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CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTIQN
CITY COIINCIL MEETING DATE: JANUARY 21, 1997
AGENDA TTEM: AMENDMENTS TO LELS LABOR AGENDA SECTION: CONSENT
AGREEMENT FOR 1997-98
PREPARED BY: SUSAN WALSH AGENDA�� �� Q
ASSISTANT TO CITY ADNIINISTRATOR ��
ATTACHMENTS: NONE APPROVED BY:
City Administrator Burt and I completed the contract negotiations with Officers O'Donnell and Robideau for the
1997-981abor agreement. We reached tentative agreements on the fallowing items and recommend that Council
approve these changes: .
(1) 3%wage increase for 1997 and 1998.
{2) Increase clothing allowance by $25 for 1991 and 1998 whereby the clothing allowance would be $550 in
1997 and $575 in 1998.
(3) Change vacation accrual rates to be the same amount that is being proposed for all employees groups as
follows:
During lst year of ernployment Change from earning 5.33 hrs/mo to 6.67 hrs/mo.
During 2nd thru 3rd yr. 8 hrs/mo. (no change)
During 4th thru l Oth yr. 12 hrs/mo. (no change)
During 1 lth thru 15th yr. 14 hrs/mo (no change)
During 16th yr. and above Change from eaming 14 hrs/mo to lb hrs/ma
(4) Funeral leave will be the same as outlined in the city Personnel Policy a.nd as offered to all other employee
groups.
(5) Eliminate the 40 hour restriction on the amount of sick leave that an employee can sell at a pro-rated
amount if the employee has over 480 hours of accumulated sick leave. AFSCME and nonunion
employees may sell any amount of hours over 480, and we reeommend that LELS employees being able
to do the same.
(7) Employee assigned the position of investigator will receive an additional$100 a month.
Staff feels these salary and benefit changes are appropriate and recomrriend approval. �
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RECO1k.�VIVIENDED ACTION: MOTION TO APPROVE TI�ABOVE SALARY AND BENEFIT
CHANGES TO BE INCORPORATE INTO THE 1997-98 LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN LELS AND
THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT AND TO AUTHORIZE TI�NECESSARY SIGNATURES �F TI-�NEW
LABOR AGREEMENT.