The City's compensation philosophy is guided by the City Council and Council Resolution 3349 (.doc file, dated Aug. 2003). The primary objective of the City's compensation program is to attract, retain, motivate and reward qualified employees who demonstrate a commitment to the City of Overland Park, Kansas and its mission to be a leading municipality in the state and nation. Employees are expected to be faithful stewards of the accountabilities, responsibilities and resources entrusted to them.
In return, the City is committed to paying fair compensation based on job responsibilities and accountabilities, and doing so without regard to race, color, creed, age, sex, national origin, or disability. The City strives, in conjunction with approved budgets, to compensate all employees consistently and in a fair and equitable manner as they meet performance objectives. We believe this can best be accomplished by –
- Establishing a salary
structure that is based on internal job values
and above average market rates of pay,
- Establishing a pay-for-performance
system for compensating employees,
- Developing a salary
range structure for all employees (except
police officers, firefighters and certain other public safety positions) that
reflects an average position of approximately
5 percent
above comparable labor markets, and
- Developing a salary step system for police officers, firefighters and certain other public safety positions that reflects an average position of approximately 5 percent above the 75th percentile of comparable labor markets.