2695-22 Salary Step Guide (version 2022-09-6).pdf

2695-22 BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange as follows: SECTION 1. That: an ordinance adopting and creating the reclassification and salary schedules of certain Township of West Orange Municipal employees, setting a salary guide and establishing the employee's status as a Township employee and under the guidelines of the New Jersey Department of Personnel as filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk for the following positions: SEE APPENDIX 1 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - AFSCME SEE APPENDIX 2 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - MANAGEMENT - EXEMPT EMPLOYEES SEE APPENDIX 3 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - TEAMSTER SUPERVISORS SEE APPENDIX 4 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - TEAMSTER COMMUNICATIONS SEE APPENDIX 5 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES-HOURLY SEE APPENDIX 6 - SALARY RANGES - STIPENDS SEE APPENDIX 7 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - FIRE SUPERIORS SEE APPENDIX 8 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - FIREFIGHTERS. SEE APPENDIX 9 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - POLICE SUPERIORS SEE APPENDIX 10 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - POLICE SECTION 2. All terms and conditions included in any authorized collective bargaining agreements and/or employment contracts or other agreements impacting employment terms and conditions are hereby included in SECTION 1 above. SECTION 3. All part time employee hourly rates are determined by dividing the Minimum and Maximum rates by the # of annual hours a full time employee would work for that position using the salaries identified in Section 1 above. SECTION 4, Part time employees have no annual increment for their hourly rate in Section 1 above. SECTION 5. This ordinance and the titles and salary ranges herein provided shall become effective on the dates specified and as indicated above in SECTION 1. Where the specified timeframes have expired, the salary range specified in the latest timeframe will remain in effect until a new range is adopted by Ordinance. SECTION 6. Effective as of the date of adoption of this salary ordinance, the Mayor, or his/her designee, is hereby authorized to enter into acknowledgement agreements with employees identifying, specifying and memorializing the limitations of both pre and post-retirement benefits provided by the Township. Specifically included, but not limited to, is the provision of fully paid

s identifying, specifying and memorializing the limitations of both pre and post-retirement benefits provided by the Township. Specifically included, but not limited to, is the provision of fully paid post-employment family health benefits to employees upon retirement that shall be strictly imited to employees hired prior to January 1, 2021. This section shall not impact employees coverad under a separate Collective Bargaining Agreement. As part of entering into such acknowledgement agreements, a master list of all active employees, retiree or their surviving spouses eligible to receive limited post-employment health benefits shall be maintained, SECTION 7. Employees moving from the traditional salary guide (as specified in the effective Salary Ordinance)to the common tier salary guide shall be placed on the common tier step immediately higher than the step of the traditional salary guide(as specified in the effective Salary Ordinance) they are on for the year 2022. In the event the Employee is NOT at the top step of the traditional salary guide (as specified in the effective Salary Ordinance) in 2022, every year thereafter until they reach the top step on the tracitional salary guide (as specified in the effective Salary Ordinance), they shall be placed on the common tier step immediately higher than the step of the traditional salary guide (as specified in the effective Salary Ordinance) they qualify for that year. Thereafter reaching the top step of the traditional salary guide, the Employee will traverse through the common tier steps annually on January ‘st of each year until they reach the top common tier step. SECTION 8. All ordinances and parts of ordinances heretofore enacted which are inconsistent with any provision of this ordinance are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with the laws of the state of New Jersey.