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Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 9.3 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Work Session February 22, 2022 Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Compensation Plan Update Lauren Wipper, HR Manager <br />Reviewed by <br />Lori Ziemer, Finance Director <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Discuss and provide staff direction. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />Mayor Dietz suggested a discussion regarding compensation following the approval of the Police Captain <br />collective bargaining agreement and potential wage compression. <br /> <br />The city initiated a Classification and Compensation Plan update in 2018. The original plan was completed prior <br />to the severe economic crisis and adjustments, more than 10 years prior. The result was a high number of <br />classification changes and salary adjustments to keep pace with a changing internal and external markets. <br /> <br />The 2018 update began phasing in salary adjustments in July of 2018 to minimize budgetary impacts. Since this <br />time, the city has approved new collective bargaining unit contracts with all units and added a new union. In <br />negotiating those contracts, it was found many cities had or were planning to undertake Classification and <br />Compensation updates. <br /> <br />Two things the Council should consider is that the 2018 update brought city wages on average to just below our <br />peer market city average and the impacts of retention and recruitment during the post-pandemic economy. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />N/A <br /> <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />The Elk River Mission <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> None <br /> <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br /> <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity. <br /> Updated: August 2020 <br />