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MINtJ'CPS Ci.t~ Counci.l Nov. 9, 19£33 Wages Mr< tahey aslced Mr. Cdlanzer wtiy he was proposi.ng an increase in salary f:or one of the Publ.i.c Worlcs empl.oyees thaC caas nearly equal to Che tagenda proposed increase for Glanzer himself:. Pahey pointed out: Chat the Item No. 29 performance of this empl.oyee had been ].ess than sat~i.sYactory> `4r, Gl.an~er repli.ed that the employee made a mi.staLce and was informed about it. Mr. Glanzer di.d not feel that Che whole year should be thrown ao~ay because of one mi.,Calce< idr. T'ahey aslced ~if this empl.oyee was t.he type that the City wants for t:}~e l.ong-terro. Pal~~ey po~inted ouY: that Lf the employee :i.s no[: cloing t:he job, it is not fair to give him sipnals of ].ong-tcrm em~loy~»enC. 17ahey ~nslced i.L Che. em~loyee w:ill. matce the grade i.n the l.ong run or jusC do anough to get by, Mr. Glanzer stated that i.f. Che situation does not rema~in chanYed fo~r tlte better, he would not f:or.esee lon~-term empl.oyment, Mr.. (rlanzer reported that he based his sc~7.ary recommendat:ions on ~informat:ion ~~e obt2ined on other cf.C:ies~ pl.us try~ing to remain i.n th~ 7% ceilin~; t:hat Y.}ie council in,Crueted. Mr. rahe.y reported that he and the G:i.ty Clerl< wi_l.l be obta'in~.i.n; i.nf.ormztion on i.nsurance plans From the J.~eague of Citi.es to see. if tltere i.s a rnore economicaJ. ~lt~n the Cit;y can get i.nto. t4r. Porsber~; su~;~;ested tnat a fl.at amouni: be pai.cl f:or each employce's i.nsurance coverage. PSr. 77ahey poi.nted out that .insurance i.s ti beneLi.t that t:he Cit:y has 11~vays Ew'nished< Fahey po:i.nted out that there may he an ~i.nsurance pl.an thaP: ai.l1 charge a f.l.at: rate for each empl.oqee>.. ~7'he cic:y may be able to join wi.th a ).arger ,roup Eor i.nsurance covera,n.,e. Mr.s. Scalze p~inted ouY that citi.es the s~i.•r,e oL Li.ttle C~~m ada musC al.l have th1.s same problern. ~ Mr. Pahey suggested t:hat the current di.sparaCy i.n tlie permanc:nt part- ti.me of.fi.ce hel.p Ue correctecL T'ahey commented that there is too much o£ a salary gap between Beverly .7espersen ancl Grace 131essner, I'ahey poi.nted out that ~7rs. Jespersen has more year.s ot servi.ce i.n tlzan T~[rs. t3l.essner and for t;hat reason f:e7.t there should be some d~i_f.ference in the salari_ese Mrs. Scal.ze aslced if the jobs ~erformed by the two i.ndiv~idual.s were identical, The C:i.ty C7.crlc replied t:hat ther.•e are sorne dS.ff~rencec, but. po9.nl;ed out Chat each wom~n can replace Che other in the performance of tti~is jobs. 'Cherefore, t4r. Fahey suggested a 4% salary incr.ease for Y~lrs. ,Jesper.son br.i.ngi.ng her salary to $6.75 per hour and a 12% :i.ncre-~ase f.or P1rs. Blessner. to $6.25 per hour. Page -1.8-