-9 15 10 5 0 0 0 10-14 20 15 10 5 0 0 15-19 25 20 15 10 5 0 S0 plus 30 25 20 15 10 5 8 Combined Incemtne Points and Experi- ence Points Incentive points and experience points are not intended to be an independent a longevity program nor a part of total re- muneration as set forth in Section l 309 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code, but are designed to be an integrated part of the total study incentive program for educational improvement of employees a stimulant to..continued high standards of performance and an allowance for the employees investment of money, tune and other expense The above scale will apply to all eligible employees and the experience points shall be combined with study incentive points, where ap- plicable All general regulations apply to the service point system as well as the study incentive point system 9 Incentive Allowance System The total number of points earned by an employee under the program shall provide addition- al incentive steps according to the point system over and above the 'regular rate of base pay using the following table Et: le' Y > O V > 2.1M oa a2L Pools Per Year of Service To Be Allocated In Each Year z I 2 7 20 2 3 7 30 3 6 7 85 4 9 7 125 5 12 7 170 6 15 % 215 The study incentive points and years of service and expenence points will be de- termined for each employee and then added together to determine the proper incentive step The incentive allowance will then be an appropnate percentage of the regular base pay which will then , be added to the regular base pay and paid with each regular bi-weekly sal ary check As incentive points are earned by employees they will be added as they are approved Changes in incentive steps and incentive allowances will be made effective on January 1 and July 1 of each year in which they are earned Incentive allowances under the incentive program shall not be included' in de termming overtime pay, or terminal leave pay nor in calculating pension bene tits Section 2 This ordinance shall take effec fifteen days after its publication Adopted by the City Council September 15 1969 /s(LEONARDJ THIEI Mayo Attest /s/ EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed foradminislnuon CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager Approved as to form and legality H H BURRY City Attorney (Sept 18, 19891—SLP progress in the major areas r of concern during the last few r meetings. Board Chairman Dr B Robert Lewis said af- ter Tuesday s meeting ` The fact that both sides are able to sit down together and dis- �uss things rationally is sig- nificant,- he added. Another meeting was planned for tonight, though neither side made a definite commit- ment Teacher Council chairman Leland Erickson earlier Tues- day reported "a different at - r 111I111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL Re -upholsterer - t Finds Cushions - c Mrs David Laursen, -_ Y Minnetonka, is very im- pressed with our SUN- = l paper want ads She ad- = 1 verttsed her re -upholster- = t ing service with us and E- r was deluged with phone E n calls' Her ad went like _ this = = t PROFESSIONAL re Upholstering in = S my home Very rens 935-XXXX for = free estimates = k E. Says Mrs Laursen "I = d ad 25 calls on the first ,,onday the paper came = q' ut Out of those 25 calls, got 12 good customers remendousi I am really = n' old on your paper " = Cr Do you have a service = D ou wont to sell-) Or, erhaps, a service`you'd c W ike to find some custo- = h� ers for? Well, fret no N tf ore Your SUN News- — aper want ads will find F. li hat service or those cus- c r€ omers for you Just "hang E. $' ut your shingle" with us' Just call 941-4822 and = p find your place in the = IT UN' = t� 111 1s= li • • ORDINANCE NO. 1075 rntitledi AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A StruJJY INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS THEREFOR 0 Introduced by Date First Reading -Date 9-8-69 Waived Second Reading -Date 9'15-69 ` Waived Vote: Aye 5 N y Published Date 9-18-69 Effeotive Date 1G-5-69 Cade Reference File No. _ Affidavit of Publication ST. LOUISPARK SUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of s