Approve cost-of-living salary adjustment for communications workers

An ordinance of the mayor and city commission of the city of miami beach, florida, amending ordinance no. 789, the classified salary ordinance, for the following group vi being all other classifications in the classified service not covered by a bargaining unit (commonly referred to as "others") as follows: retroactively, effective the first full pay period ending in april of 2022, there shall be an across the board cost-of-living adjustment ("cola") of two percent (2%), and the minimum and maximum of each salary range will also be increased by two percent (2%); effective the first full pay period ending in april of 2023, there shall be an across the board cola of three percent (3%), and the minimum and maximum of each salary range will also be increased by three percent (3%); effective the first full pay period ending in april of 2024, there shall be an across the board cola of three percent (3%), and the minimum and maximum of each salary range will also be increased by three percent (3%); the maximum of each salary range shall be raised by five percent (5%) to account for colas not awarded to others employees in 2017, 2019, and 2020; various classifications for the group shall be added and/or removed; range changes due to reclassification of various classifications shall be adopted; all classifications and grades in alphabetical order shall be readopted; outdated language shall be deleted and/or revised; and providing for repealer, severability, and an effective date. First reading human resources mayor dan gelber