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City Council Minutes Page 9 November 7, 2005 ----------------------------- ranking. She explained that Mr. Davis was not pleased with the results of the JAQ and appealed the Personnel Committee’s decision to the city administrator. She stated that at that time, Personnel Committee representative Bruce West spent many hours with Mr. Davis and Mr. Czech filling out a new JAQ to ensure that all job duties were reflected and the revised JAQ also came back with a point ranking of 58. Ms. Johnson stated that Mr. Klaers rejected the appeal by Mr. Davis and that is why Mr. Davis is appealing the comparable worth ranking to the City Council. Mr. Davis thanked the Council for taking the time to hear his appeal. He indicated that he doesn’t believe the JAQ he filled out correctly represents his position because it did not pertain to the ice arena. Ms. Johnson indicated that many times the position profiles do not deal exactly with one’s position but that job duties fall under different, more generic topics. Mr. Davis presented information on similar positions in metro cities and stated that he is much lower paid than those positions. He stated that he holds a very important position at the arena and believes he is underpaid for the work he does. Ms. Johnson noted that jobs across the board will pay more in metro cities and Elk River cannot be compared to those cities. Ice Arena Manager Rich Czech agreed that the JAQ was difficult to fill out because the exact job duties were not listed and that it would have been nice to have something to fill out that related closer to the ice arena duties. Mr. Czech indicated that he compared Buffalo, Owatonna, and Hastings and found that Hastings compares the closest to Mr. Davis’ duties. Councilmember Faber questioned if anyone else would be able to take over Mr. Davis’ job duties in his absence. Mr. Czech indicated that staff would know which company to call to get the equipment repaired but with mainly part-time staff it is difficult to train people on equipment repair. Councilmember Dietz stated that if the pay is to be raised, a new position would have to be created because it would be a bad precedent to raise someone’s pay when their point ranking has been returned with the same value twice. Ms. Johnson noted that in order to get the point ranking to be raised, the new position would have to acquire additional duties. Mayor Klinzing indicated that she would like Mr. Czech and Mr. Maertz to review Hastings job description and analyze what additional job duties can be passed on to Mr. Davis and to work up a new job title and job description and have Mr. Davis go through the process of filling out a new JAQ. The Council concurred. 9.6. Discuss Staff Organization 9.6.A. Community Development Department Update Community Development Director Scott Clark indicated that he has spent the last two months meeting with staff to evaluate personnel issues, development process, and to talk about new projects. Mr. Clark indicated that Finance and Administrative Services Director/Interim City Administrator Lori Johnson met with each division in his department individually to help get honest feedback. Ms. Johnson stated that these meetings were mostly positive and she found that most employees are open to change.