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Elk River\ <br />Municipal <br />13069 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />May 3, 200 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />.Terry Takle <br />John Dietz <br />Jim Tralle <br />From: Bryan Adams <br />Subject: Review and Consider Rest Period Policy <br />phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.941.8099 <br />At the April 12, 2005 Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting the operational <br />employees asked for and received a rest period provision. This commission should <br />formally adopt this policy. I have added the sentence that is underlined. This sentence <br />alleviates some issues I have previously experienced with this rest period provision. <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities will allow one hour rest lime without payroll <br />deduction for each hour overtime worked from midnight to start of scheduled <br />shift, excluding Saturday and Sunday, N~hen released. This rest time shall be <br />taken during the next scheduled work shift. When employees are not released <br />for rest time, all hours worked on normal shift shall he at time and one half. <br />It is the employees resvonsibilily to notify the supervisor prior to taking the <br />rest period and to take the rest z~eriod <br />We have discussed the underlined portion of the rest period provision with our employees <br />and they have no objection. <br />In a related issue, a couple of our employees asked, after our last commission meeting, if <br />we could relax the 10 mile radius living distance for employees on call. Many of the <br />surrounding utilities have much less stringent requirements. Also with the price of homes <br />in Elk River, a larger radius particularly to the north and west would make homes more <br />affordable. I suggested to the employee we would address this issue at a later date <br />possibly this fall when we discuss health insurance. We are just letting you know this <br />issue is on the radar screen. <br />ities <br />As a final note, we just received our premium charges for life insurance, long term <br />disability (LTD), and dental insurance. Attached are two e-mails and a spread sheet from <br />Jodi Berge, our insurance broker. The total increase for all three benefits is 7.92% <br />