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Elk River �. <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission ERMU Wage and Benefits Committee <br /> John Dietz—Chair John Dietz—Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Vice Chair Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager <br /> Al Nadeau—Trustee Theresa Slominski—Finance and Office Manager <br /> Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> November 13, 2012 5.2 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Wage and Benefits Committee Update <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In October 2011 Utilities Commission formed a Wage and Benefits Committee. The Utilities <br /> Commission created the committee to be comprised of one Commissioner, John Dietz—Utilities <br /> Chair, and three Utilities managers, Troy Adams—General Manager, Theresa Slominski— <br /> Finance and Office Manager, and Mark Fuchs —Electric Superintendent. The intent for the <br /> creation was to have the committee review and analyze wage and benefits information, receive <br /> comments and questions from employees relating to wage and benefits, function as a forum for <br /> discussion, and ultimately present select wage and benefit information to the Utilities <br /> Commission for action. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> The Wage and Benefits Committee met on October 16th and 30t. The Committee determined <br /> the following items should be presented to the Utilities Commission for consideration: <br /> Wages <br /> A survey was conducted of the metro utilities benchmarking the hourly wage for journeyman <br /> lineworkers. National and State survey benchmarking information was also reviewed by the <br /> Committee. The budget currently reflects a 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). This <br /> has a budget impact of$69,000. The Committee has elected to pass a summarized overview <br /> of this information along to the Commission for consideration. A comparison to the other <br /> metro utilities is summarized in the attached tables. <br /> Per the intent of the creation of this Committee, employees have the option to make requests <br /> and contribute to the Committee discussions. The lineworkers have formally submitted a <br /> request for a 7% COLA. This would have a budget impact of$92,000 above the currently <br /> budgeted COLA. This request is attached for Commission review. <br /> 1.1 <br /> . Page 1 of 4 r U I FAIB •E NATUR <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider POWERED T o SERVE <br />