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Committee advances salary-range increases, living-donor leave policy and asks HR for report
Summary
The Public Safety and Governance Committee moved several personnel-pay-range adjustments, approved a living-donor leave policy request and asked human resources for a report; the committee filed the Ellis presentation.
The Public Safety and Governance Committee approved several human-resources actions and directed follow-up from city staff during a meeting that included a separate presentation on closing Cincinnati’s wealth gap.
The committee moved three payroll-related items for passage: increasing salary ranges for municipal workers (item 1), increasing the salary range for the environmental programs manager position (item 2), and establishing new classifications and salary ranges for Arborist I and Arborist II in the parks department (item 3). A staff representative described the changes as intended "to keep up with inflation, to keep competitive, with the outside world, so we can recruit and retain employees." The items were advanced by the committee without recorded roll-call tallies in the public transcript.
The committee also approved a motion from Vice Mayor Jan Michelle Kearney asking the administration to create a leave policy for city employees who are living organ donors to ensure employees have time off to recover. The vice mayor said the motion was intended to "be sensitive to those issues" and to support employees who make a life-saving donation.
In addition, the committee requested a report from the human-resources department and the manager’s office on the matters discussed and agreed to file the presentation by Dr. Wendy Ellis and her team.
Formal actions (text as recorded or summarized in the meeting transcript) are listed below. Vote tallies were not provided in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: - Item 1 — Increase salary range for municipal workers (affects Department of Public Services and Cincinnati Recreation Commission). Outcome: advanced for passage (mover/second not specified in transcript). - Item 2 — Increase salary range for Environmental Programs Manager. Outcome: advanced for passage (mover/second not specified). - Item 3 — Establish Arborist I and Arborist II classifications and salary ranges (Parks Department). Outcome: advanced for passage (mover/second not specified). - Vice Mayor motion — Request city policy to provide paid leave for living organ donors (administration to create policy). Outcome: approved/advanced for passage (mover: Vice Mayor Jan Michelle Kearney; second not specified). - Direction — Request report from Human Resources/Manager’s Office. Outcome: requested. - Filing — Presentation by Dr. Wendy Ellis and team. Outcome: filed with committee record.
Committee members said they had no additional concerns when the human-resources representative described the items as routine salary-range adjustments to remain competitive and address inflation.
