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• CHAPTER 7 COMPENSATION Section 1. Basis • The City Administrator shall prepare and administer a compensation plan for City employees subject to City Commission approval. Employees shall be paid salaries or wages in ac- cordance with the compensation plan, which shall include one or more salary schedules. In positioning salaries on schedules, consideration shall be given to prevailing rates of pay among public and private employers; the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in these classifications; and other relevant factors. Section 2. Administration of Salary Schedules Salary schedules shall be administered in accordance with the following rules: • a. Anew employee's salary shall be commensurate with his or her qualifications. In exceptional circum- stances, the City Administrator may authorize hiring above the minimum salary for that classification. b. Anewly-promoted employee shall ordinarily be compen- sated at the lowest step of the new salary range which would provide an increase in pay over that received in the previous class. An employee being laterally trans- ferred shall ordinarily continue to receive the same salary and shall retain the same eligibility date for pay increases. c. Subject to budget limitations, merit increases within salary ranges may be granted as specified in the compen- sation plan upon recommendation of department heads and approval by the City Administrator. Careful considera- tion to the ability and production record of each em- ployee shall be given. d. No employee shall be paid more than the salary estab- ,lishe3 in the approved compensation plan, except an employee whose position was downgraded by reclassifica- tion or changes in the labor market, through no fault of the .employee, may continue to receive his or her • former salary until a new salary equals or surpasses the old salary or the employee's position changes. 11