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File #: 0715-25    Version: 1 Name: 26-0010- Treatment Plant Operators
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 7/31/2025 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 8/28/2025 Final action: 8/28/2025
Enactment date: 8/28/2025 Enactment #: O-062-2025
Title: An Ordinance authorizing salary supplements for certain classifications in the Div. of Water Quality, as follows: Treatment Plant Operator Apprentices and Treatment Plant Operators who are assigned to work second shift or third shift shall be eligible for a one dollar ($1) per hour shift differential, calculated as additional compensation on an hourly basis; and Treatment Plant Operator Apprentices, Treatment Plant Operators, and Solids Processing Supervisors who hold Wastewater Treatment Operator Certifications from the Commonwealth of Ky. shall be eligible for a salary supplement, which shall be calculated as additional compensation on an hourly basis based on the highest certification obtained, as follows: $1 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class I; $2 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class II; $3 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class III; and $4 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class IV; such supplements being authorized pursuant to...
Attachments: 1. Bluesheet Memo 26-0010, 2. ORD 0715-25- Pay differential Treatment Plant Operators 4904-5157-8716 v.1.pdf, 3. O-062-2025
Title
An Ordinance authorizing salary supplements for certain classifications in the Div. of Water Quality, as follows: Treatment Plant Operator Apprentices and Treatment Plant Operators who are assigned to work second shift or third shift shall be eligible for a one dollar ($1) per hour shift differential, calculated as additional compensation on an hourly basis; and Treatment Plant Operator Apprentices, Treatment Plant Operators, and Solids Processing Supervisors who hold Wastewater Treatment Operator Certifications from the Commonwealth of Ky. shall be eligible for a salary supplement, which shall be calculated as additional compensation on an hourly basis based on the highest certification obtained, as follows: $1 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class I; $2 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class II; $3 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class III; and $4 per hour for Wastewater Treatment Operators, Class IV; such supplements being authorized pursuant to the authority granted by Section 21-27(d) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government in recognition of employment market conditions that make it exceptionally difficult to recruit and retain qualified employees in these classifications; and further authorizing payment of these supplements to eligible employees, effective the first payroll Monday following Council approval. [Div. of Human Resources, George]

Summary
Authorization to establish supplemental pay for the following classifications: Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice, Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice Class I, Treatment Plant Operator, and Solids Processing Supervisor, effective the first pay period following Council approval. The estimated cost over a 12-month period is $126,880.00. (L0715-25) (George/Hamilton)
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