QuickStory: City Employee Compensation Plan Is Only Sticking Point for City's 2013-14 Budget Draft—So Far

The Geneva City Council Committee of the Whole took a first look at the 2013-14 budget, compensation plan and goals and liked what it saw—the only bump in the road coming on the city's compensation plan.

First Ward Alderman Chuck Brown and 2nd Ward Alderman Richard Marks each voted no to the recommendation for the compensation plan. The budget is scheduled to go to public hearing on April 15.

You can see the full budget, classification and goals plans in the Committee of the Whole packet on the city's website.

For the 2013-2014 fiscal year, non-union employees are eligible for a market adjustment of up to 2.5 percent based upon their performance appraisal.

Employees who meet expectations will be eligible for a 1.5 percent market increase; those who exceed expectations will be eligible for a 2.5 percent market increase.

If an employee already earns more than the maximum pay rate, he or she can receive the market increase in a lump-sum payment, but it won't be added to the base salary.

Marks said after the meeting that he voted no Monday only because he felt he needed a few clarifications.

Brown said he was concerned that the compensation schedule was rewarding employees at the high end of the pay scale rather than at the entry level and early years.

"As a whole, the U.S. is seeing more and more income disparity. If a janitor gets a 10 percent increase, that's a whole lot different than if the CEO gets the 10 percent increase," he said.

"We are decompressing the scale," he said. "I happen to believe in compressing the scale."

Top 6 City of Geneva Pay Grades

2013-14 Proposed

  Assistant City Administrator,
  Director of Community Dev.,
  Director of Economic Dev.

  Human Resources Manager,
  Manager of Electric Ops,
  Manager of Distribution, Etc.
  Superintendent of Streets,
  Superintendent Water