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Page 2 <br />Regular meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />May 10, 2005 <br />5.2 Review and Consider Rest Period Policy <br />At the April 12, 2005 Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting the operational <br />employees asked for and received a rest period provision which should be formally <br />adopted. Staff would like to add the underlined sentence to the policy. <br />"Elk River Municipal Utilities will allow one hour rest time without payroll deduction for <br />each hour overtime worked from midnight to start of scheduled shift, excluding Saturday <br />and Sunday, when released. This rest time shall be taken during the next scheduled work <br />shift. When employees are not released for rest time, all hours worked on normal shift <br />shall be at time and one half. It is the employee's responsibility to notify the supervisor <br />prior to taking the rest period and to take the rest period." <br />Motion by John Dietz to adopt the above rest period policy with the added sentence. <br />James Tralle seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br />Also discussed was the 10 mile radius living distance requirement. A couple of <br />employees have asked if the 10 mile radius requirement could be widened. Commission <br />felt this was an issue that should be addressed next year with the wage and benefit <br />negotiations. <br />Bryan Adams informed the Commissioners of the increase on premium charges for life <br />insurance, long term disability (LTD), and dental insurance. The total increase for all <br />three benefits is 7.92%. This will be considered along with the health insurance issue that <br />will be revisited in the fall. <br />5.3 Review & Consider Sick Leave Policy <br />At a previous meeting the proper use of sick leave was addressed. Further research of <br />other organizations sick leave policy was discussed. Staff suggests the following be <br />added to our sick leave policy. <br />"Sick leave may be used for illness and doctor visits for the employee or the employee's <br />dependents including spouse. A dependent is defined as someone that has the same <br />address as the employee and for whom the employee provides financial support." <br />Motion by John Dietz to accept and include in our policy manual the above wording <br />regarding sick leave. James Tralle seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br />5.4 Review Cash Flow Projections <br />Bryan Adams discussed the cash flow studies for the electric and water departments. <br />These studies continue to reflect an increase in cash reserves for both departments with <br />the assumed growth and anticipated capital projects. <br />