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EGty1� ,.,�� Request for Action River To Item Number Mayor and City Council 4.11 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Consent December 17, 2018 Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Manager Item Description Reviewed by 2019 Compensation Plan Cal Portner, City Administrator Reviewed by Action Requested Adopt,by motion, a resolution approving the 2019 Compensation Plan for Non-Organized Employees. Background/Discussion Attached is the 2019 Compensation Plan for Non-Organized Employees. Changes include: ■ 3% pay increase—Budgeted for 2019 and reflected in item #1 and the Pay Plan on the final page of the document. It is also reflected in pay for paid on-call firefighters,part-time cablecaster, part-time liquor clerks, and police reserves. ■ Wastewater Systems Operator—Operators have been paid based on their license; they do not receive annual step increases as all other employees. This change will provide for an annual step or an increase based on their license each year until they reach the top of the pay scale. ■ Step increases —As part of the new compensation plan that was approved in July of this year, employees hired or promoted July 1, 2018, or later,will receive a step increase,per policy, on the employee's anniversary dates rather than on July 1" of each year. This, and the adjusted pay rates, should help prevent initial 6 month pay increases. ■ Minimum wage—The state minimum wage increases to $9.86 per hour on January 1, 2019. Any positions paid below that amount have been adjusted. ■ Duty officer pay—This has been budgeted but omitted from the plan in past years. ■ Part-time pay—Public Works has requested two new seasonal positions. Neither change the budgeted seasonal wages. Pay for both of these positions is comparable with cities surveyed. o The laborer position is needed this snow season. It is difficult to fill winter seasonal positions because our pool of candidates tends to be laid-off construction workers and landscape professionals and we complete with snow plowing companies. The pay rate is reflective of this challenge. o The plow operator position is not expected to be needed until the 2019/20 or 2020/21 snow season. ■ Part-time liquor clerk pay o Liquor Clerks hired before September 1, 2005,will receive a 3% pay increase. o We have had a lot of trouble hiring and retaining liquor clerks. We are adjusting the pay scale for clerks hired after September 1,2005, to be more competitive in the market. ■ Minimum hours for insurance coverage—The Affordable Care Act requires coverage for employees who work 30 hours per week or more. We have been practicing this but have not made the change official in our documents until now. The Elk River Vision A PehoMing community 2a itb revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional POWERED By service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity INAMIRE1