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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
February 15, 1993
6:30 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Roll call: Mayor Manning, Dell, Fox, Angel, Wright Le
Buck.
Lemke and
Members absent: Budak.
The Mayor called the meeting to order stating that the
the meeting was to discuss proposed non -bargaining salary
and language changes.purpose of
increases
Jim Rodemeyer, Personnel Director, a
provisioonns, proposal from senior
management with the following
-
Freeze in step increases for all non -bargaining employees.
-
A salary increase of 1% for all employees with base salaries
of less than $40,000 per on June
increase for those employees yearoversaid base3, 1993
salary. and no
- Health insurance benefits would be the same as
those
are being recommended for approval for the Police Protective
Association.
- Elimination of educational assistance.
- Currently, employees are eligible to receive a
payout of week of unused vacation and to carry over one week of unused
vacation. Proposed language would allow the carry over of upd
to two weeks of vacation and to delete the payout
the end of each calendar
year. provision at
The financial impact of this would be that 25 employees would
receive salary increases and 92 employees would receive an average
increase of $305 for a total cost of $27,769, or an approximate
.69% salary increase for all non -bargaining employees.age
the g gPP oximate
package would have to be absorbed byThe cost iof
s
being required of departments for contractual departmentnreassas is
Rodemeyer noted that the package would also include the am
language for sick leave as is being offered to other bargaining same
gaining
Councilperson Angel questioned whether everyone affected b
proposal had been involved in the decision makin y thed
that senior management which includes division headsand
noted
department heads had reviewed the
f arproposal and recommended approval
In response to a question byPProvas
pointed out that vacation could not be accumulated beyonperson d two t weekss
per year and that upon a retirement, an employee could not have
accumulated two weeks, four weeks, six weeks, etc.
payout. Councilperson Angel e
posal
when normally non -bargaining q salary increases oned the Ing of this vacation
the bargaining unit are reviewedprafterstated that the bargaining proposhavals
haven approved.
StatMr• increases
being given to non-bargainingquestioned the increases
good faith effort for the bargaining units and thought it would be a
compensation packages were identical. In units to be assured that
ion
from Councilperson Angel, it was noted that esponse to a
non-bargainin , by freezing somequoftthe
ton bargaining positions some supervisors will be making less than
g personnel they supervise.
Mayor Manning presented an alternative
He concurred with the entire He for consideration.
proposed an alternative to the ckage stated above except that he
individuals earning less than $40p000�sed pay increases for those
of $180 for all non -bargaining employees dmak ng less than recommended a let raise
which is 1% of the lowestn $40,000
whit Mayorpaid employee within the non -bargaining
group.hethata feelthatan a this
concernsy to ofthosethose s the owee end ac the the al would address the
across y board percentage is not
Pay scale.
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February 15, 1993
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Councilperson Fox commended senior staff d whether there was something
endation
but questioned the motivation and as
besides a symbolic gesture for the recommendation. The Mayor
rt
are
stated that this was a good fair the°budgettconce ns a dthe city lthatsthey
doing what they can to address
are serious about addressing the problems.
The financial impact of the Mayor's proposal is estimated at
$16,500, senior management is $27,700 and an across the board 1%
increase is $40,000.
Councilperson Fox stated that he waviduals over $40,000 as many of
s not sure whether it was fair
to freeze the salaries of those indi asked to do more and more.
them are working very hard and are beinga
The Mayor pointed out that a freeze
Angel dethati shemknows
lack of performance. Councilperson
man families that are trying make it on far less salaries than
Y
those of city employees. CouncilperbenaDscenariodthatthat
the the
public
budget situation the city faces may
sector will face for many years to come.
No official action was taken. With fuat rt7r00 business before the
Work Session, the meeting was adjourned
p.m.
Larry P. Burger
City Clerk/Auditor