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City of Elk Request for Action River To Item Number Mayor and City Council 4.13 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Consent December 15, 2014 Lauren Wipper, Human Resource Representative Item Description Reviewed by 2015 Compensation Plan for Non-Organized Cal Portner, City Administrator Employees Reviewed by Action Requested Adopt,by motion,the attached resolution adopting the 2015 Compensation Plan for Non-Organized Employees. Background/Discussion Attached is the 2015 Compensation Plan for Non-Organized Employees. Changes included in this plan are as follows: • Increase to the Minnesota state minimum wage. On August 1, 2015, minimum wage will increase to $9.00 per hour. Some of our seasonal/part-time positions are currently paid below that rate and will increase to $9.00 per hour on August 1, 2015. • Two percent pay increase—This is included in the 2015 budget and is reflected in item number one and the Pay Plan on the final page of the document. It is also reflected in the pay for Paid On-Call Firefighters, Park-time Cablecaster, Police Reserves, and Part-time Liquor Store Clerk. • The Flexible Benefits Plan contribution was approved on consent at the November 3,2014, Council meeting. • Last year we changed the date of the cost of living increase so that it falls at the beginning of a pay period rather than mid-pay period. This eliminated the need to make manual adjustments as it does not automatically accommodate mid-pay period adjustments. We would like to do the same with employee's mid-year step increases. Our long-standing policy is that employees who have satisfactory performance and are not at the top of their pay range will receive a step increase on July 1" of that year. July 1"usually falls mid-pay period. We propose to change that date to June 28, 2015 this year so that it falls at the beginning of a pay period. As we have a large base of long-tenured employees who are being paid at the top of their pay range, this affects a relatively small number of employees. As with the cost of living increase, each year that date will be redefined to be the first day of a pay period. • We have had difficulty recruiting for open positions at the ice arena and have made some changes to the pay and structure of the seasonal and part-time positions to help with that effort. A survey was done of similar positions to determine pay rates. We also added a Concession Lead position to assist in the management of the concession area. These have no direct impact on the budget as the wages for these programs are budgeted in total and the program works within that budget. • We have removed the seasonal golf course positions. • Addition of Fire Academy positions. In the interest of improving the training for our paid on call firefighters,we have established our own training program. Our recruits are now trained in-house P a w E R E U 6 Y Template Updated 4/14 INIM UREI