Req. # 11463
ORDINANCE NO. 2 7 6 3 6
1 AN ORDINANCE relating to pay and compensation; providing for additional forms
of compensation and benefits, removing certain limits on compensation and
2 benefits, authorizing additional severance benefits, authorizing additional
incentives for the commute trip reduction program, adding reporting
3 requirements; and amending Sections 1.12.110, 1.12.115, 1.12.116,
4 1.12.250, and 1.12.640 of the Tacoma Municipal Code.
5 WHEREAS the City's Pay and Compensation Plan ("Plan") is intended to
6 provide a flexible, well-understood set of compensation tools that will facilitate
7 successful recruitment and retention of employees, and
8 WHEREAS City staff has recommended that a set of additional tools that
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have become common in the marketplace for the recruitment and retention of
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I 1 key qualified employees with specialized skills should be added to the Plan and
12 certain restrictions on adjusting wages within established salary limits be
13 removed from the Plan to facilitate successful recruitment and retention of
14 employees on an as-needed basis, and
15 WHEREAS, in order to achieve the goals of the Program, the City's and
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state's Commute Trip Reduction Programs recommend the use of incentives in
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addition to the jurisdiction's reimbursement of certain costs, and
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19 WHEREAS an increased level of reporting to the City Council will assist
20 in providing accountability for the use of these additional compensation tools,
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