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At the October Commission meeting, a presentation on Long Term Care (LTC) was made. <br />This is an insurance that is not currently offered by ERMU to their employees. This <br />insurance option was discussed by the Committee meeting and specific pricing was provided <br />for the Committee. Based on feedback from the employees, the Committee discussed the <br />LTC and determined that there was not enough support for an employer funded LTC to bring <br />it forward to the Commission. The option would still be there for an employee funded LTC <br />program through ERMU. The employee funded LTC would not have a financial impact to <br />ERMU. <br />Other <br />There were also a number of items brought to the Committee by the employees for <br />discussion. Of those items discussed, the Committee decided to bring two of those topics <br />forward for the Commission's consideration. <br />First, some employees requested the Committee look into uniform laundry services. It was <br />found that the average cost to use a laundry service would run approximately $15,600 per <br />year. This would be in addition to the approximate $8,925 spent for shirts and pants now. <br />By comparison the average cost of using a rental service, which includes laundry service, <br />would cost approximately $13,506.48 per year. The cost of purchasing and installing a <br />washer and dryer at the plant would run about $2,000. The Committee and staff discussed <br />and agreed that purchasing a washer and dryer would be the most cost effective solution and <br />that the topic would be brought forward to the Commission for consideration. <br />Second, some employees requested the Committee look into the On-Call Holiday <br />Compensation, specifically, look at adding a compensatory day as compensation for being <br />on-call over a holiday. This is a benefit offered by other utilities. Currently those on call are <br />paid a stipend. These stipends for water and electric have a combined total annual cost of <br />$1,885.47 for 201 I. Awarding an On-Call Holiday Compensatory Day would not have a <br />cash impact to the Utilities. It would, however, have in impact to production due to the <br />additional days off for water and electric employees on call for the 11 observed holidays. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />• ERMU 2012 Metro-Average Wage Survey Spreadsheet <br />• ERMU 2012 Metro-Average Wage Survey Graph <br />• 2012 Budget -Wage and Benefits Committee Review <br />