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~, Elk River -~ Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway • PO. Box 430 Elk River, MN 55330-0430 July 7, 2008 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Jerry Takle John Dietz Jerry Gumphrey From: Bryan Adams Subject: Wage Adjustments r, 3 Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 During our Comparable Worth discussions at the June 2008 commission meeting, a couple of compensation issues were discussed and asked to be brought back at the next meeting. These issues are meter readers contract through McBrady Meter Reading, contract increase for Vance Zehringer our consultant for CIP and special projects and salary adjustment for the office clerk position. The attached Pat McBrady Meter Reading cost structure spreadsheet reflects our 2008 cost structure (highlighted in blue) and cover letter dated June 10, 2008. In summary, Pat McBrady is holding the same cost as negotiated in 2004 except we are receiving a 40% decrease for the meter readings being read with the FC200 handheld radio device. Vance Zehringer is our part-time consultant who does our CIP and customer visits. He is currently being paid $39/hour only (car and business expenses are included in that $39/hour with no benefits). I would recommend an increase to $41 /hour. For the year 2007, he was paid $38,211. His last increase was in June 2007. The last item addressed was a salary adjustment for our Office Clerk position. Four people currently hold this position andattached is the job description. The current salary is $21.22/hour. The equivalent position with the City of Elk River is pay grade 5 or 6 or a pay of $22.73 to $24.96. The salary survey we completed in April 2007 with our seven utility comparables reflects a large spread in pay for this job ($20.50 to $24.75) depending on actual duties. I would suggest a salary adjustment of $1.00/hour to $22.22/hour.