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City of Elk River REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Agenda Section Meeting Date W orksession une 12, 2006 Item Description Personnel Related Policies Item Number 5.7. Prepared by Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Reviewed by Introduction There are several personnel items on which I would like to update the Council including some that require Council input for future action. The items are discussed briefly below. Additional information will be presented at Monday's meeting. Discussion Pay Plan and Reclassification Study: Mr. Rod Kelsey is reviewing and adjusting a few positions based on additional information he requested before finalizing the reclassification of all positions. He has provided a very preliminary recommendation on the pay plan. Once the market benchmark data is reviewed, he will be prepared to present the study to the Council. Post Employment Insurance: A Post Employment Insurance Committee lead by Human Resource Representative Lauren Wipper was formed last year to research the possibility of offering a post employment insurance plan to employees. The plan would have been at no cost to the City as it would be funded entirely with employee contributions. Attached is a memo from Ms. Wipper explaining the Committee's recommendation to not offer a post employment insurance plan. Exempt Compensatory Time Policy: In 2003, the compensatory time policy for exempt employees was changed. In an effort to bring more accountability, clarity, and consistency to the policy, a new policy is being proposed. This policy requires that the time be tracked and clearly states how much may be used at a time. Exempt employees have reviewed the revised policy and recommend approval. Attached is the current policy marked-up with the proposed changes. Non-Exempt Compensatory Time Policy: The street and park maintenance departments have requested that the twelve-month year for the carry over of compensatory time change from a calendar year to November 1 to October 31. Currendy, the calendar year is used to determine the carry over of time to the next year. Changing from December 31 to October 31 would help eliminate employee requests to use compensatory time during the busy snowplow season. This provision would apply only to the street and park maintenance departments. Uniforms: There has been discussion with the street, wastewater, and park departments about changing the way uniforms are provided to employees in those departments. Currendy, there is no uniform policy except for police employees covered by a bargaining unit. Again, for consistency and accountability, a formal policy should be approved for all departments. Additional information on this item will be presented at the meeting. s: \ Council\Lori\2006 \Personnel Related.doc