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Elk River -=~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />Apri17, 2009 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Daryl Thompson <br />From: Troy Adams <br />Subj: Review and Consider the 2009 Wage Request <br />5.7 <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />In years past, the employees of Elk River Municipal Utilities would attend the April Utility <br />Commission meeting to present an annual wage proposal. Due to technicalities in this practice, <br />it has been recommended by the attorneys of Gray Plant Mooty that ERMU management present <br />the employee wage proposal this year and reevaluate the process for the future. <br />Submitted for Commission review is the attached metro survey of seven area utilities and the <br />2009 wage proposal as prepared by the employees. <br />Of the seven utilities surveyed, Connexus and North St. Paul are still in general negotiations. <br />Making a very conservative assumption that both Connexus' and North St. Paul's labor <br />negotiations would agree to a 0% wage increase for 2009, the resulting metro average for a <br />Lineperson would be $34.63. The ERMU Lineperson pay class would need to increase 2.78% to <br />maintain this metro average. If Connexus' and North St. Paul's labor negotiation both agree to a <br />3% wage increase for 2009, the resulting metro average for a Lineperson would be $34.92. The <br />ERMU Lineperson pay class would need to increase 3.64% to maintain this metro average. <br />It is likely that when the labor negotiations are done, the metro average would fall closer to the <br />latter. This said, the employees have submitted for Commission consideration a wage proposal <br />requesting a more conservative increase of 2.78%. <br />