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City Council Minutes 12-10-90 Special I I I MINU ES SPECIAL MEETING - MON ICELLO CITY COUNCIL Monday, December 10, 1990 - 6:30 p.m. Members Present: Ken Maus, Fra Fair, Shirley Anderson, Warren smith, Dan Bl nigen Members Absent: None Administrator Wolfsteller discuss d the potential of establishing a policy for establishing annual ay adjustments. He noted that there are many different methods sed by various communities for establishing annual pay adjustmen s. The policy, if implemented, would relate employee performance to cost of living increases and meri t increases and also establ'sh position pay ranges. In addition, the policy would be int grated with a comparable worth program that must be developed by ecember 31, 1991, as mandated by state law. Shirley Anderson remarked that a 'step" system for adjusting pay based on degrees or credits earne , seniority, or other criteria can work in some situations but ma not be as easy to implement in a city setting, Dan Blonigen noted that it is impo tant to establish a range of pay for each position and make s re that position ranges are comparable. Blonigen also remark d that cost of living increases noted by the Kiplinger report in lude increases in the cost of insurance; therefore, cost of livi g increases granted to employees should be adjusted downward to re lect increases in City payments to employee insurance programs. Blonigen also noted that individuals not performing to ex ectations should not receive a cost of living increase. Rick Wolfsteller responded by saying that employees should be considered f r termination if they are not performing up to expectations. Ken Maus suggested the concept of establishing a pool to be used for merit increases and to be sed to make comparable worth adjustments. Warren Smith responded by saying t at it was his understanding that we were moving away from the meri pay concept. Wolfsteller emphasized that we may need a pool to be used to adjust for comparable worth adjustments. Warren Smith suggested adjusting pyas done the previous year with a bonus for people who should get recognition. Page 1 I I I Spe ial Council Minutes - 12/10/90 At this point in the meeting, Coun il discussed establishment of a pay increase pool to be distribu ed by the City Administrator. Fran Fair noted that the cost of lOving increase for the past year is 5.4%; therefore, the pool shou d consist of an amount equal to 5.4% of the current payroll. After discussion, a motion was ma e by Fran Fair and seconded by Warren Smith to establish a pay a justment pool of $26,000 to be distributed as pay increases to em loyees as deemed appropriate by the City Administrator, with he City Administrator's pay adjustment to be considered later. Voting in favor of the motion: Fran Fair, Warren Smith, Shirley A derson, Ken Maus. Opposed: Dan Blonigen. ~o~ Jeff O'Neill Assistant Administrator Pag 2 I I I MINUES CONTINUATION OF SPECIAL MEETI G - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL Monday, December 10, 1990 - 10:10 p.m. Members Present: Ken Maus, Fran Fair, Shirley Anderson, Warren Smith, Dan B10 igen Members Absent: None The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ken Maus. A discussion was held on the stren ths and weaknesses of the City Administrator, Rick Wolfsteller. he Council agreed that Rick by and large was doing a fine job but needed to work in certain areas such as public relations. Council further discussed the re ationship of Administrator to Assistant Administrator and all greed Assistant Administrator should receive a merit increase. Motion was made by Warren Smith, s conded by Fran Fair, to grant a 5.4% salary increase to the City Administrator and further to direct the Administrator to grant a 5.4% increase to Assistant Administrator, Jeff O'Neill, along with a $1,000 merit increase. (The merit increase was to be added to the package increase already authorized by Council.) Voting in avor: Fran Fair, Warren Smith, Ken Maus. Op osed' Dan Blonigen. Abstaining: Shirley Anderson. Ken Mayor