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Home My WebLink About12 Salary scale Exempt employees Agenda Item # ;L IF MMf iNl Nit INN r Memorandum To: Board of Directors From: Peter Holzmeister Date: August 26, 2004 Subject: Salary scale for management and exempt employees 1. Why this matter is before the board: This matter involves consideration of the salary scale for management and exempt employees. The board sets salary scales for that group of employees. 2. History: The board has established a salary scale for management and exempt employees. I am authorized to place employees at a point within that range based on my judgment. The idea is that the scale would be reviewed periodically to keep it current with comparable salaries. No salary adjustment has been adopted for this group of employees since January 2003. Normally this matter would be presented to the Board in January. However, we spent many months dealing with pension issues, so the salary adjustment matter was postponed. We have an agreement with the IBEW Local 1245 regarding hourly wages for employees for 2004 which calls for a 3% increase, plus various equity wage increases to let them catch up with the wages paid in comparable organizations. I am suggesting that the salary scale for management and exempt employees also be increased by 3% for 2004. 3. New information: I would like the board to consider increasing the management and exempt salary scale by 3%. A copy of the current and proposed salary scale is attached. We have assembled a group of superb professionals and they perform extremely well in a busy environment. I believe they should be recognized for their dedication. 4. Recommendation: I recommend that the board adopt the amended salary scale for management and exempt employees affecting a 3% increase, retroactive to January 1, 2004. REVISED- ATTACHMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM #12 MANAGEMENT AND EXEMPT EMPLOYEES SALARY SCALE AS OF DECEMBER 31,2003 Admin Water Electric Electric Water Electric Water Support General Assistant Services Utility Utflity Telecom System System Superin- Superin" Services GIS co- Planning Senior Executive Sty Manager GM Manage Manager Manage Manage Engineer Engineer tenderd tendent Manager ordinator Director Accountant Secretary Step 123,600 113,300 92.700 92.700 92,700 92,700 87,550 87,550 82,400 82,400 77,250 80,340 74,160 74,160 51,500 Step 119,480 109,180 89.610 89,610 89,610 89,610 84,872 84,872 80,340 80,340 74,778 77,044 71,688 71,688 49,440 Step 115,360 105,060 86,520 86.520 86,520 86,520 82,194 82,194 78,280 78280 72,306 73,748 69,216 69216 47,380 Step 2 111,240 100,940 83,430 83,430 83,430 83.430 79,516 79,516 76,220 76,220 69,834 70,452 66,744 66,744 45,320 Step 1 107,120 96,820 80,340 80,340 80,340 80,340 76,838 76,838 74,160 74,160 67,362 67,156 64,272 64,272 43,260 Entry 103,000 92,700 77,250 77,250 77,250 77,250 74,160 74,160 72,100 72,100 64,890 63,860 61,800 61,800 41,200 RECOMMENDED SALARY SCALE AS OF JANUARY 1,2004.WITH A 3%INCREASE Admin Water Electric Electric Water Electric Water Support General Assistant Services utility utility Telecom System System Superin- Superin" Services GIS co- Planning Senior Executive Steps Manager GM Manager Ma_ naaer Manager Manager Engineer Enalneer tendeni tendent Manager ordinator Director Accountant Secretary Steps 127,308 116,699 95,481 95,481 95,481 95,481 90,177 90,177 84,872 84,872 79,568 82,750 76,385 76,385 53,045 Step 4 123,064 112,455 92298 92,298 92,298 92,298 87,418 87,418 82,750 82,750 77,021 79,355 73,839 73,839 50,923 Step 3 118,821 108,212 89,116 89,116 89,116 89,116 84,660 84,660 80,628 80,628 74,475 75,960 71,292 71,292 48,801 Step 114.577 103,968 85,933 85,933 85.933 85,933 81.901 81,901 78,507 78,507 71,929 72,566 68.746 68,746 46,680 Step 1 110,334 99,725 82,750 82,750 82,750 82,750 79,143 79,143 76,385 76,385 69,383 69,171 66,200 66,200 44,558 Entry 106,090 95,481 79,568 79,568 79,568 79,568 76,385 76,385 74,263 74,263 66,837 65,776 63.654 63,654 42,436 lKEE * Public f w 11570 Donner Pass Road Truckee, Ca. 96161 Memo To: Board of Directors From: Jim Maass Date: August 24, 2004 At last Wednesday's board meeting, Director Sutton requested the wetlands issue brought up by Emilie Kashtan be agendized for the September 1,2004 meeting. I indicated to Mrs.Sutton that I would take it under advisement. I have discussed the issue with Peter and staff and what follows is a summary, prepared by staff of a recap of information regarding the issue. Summary: During the week of July 12th, the District's contractor for the Donner Lake Pipeline—2004 project caused some brush and slash material to be deposited in a wetland area. This is not permitted. During that week staff received a phone call from Scott Ferguson of the Lahontan Regional Quality Control Board regarding this matter. The following week, the District's environmental consultant Glenn Merron investigated the problem. On July 16, Glen directed the contractor on how to proceed with the site clean-up. Glenn prepared and submitted a report to Scott Ferguson detailing the wetland impact and the clean-up effort. On August 9th, District staff forwarded a copy of this report to every Director. Emilie Kashtan, a Donner Lake Homeowner and activist complained to our General Manager and a meeting was scheduled with Ed Taylor on August 181h. Ed and Emilie spent 2 hours discussing every element of the Donner Lake project. Emilie claimed that another wetland was impacted and presented a photograph as documentation. After careful review, staff determined that this other wetland that Emily claimed to have been disturbed was in fact the same site that was initially reported. This determination was made by comparing Emilie's photograph with photographs taken by Glenn Marron and presented in the report. Mr. Ferguson of Lahontan agrees that another wetland is not involved. This other area that Emilie is concerned about is not a wetland. It is characterized as a seam of underground fractured rock that allows water to move through it. We are proposing to maintain this underground flow of water by backfilling the trench with pea gravel where it crosses the fractured rock seam. This should allow the underground flow to follow its natural course. Again,this is not a wetland and there is a solution to the water flow issue. At the August 18th board meeting, Mrs. Kashtan presented her argument to the Board and requested that her concerns be agendized at an upcoming meeting. Ed Taylor felt that Mrs. Kashtan's comments at the board meeting did not reflect the conversation at their meeting. District staff reviewed every element of this project. Each element was then brought to the Board for approval. I do not see the need for the Board to discuss this matter again, and therefore I do not pan to place it on the agenda. If two Directors in addition to Mrs. Sutton wish to have this matter agendized please contact Peter no later than 10 AM this coming Friday morning. It will then be placed on the September 1�agenda. _ _ ._ _ _ ._ Group Send Report Date & Time: Aug-24-2004 02:23pm Tel line +5305871189 Machine ID TRUCKEE DONNER PUD Job number 597 Date & Time Aug-24 02:15pm Number of pages 001 Start time Aug-24 02:15pm End time Aug-24 02:23pm Successful numbers Fax numbers 55874182 85828031 85874955 Unsuccessful numbers Pages sent Fax numbers 55873881 �,sr�Ui;s � __. 000 4 f,