COUNCIL'S COUNTY SALARY RECOMMENDATION PANEL

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. I, ch. 282, art. I

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Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 282-111 Council's county salary recommendations panel created.

Sec. 282-111. - Council's county salary recommendations panel created. There is hereby created the council's county salary recommendations panel. (G.O. 88, 1997, § 1; G.O. 79, 1999, § 1; G.O. 30, 2002, § 1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 282-112 Members, appointment and qualifications.

Sec. 282-112. - Members, appointment and qualifications. (a) The panel shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the city-county council: (1) Two (2) members of the panel shall be nominated by the leader of the members of the city-county council who are members of the political party having the largest representation on the council. (2) One (1) member of the panel shall be nominated by the leader of the members of the city-county council who are members of the political party having the second-largest representation on the council. (3) One (1) member of the panel shall be nominated by the county commissioners. (4) One (1) member of the panel shall be nominated by the mayor. (b) The panel nominations shall be certified to the clerk by the appointing authorities as soon as practicable after March 1 of each year. The panel nominees shall then be confirmed as a group by a majority vote of the council; otherwise, if they are not confirmed, there shall be no panel for that calendar year. Members of the panel shall serve until their duties under Article V of Chapter 291 of this Code are performed, or until June 20 of the year of their appointment, whichever is sooner. (c) Qualifications required for membership on the panel are as follows: (1) Each member must be a resident freeholder of Marion County; (2) Each member must be an executive having substantial responsibility for determining compensation levels in a private, for-profit, organization or have substantial experience in the field of human resources, or have substantial experience as an executive responsible for determining or recommending compensation levels in governmental organizations; (3) No member may be an employee of Marion County, the City of Indianapolis, the health and hospital corporation, the Indianapolis-Marion County Building Authority, the Indianapolis-Marion County Airport Authority, or any other entity whose governing authority is substantially appointed by officials of Marion County and the City of Indianapolis. (d) Vacancies which occur on the panel shall be filled by nomination by the same authorities who nominated the departed member subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the council. (G.O. 88, 1997, § 1; G.O. 79, 1999, § 1; G.O. 30, 2002, § 1; G.O. 42, 2016, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 282-113 Officers and quorum.

Sec. 282-113. - Officers and quorum. (a) A quorum of the panel shall be three (3). (b) The first meeting of the panel shall be called by the clerk of the council or the clerk's designee, who shall preside until the panel shall have chosen a chairperson from among its members. The chairperson shall preside when present. The panel shall then choose a vice-chairperson to preside in the absence of the chairperson. The clerk or the clerk's designee shall act as secretary of the panel. The panel shall govern its own affairs within the limits imposed by the this Code. (G.O. 88, 1997, § 1; G.O. 79, 1999, § 1; G.O. 30, 2002, § 1; G.O. 42, 2016, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 282-114 Staff.

Sec. 282-114. - Staff. The panel and its individual members shall be entitled to reimbursement for their necessary and direct expenses, subject to the approval of the president of the council. The panel shall also be entitled to office facilities, clerical support, legal counsel, and the assistance of consultants, subject to the approval of the president of the council and payable from appropriations to the council office. (G.O. 88, 1997, § 1; G.O. 79, 1999, § 1; G.O. 30, 2002, § 1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 282-115 Duties of salary recommendation panel.

Sec. 282-115. - Duties of salary recommendation panel. (a) The panel is directed to recommend the level of salary of each employing official, employee in city-county government whose compensation is derived primarily from a salary paid from the county treasury, and the state treasury when the law provides for salary payments by the state to a local official. Recommendations must be consistent with any statutory limitations on the compensation which may be paid by county government. Salaries of officers whose compensation may be determined by contract authorized by section 281-611 of the Code shall be excluded from panel review. (b) In recommending each salary, the panel shall consider any other compensation of material value that is customarily provided to the employing official and employee, including fringe benefits. The panel shall also consider the length of the work day and work week and the number of days worked per year that is customary for the employing official and employee. In the context of these considerations, the panel shall employ the following four (4) criteria in recommending salaries and give them equal weight: (1) Parity with city department and division heads; (2) Comparability with private sector; (3) Salary range in the city-county's normal classification system; (4) Comparability with similar government organizations. In instances where the employing official or employee is appointed and serves at the pleasure of a board or other official, the panel shall recommend a range of salaries, with the object of allowing the appointing authority to set the actual salary. (c) The panel shall recommend salaries with the object of the recommendations being implemented on the first day of the coming calendar year, except in the case of employing officials who regularly serve terms greater than one (1) year. In these instances, the recommendations of the panel shall be made in the year prior to the year an individual is regularly selected to serve. In other years, the panel shall recommend only the amount of a cost of living adjustment. (d) The panel may take action up to June 20 of the year of their appointment, at which time its recommendations shall be recorded by the clerk and certified by him to the controller. In the event the panel has taken no action to recommend a salary for an employing official and employee, the absence of a recommendation shall be treated as a recommendation that the salary or range of salaries for that employing official be left unchanged. (G.O. 79, 1999, § 1; G.O. 30, 2002, § 1; G.O. 73, 2005, § 24; G.O. 42, 2016, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 282-116 Duties of controller.

Sec. 282-116. - Duties of controller. The controller, in presenting the next proposed budget ordinance to the council as required by law, shall incorporate the recommendations of the panel into the text. The council shall then consider the panel's recommendations as an integral part of the proposed budget ordinance. (G.O. 79, 1999, § 1; G.O. 30, 2002, § 1; G.O. 73, 2005, § 24)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH282COAG_ARTICOCOSAREPAFetched: 10/27/2026