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File #: 251054    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 10/14/2025 In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action:
Effective date:    
Title: A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2025 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Attachments: 1. Proposed Substitute A

Number

251054

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

240764, 250947, 251052, 251200

 

Sponsor

THE CHAIR

 

Title

A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2025 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.

 

Analysis

This substitute ordinance changes the rates of pay in the following departments:

All Departments, Department of Employee Relations, Fire Department, Department of Neighborhood Services (Development Center Division), Police Department, Department of Public Works - Operations Division (Fleet Services Section, Sanitation Section), Department of Public Works - Water Works

 

Body

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

 

Part 1.  Part 1, Section 1 of ordinance File Number 240764 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025):

 

Under Pay Range 1DX, add the title of “Business Liaison-Development Center (3)”.

 

Under Pay Range 1FX, delete the title of “Fleet Acquisition Manager (2) (7)”, delete footnote (7) in its entirety, and renumber remaining footnotes accordingly.

 

Under Pay Range 1HX, add the title ‘Fleet Acquisition and Disposal Manager’ and apply footnotes (3) and (13).

 

Part 2.  Part 1, Section 2 of ordinance File Number 240764 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025):

 

Under Pay Range 2GX, add the title of “Inventory Supply Specialist (2)” and delete the title of “Business Operations Specialist (2)”.

 

Under Pay Range 2IX, delete the title of “Athletic Trainer (1)”.

 

Under Pay Range 2KX, add the title of “Business Operations Specialist-Senior (3)”.

 

Under Pay Range 2LX, add the title of “Performance and Training Physical Therapist (18)” and add new footnote (18) to read:

 

(18)                      Recruitment is at:

                                          

Biweekly                     3,470.38

Annual                                          90,230.00

 

Part 3.  Part 1, Section 5 of ordinance File Number 240764 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025):

 

Under Pay Range 5KN, add the title of “Water Collections Specialist (1)”.

 

Part 4.  Part 1, Section 8 of ordinance File Number 240764 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025):

 

Under Pay Range 8DN, delete the title of “Yard Attendant (2)” and add the titles of “Drop off Center Attendant” and “Sanitation Yard Attendant (2)”.

 

Part 5.  Part 2, Section 5 of ordinance File Number 240764 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025):

 

Under Part II, Section 5: Promotions and Special Pay Practices, amend paragraph E. to read as follows:

 

E.  Transfers: City Departments may request a 3% salary adjustment for employees voluntary transferring to a position allocated to Officials and Administrators (Section 1), Professionals (Section 2), Technicians (Section 3), Paraprofessionals (Section 5), Administrative Support (Section 6), Skilled Craft (Section 7), Service and Maintenance (Section 8) subject to the approval of the Department of Employee Relations. Transfers under this section are defined as the appointment to a position within the same pay range with the same rates of pay. Employees receiving a 3% salary adjustment under this provision shall receive a new salary anniversary date. The salary of an employee who voluntarily transfers back to the position originally held will be decreased by 3%. This provision shall only apply to voluntary transfers within a department to a different classification or the same classification with significantly different responsibilities or voluntary transfers between departments into the same or different classification as defined above.

 

Employees who apply to an open and competitive recruitment to a position that would be considered a voluntary transfer, shall be eligible for recruitment flexibility outlined under Part II, Section 3: Salary at Time of Appointment, Subsections B and C. The salary of an employee who voluntarily transfers back to the position originally held will be decreased to the rate prior to the approved special recruitment rate.

 

Part 6.  All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

 

Part 7.  The provisions of Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this ordinance are deemed to be in force and effect from and after Pay Period 26, 2025 (December 7, 2025).

 

The provisions of this ordinance are deemed to be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication.

 

Part 8.  This ordinance will take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.

 

Drafter

City Clerk's Office

Chris Lee

11/14/2025