Number
251050
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
250698, 250074, 250947, 251052, 251200
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 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 250698 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 250698 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 250698 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 250698 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 250698 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. Part 2, Section 9 of ordinance File Number 250698 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 1, 2026 - December 21, 2025):
Under Part II, Section 9: Supplemental Pay Practices, amend paragraphs F. and G. to read as follows:
F. Shift Differential: Employees holding positions classified as non-exempt under the FLSA whose hours of work occur between the time period beginning at 5:00 p.m. and ending at 5:00 a.m. shall receive, in addition to base salary, a shift differential of $.45 per hour. Only hours worked falling within this timeframe shall be considered eligible for the shift differential. Eligible employees in the Department of Public Works whose workday begins after 1:00 a.m. and before 4:00 a.m. shall be eligible to receive the shift differential for all hours worked.
Shift differential shall be paid for all hours for which an employee would have received a shift assignment but for the fact that the employee was on vacation, holiday, sick leave, doctor/dentist appointments (miscellaneous unapplied time - 069 time), funeral leave, or paid parental leave. In no case shall an employee receive both shift and weekend differential rates for the same hours worked. Employees working on a Holiday shall not be eligible for shift differential for the hours worked on a Holiday. Employees working on an “emergency call out” or otherwise eligible for automatic, pensionable overtime pay shall not be eligible for shift differential for the hours worked under the automatic, pensionable overtime provision.
G. Weekend Differential: Employees holding positions classified as non-exempt under the FLSA shall receive fifty cents ($.50) per hour for all Saturday work and sixty cents ($.60) per hour for all Sunday work. In no case shall an employee receive both shift and weekend differential rates for the same hours worked. Weekend differential shall be paid for all hours for which an eligible employee would have received the differential but for the fact that the employee was on vacation, holiday, sick leave, doctor/dentist appointments (miscellaneous unapplied time - 069 time), funeral leave, or paid parental leave. Employees working on a Holiday shall not be eligible for weekend differential for the hours worked on a Holiday. Employees working on an “emergency call out” or otherwise eligible for automatic, pensionable overtime pay shall not be eligible for weekend differential for the hours worked under the automatic, pensionable overtime provision.
Part 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Part 8. 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).
Part 9. The provisions of Part 6 of this ordinance are deemed to be in force and effect from and after Pay Period 1, 2026 (December 21, 2025).
The provisions of this ordinance are deemed to be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication.
Part 10. 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