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Ells liver ~" <br />U;~11C1p~ Ut111t1eS <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />June 2, 2009 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Daryl Thompson <br />From: Troy Adams <br />Subject: Review and Consider On-Call Policy <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />In follow up to changes made to Elk River Municipal Utilities' take-home vehicle practice and to <br />more clearly comply with Minnesota Statute 471.666, a revision to the ERMi1 On-Call Policy <br />was directed on May 12, 2009, by the Utility Commission. The revisions to the policy would <br />identify the job positions that are required to he on-call and receive a stipend (engaged to wait) <br />and also those who are on-call. and do not receive a stipend (waiting to engage). <br />The proposed revisions to the ER_MU handbook section 9 are as follows: <br />Certain enaplovees kill he regtired to fie on-call artd strhlect to a residencv rrrle,_,_The <br />residencv rt.rle refit-tires crll on-call em~lovees to live tirithin a ncelve (12) rcrditrs of the <br />poti~~er• plant. E.rceptions to the residencv rule tirill he hecn•d by the Utilities Commission. <br />til Mile on-call ernt~lovees tirill he provided a conrnany take-borne vehicle. <br />''^•~~r;=~-Regular field workers incltrdin~ linf?persnns, 1~•ater operators. and .other- <br />s~eci tcally trained Meld tivorker•.~ are required to be on call for one (1) week periods on <br />a rotation basis. ~prentices are eremt~t front inclusion in the on-call rotation for• trp to <br />one ~~ear after the date of hi~•e per management discretion. Compensation for• one (1) <br />ticeek period v~~on-call is eight (8) hours of overtime pay. If a holiday falls within the on- <br />call week, compensation will be two (2) hours of overtime per holiday. "~..;,r°•~~" ""~°~ <br />