O2019-0837 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY’S MASTER CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE (City of Houston Ordinance No. 1998-834, as most recently amended by City of Houston Ordinance No. 2019-365); to add nineteen new job classifications; change three job grades and deleting/delimiting seven classifications; providing a repealer; providing for severability

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX

This was Item 5 on Agenda of October 23, 2019

The Human Resources Department recommends the following revisions to the civilian Master Classification Listing.  We ask Council to approve these changes in the interests of updating our classification and compensation programs to better support departmental operations.  No positions will be added as a result of these changes.  No additional budget costs will be incurred.  This RCA is for the purpose of establishing the titles as authorized classifications.  Use of these titles in the future for budgeted positions will be subject to separate review.

These revisions can be found on Exhibit A of the ordinance.

Per Financial Policies for the City of Houston (Ordinance 2018 390), no Fiscal Note is needed for items included in the FY 2020 Adopted Budget. 

A. Change Job Titles     

Current Job Title               Proposed New Title                  Current Grade 

NONE

B.  Change job grades               Current Grade                       New Grade

Forester                                                 15                                      17

Epidemiologist Supervisor                     24                                      25

Epidemiologist Manager                        27                                      28

C. Add job classifications

Proposed Job Title                                                 Proposed Pay Grade

Forestry Trainee                                                                      11

Tree Worker                                                                             13

Forestry Supervisor                                                                 20

Assistant Forest Manager                                                       22

Senior Forester (Compliance)                                                 24

Forestry Manager                                                                    24

Surveillance Investigator - Epidemiology                                 17

Epidemiologist Generalist                                                        19

Epidemiologist Specialist                                                          21

Epidemiologist Biostatistician                                                   23

Sanitarian IV                                                                             24

Victims Advocate                                                                      17

Senior Victims Advocate                                                           19

Victims Advocate Supervisor                                                     22

Library Outreach Representative                                               13

Senior Library Outreach Representative                                   15

Household Hazardous Waste Technician                                  10

Senior Household Hazardous Waste Technician                       17

Household Hazardous Waste Technician Supervisor                21

Proposed Titles to be Deleted/Delimited                        Proposed Action

Central Payroll Clerk                                                                 Delimit

Senior Central Payroll Clerk                                                      Delimit

Central Payroll Supervisor                                                         Delimit

Central Payroll Manager                                                            Delimit

Payroll Control Clerk                                                                  Delimit

Senior Payroll Control Clerk                                                       Delimit

Payroll Control Supervisor                                                          Delimit

From time to time we may delete/delimit job titles we have in our system that we are certain are obsolete and outmoded to the point they will not be used again.

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Jane Cheeks

Director, Human Resources Department

Jane Cheeks

Human Resources Director