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CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3240-2021
Sponsored by: Administration
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMENDING KENAI
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 23.55.030 — QUALIFICATION PAY, TO AMEND THE SALARY
RANGES TO ACCURATELY REFLECT RECOGNITION PAY AND ENTITLEMENTS.
WHEREAS, the City Council recently passed Ordinance 3210-2021 amending the Kenai
Municipal Code to remove the Salary Schedule table to allow concurrent adoption of the Salary
Schedule, Classification Plan, and the budget for the following fiscal year; and,
WHEREAS, upon further review, KMC 23.55.030 — Qualification Pay, references a previous
version of the Salary Schedule, which was updated upon enactment by City Council of the
ordinance adopting the FY2022 annual budget; and,
WHEREAS, an amendment to KMC 23.55.030 is necessary to accurately reflect recognition pay
and entitlement pay; and,
WHEREAS, this amendment to the pay ranges does not affect employee pay or require an
increase to the adopted annual budget for the FY2022 budget; and,
WHEREAS, amending the Kenai Municipal Code Section 23.55.030 — Qualification pay, to amend
the specific salary ranges to accurately reflect recognition pay and entitlements is in the best
interests of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
as follows:
Section 1. Amendment of Section 23.55.030 of the Kenai Municipal Code: That Kenai
Municipal Code, Section 23.55.030 (b)(1)(ii) Recognition Pay for Qualified Senior Officers, is
hereby amended as follows:
Senior officer pay is for police officers who have completed step [16]21 E subject to an
overall evaluation rating of "Meets Expectations" or better, as follows:
Advance one (1) pay grade from [16]21 E to [11 7122E.
Section 2. Amendment of Section 23.55.030 of the Kenai Municipal Code: That Kenai
Municipal Code, Section 23.55.030 (b) (2)— Fire Department, is hereby amended as follows:
(iii) Recognition entitlements for driver/operator qualified personnel for eligible grades of
fire fighter are as follows:
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Section 3. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved
in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair
the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even
without such part, provision, or application.
Section 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), this ordinance shall take effect
July 1, 2021.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 15th day of September,
2021.
BRIAN GABRIEL SR., MAYOR
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Brian Gabriel and Kenai City Council
THROUGH: Paul Ostrander, City Manager
FROM: Stormy Brown, Human Resources
DATE: August 5, 2021
SUBJECT: Ordinance 3240-2021 —Amending KMC 23.55.030 to Amend Specific
Salary Range and Grade References to Accurately Reflect Recognition
Pay and Entitlements
With the FY22 budget approval, the City's Salary Schedule was updated to standardize the grade
assignments for each graded position within the City.
Recently, upon reviewing language in Chapter 23, it was discovered that previous grades were
referenced by number in part of the language in KMC 23.55.030, Qualification Pay, and needed
to be corrected to accurately reflect the recent changes.
To correct this, we are recommending a replacement of the grade numbers within the affected
code section, changing them to correctly match the City's FY22 Salary Schedule. Making these
corrections will have no effect on employee pay.
Your support of this update is respectfully requested.