77-156 ESTABLISHING MERIT BASED PAY PLAN FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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___------_. (b) Said compensation and classification program is to be fully articulated to those concerned; ad- ministered uniformly among all involved; reviewed annually; and consistent with the letter and the spirit of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action guidelines. Section 3. That, in order to carry out the philosophy and policy determined and declared hereby, the following specific ob- jectives be, and the same are hereby set out to be achieved in the establishment and administration of said program: (a) Said classification system shall take into account substantive icientifiable differences in job con- tent rzlated to scope of responsibility as measured by numbers of employees, or programs , or both, supervised; differences in line as compared with staff relationships ; financial responsibility in - terms of both dollar amounts and degree of authority and responsibility; and other related differences in position scope and content. (b) Said compensation system shall be based on and shall include the rational classification system herein described; internal equity so that those with similar position responsibilities are paid at comparable levels and instances of subordinate pay exceeding supervisory pay are minimized; a discrete salary range for each classification with an explicit minimum and maximum sufficiently separated for compensation growth; annual increments based primarily on merit ascertained by an explicit per- formance evaluation system; a responsive relation to the prevailing rates of pay for comparable , positions in other comparable employments in similar cities; meaningful opportunities for occupational growth within a position and for upward mobility for those found to be qualified; admini- strative procedures which encourage entry within the lower quartile of a range with progression ' based on performance and other relevant considera- tions; and recognitipn that administrators are an integral part of management and a reflection of . that relationship.