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Per Current Compass' recommendation,John Dietz agreed that Ms. Slominski should have the title of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and that her pay should be adjusted accordingly. Chair Dietz also voiced his opinion on the Owatonna Public Utilities General Manager(GM) Base Salary data that was used for benchmarking, questioning the two utilities that are paying their GM over$200,000 and whether their duties were similar to those of our GM. He stated if you were to eliminate the salary data from those two utilities,our GM's salary, with the addition of the UPMIC, would be right in line with the others. Commissioner Stewart reiterated that if we are going to benchmark our GM's salary to the top five salaries,we need to also make sure that we're comparing the level of responsibility, size of customers, revenue dollars, and services. The Commission had consensus that the methodology used for analysis should have factored in additional details to ensure an apples to apples comparison. After discussion on ERMU's philosophy, Commissioner Westgaard suggested that this get further vetted through the W&BC, and that a recommendation be brought back to the Commission for consideration. There was further discussion on the addition of a Human Resources Manager and the timeline for filling the Operational Technology Superintendent position. Moved by Commissioner Bell and seconded by Commissioner Westgaard to receive and file the Management Pay Group Compensation Study. Motion carried 5-0. 4.0 POLICY&COMPLIANCE 4.1 Annual Commission Performance Self-Evaluation Per Governance Policy G.2c Agenda Planning, and consistent with the 2019 Governance Agenda adopted by the Commission in 2018,the Commission is to conduct a self-evaluation of their own performance in the third quarter of each fiscal year. Following the evaluation,the Commission, with support from the General Manager, will arrange for governance education for the next fiscal year, including education related to the determination of desired results. Prior to the Commission meeting,the Commissioners had completed an online survey regarding their performance. Mr.Adams presented the survey results and facilitated discussion on each of the points the Commission evaluated themselves on.The survey included five open-ended questions regarding the Commission's performance and what, if anything,they should be doing to be more effective.A few key areas that were identified were: holding a regular joint meeting with Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Meeting Minutes July 9, 2019 Page 4