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<br />rll ----'\) <br />( ); <br />tIl{ <br /> <br /> <br />Item #5.4. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Admini <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />November 17,1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Wage Incentive Program <br /> <br />In late 1993, the City Council approved the police officer wage incentive <br />program (WIP). This program is not part of the police union contract and is <br />therefore not negotiable during union contract discussions. The WIP is <br />attached to this memo. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This past summer the original WIP Committee, plus Chief of Police Tom <br />Zerwas and Investigator Steve Miller, met to discuss some possible revisions to <br />the WIP. The police officers were requesting a change in how often the skills <br />and physical fitness tests were taken and also a change in the physical fitness <br />standards. Additionally, discussion by the committee took place regarding <br />continuing to have the WIP emphasize physical fitness, an alternative to the <br />current physical fitness tests, and some changes desired by administration for <br />the testing dates and payment dates. <br /> <br />I think that committee member Dietz spoke for the entire committee when he <br />indicated that he was open to changing the physical fitness standards, and <br />that he was open to having the skills test taken only once per year (versus <br />twice per year), but that the physical fitness tests should remain at twice per <br />year. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The police union steward sent a survey out to nineteen officers and the <br />majority supported having the skills test taken once per year and having the <br />physical fitness test taken twice per year. Additionally, the majority supported <br />keeping the same physical fitness test, but lowering the standard for passing <br />from the 70 percentile to the 60 percentile. The reasons for having the skills <br />tested only once per year relate to the time to administer the tests and the fact <br />that we are running out of original, fair, and objective questions for each test. <br />The reason for lowering the physical fitness passing percentile to 60 has to do <br />with making the test reasonable and to encourage officer participation. It <br />doesn't do us any good to have a physical fitness program offering wage <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway. P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />