Assignment to and Advancement within the Discretionary Pay Program. The City Attorney or designee shall have sole discretion to increase the salary of individual employees to, or within, the Discretionary Pay Program based on the assignment of increased and/or specialized duties and/or responsibilities, recruitment and/or retention, desirable expertise and/or experience, and/or the need for market adjustments determined necessary to address such needs. Increased and/or specialized duties and/or responsibilities shall be defined as duties and/or responsibilities that exceed those typically expected of or assigned to a journey-level employee, such as lead duties and/or responsibilities or training and/or mentoring of new employees.
