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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 03
Chapter 03.07
Section 03.07.320
 

Title 03 Administration and Personnel

Chapter 03.07 Personnel Regulations

Section 03.07.320 Salary Compression

To ameliorate the effects of salary compression in the uniformed departments of the city, the following shall apply to the police and fire chiefs, their deputy chiefs and assistant chiefs:

  1. The total economic value of employee compensation and benefits for the police chief and fire chief shall be a minimum fifteen percent more than the total economic value of employee compensation and benefits paid to their assistant and deputy chiefs. The total economic value of employee compensation and benefits for the assistant and deputy fire and police chiefs shall be a minimum ten percent more than the total economic value of employee compensation and benefits paid to fire battalion chiefs and police captains, respectively.
  1. The fifteen and ten percent differentials established in subsection A, above, shall be achieved over a five-year period as follows:  First, the fire deputy and assistant chiefs' total employee compensation and benefits shall be raised to equal the total employee compensation and benefits of a fire battalion chief, and police deputy and assistant chiefs' total employee compensation and benefits shall be raised to equal the total employee compensation and benefits of a police captain. Second, the ten percent differential will be achieved by adding to the total employee compensation and benefits of each of the assistant and deputy chief positions two percent per year for five years. Third, the fifteen percent differential will be achieved by adding to the total employee compensation and benefits of each of the chief positions up to three percent per year for five years. This salary compression adjustment is in lieu of any pay and compensation adjustment provided elsewhere in this chapter. The chiefs, assistant chiefs and deputy chiefs may not receive pay increases under this section related to compression and under the PACA sections above.
  1. The salary compression adjustments set forth in subsections A and B above shall terminate December 31, 2004, at which time SMC section 3.07.320 shall be repealed.

Date Passed: Monday, March 1, 2004

Effective Date: Friday, April 2, 2004

ORD C33382 Section 3