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rei ---'\j ( ); till . . Item #5.5. MEMORANDUM RiverTO: Mayor & City Council Pat Klaers, City A~ ......'.. ~trator / ,~.~ June 14, 1999 / FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Personnel Committee Recommendations I would like to comment on one aspect of the personnel committee's recommendation. That comment relates to the pay plan status being 95 percent of the Group 6 metro average. To begin, I would be remiss if I didn't extend my sincere appreciation to the personnel committee for all of the hard work they have done over the years and if I didn't attempt to explain to the City Council the magnitude of the task that they have been undertaking. The committee has a totally thankless job whereby it seems like they are always making some employees unhappy because the employee is not getting their particular request approved...either it's a title change, a change in status from exempt to non- exempt or vice versa, a point ranking increase, or a pay/benefit increase. Over the years the committee has done an extraordinary job in being fair in its evaluation of all of the municipal positions and in taking the personalities out of the equation and only looking at the job and duties. This is extremely difficult and the City Council only sees the end result of all the work. Actually, the council only sees the recommendations for changes and does not see all of the work that is done that results in no changes. The personnel committee started off as the comp worth committee in early 1994. In 1995, the committee submitted its proposal to the City Council regarding point rankings for positions, a citywide pay plan, title changes, exempt/non-exempt changes, and a few wage adjustments (my proposal). The council accepted these recommendations with changes in the pay plan in 1995, and the title of the committee then changed to personnel rather than comp worth and the group continued to meet on a frequent basis. Annually, or semi-annually, the committee makes personnel recommendations to the City Council as new employees and positions are added and/or the duties of existing positions changed. The next challenge for the committee will be an evaluation of our employee benefits package. As the council may recall, this has been a significant issue in trying to hire and retain employees. Finally, I am thinking about the burnout factor on the personnel committee and am considering changes in the composition of this group. A change 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425