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6 V. Survey Results As indicated in the previous section, the survey involved the collection of base compensation data for Elk River's survey's classifications from each of the selected labor market agencies and detailed results of the analyses were prepared. These results are presented as follows: • Table 1A provides the utility with a summary of study results. This is a base salary table representing all ten leadership positions with salary results compared to the average of the top five municipal utilities, the number of comparable classes identified, and the percentage ERMU's yearly salary for the survey classification that is above or below the top five average. • Charts 1-10 presents base salary data for the designated positions as compared to the top five municipal utilities and a national survey (APPA) and Cooperative survey (APPA) when applicable. When conducting a salary survey, the intent is to provide general market trends by comparing the span of control, duties and responsibilities, and knowledge, skill and ability requirements to determine whether these are comparable enough to utilize as a match. With a balance labor market and the use of whole job analysis, it is reasonable to assume that while some matches will have slightly higher responsibilities and some matches will have slightly lower responsibilities, the overall scope of duties and responsibilities of the combined matches will be balanced. When reviewing the data, it is important that Elk River Municipal Utilities be aware of the following: • Current Compass has not included any salary increases for the APPA 2018 survey. MMUA's survey collected data from mid-March to the end of April 2019. OPU's General Manager survey includes 2019 actuals. • APPA's salary data for customer size of 10,000 to 20,000, and 3rd Quartile ranking was used as the best match. Third quartile is defined as meets Current Compass LLC 100