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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson— Vice Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> December 12, 2012 4.1 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> 2013 Wage and Benefits <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 /> The Wage and Benefits Committee met on October 16th and 30`h. The Committee updated the <br /> Utilities Commission in November. At that meeting, the Commission approved a number of <br /> items including: Expanding the On-Call Residency Rule radius to 20 miles from the Field <br /> Service Building; Revising the Nightwork Rest Time period to 10:00pm through 6:00am; And, <br /> increasing the Sick-Time Conversion maximum conversion to 120 days. The Commission <br /> delayed decisions on a 2013 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), dental renewal, and a <br /> Performance Metrics and Incentive Compensation Policy. The COLA and dental renewal are <br /> included in the following discussion for consideration at the December Commission meeting. <br /> The Performance Metrics and Incentive Compensation Policy is covered under a separate <br /> December Utilities Commission agenda item. <br /> DISCUSSION: <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% COLA. This has a budget impact of <br /> $69,000. The Committee has elected to pass a summarized overview of this information <br /> IPOIEREll RII <br /> Page 1 of 2 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provide, P OWfPE0 T o SERVE <br />