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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> ERMU Commission ERMU Wage & Benefits Committee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> July 9, 2019 5.2 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Wage & Benefits Committee Update <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> Receive update, provide direction/take action on benchmarking report. <br /> BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: <br /> The Wage & Benefits Committee (W&BC) has two updates for the commission: <br /> First, at the June 27 W&BC meeting, the committee reviewed a number of requests from <br /> employees regarding benefits. These included numerous requests regarding vacation time, <br /> such as larger/earlier vacation accrual rates and pre-loaded vacation rather than <br /> earned/accrued. The W&BC discussed employee questions regarding hours of operation, <br /> including the request to run in four 10 hour days and another request to eliminate breaks for <br /> field staff, resulting in a 3:00 p.m. end of workday. The W&BC also evaluated employee <br /> requests for flexible work hours and work-from-home options. All of these requests have been <br /> previously discussed and evaluated by the W&BC. Unless the commission has any interest in <br /> exploring any of these requests further, the committee had consensus to not recommend <br /> commission adoption of any of these requests at this time. <br /> Second, at the November 2018 commission meeting, the commission directed the committee <br /> to benchmark the management pay group. In March the utilities entered into an agreement <br /> with Current Compass, a consulting firm from the Twin Cities area, to perform the <br /> benchmarking. The W&BC received an update from Current Compass during the June 27 <br /> meeting. Mark Fritsch of Current Compass will be in attendance to present the report to the <br /> commission and answer questions. <br /> ATTACHMENT: <br /> • Management Pay Group Compensation Study <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> 94 <br />