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i=,- Elk River Municipal Utilities SUMMARY COMMISSION POLICY AND REFERENCE GUIDE UPDATES FOR 2024 POLICY G.2g1/2/3/4 —Wage & Benefit, Financial Reserves & Investment, Information Security, and Dispute Resolution Committee Charters —January 9/February 13, 2024 — Language adjusted to clarify that all meetings will be held in accordance with Open Meeting Law. G.2i — Electronic Signature — August 8, 2023 — New policy to establish the use and acceptability of electronic signatures for ERMU. With this policy's approval, ERMU offers electronic signatures of service agreements on its website. G.4f1— Employee Handbook —June 13, 2023 —The changes are: • Revise Date in footer & on cover page. • Revise Table of Contents and page numbers. • Revise Section 13 - Commitment to a Drug and Alcohol -Free Workplace, related to adult -use cannabis legalization. • Revise Section 30 - On -Call, to update residency rule for on -call workers to include commute time. • Revise Section 33 - Lead Pay Differential, to update lineworker position title and add water operator as a qualifying position. • Revise Section 34 - Longevity Pay, to update when the bonus is paid out. • Revise Section 43 - Paid Holidays, to add Juneteenth Day. • Revise Section 44 - Employee Clothing, to update lineworker position title. • Revise Section 45 - Health Care Savings Plan, to add the percentage of paid sick leave conversion to HCSP at time of retirement. • Revise Section 47 - Health Insurance Coverage, to reflect cost increase. • Add Section 51- Short Term Disability, to reflect the new employee benefit. Updates that will appear in the 2024 Employee Handbook to be presented at a future meeting: • January 9, 2024 — The clothing allowance for commissioners and non -field staff was increased from $75 to $120. • November 14 — 2023 — Wage & Benefit Committee o Updating the Bereavement Leave Policy to include more inclusive language for relations that qualify for three days of leave and a one -day tier for aunts, uncles, and cousins. o Adjustments to the Nightwork and Rest Time Policy to provide a two-hour minimum rest time for nightwork occurring 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and eight hours of rest time for employees working four or more hours between the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. X