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COUNCIL MINUTES DRAFT 2 46 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 47 There was no report from the Finance Safety Department. 48 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 49 3A) Consider Resolution No. 19-178, Approving the 2020 Labor Agreement with AFSCME, 50 Local No. 2454 – Human Resources Manager Bartholomew explained that staff is requesting 51 approval of the labor agreement. She reviewed the terms of the proposed agreement. 52 Council Member Manthey moved to approve Resolution No. 19-178 as presented. Council Member 53 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 54 3B) Consider Resolution No. 19-179, Approving the 2020 Labor Agreement with LELS Local 55 No. 260– Human Resources Manager Bartholomew explained that staff is requesting approval of 56 the labor agreement. She reviewed the terms of the proposed agreement. 57 Council Member Maher moved to approve Resolution No. 19-179 as presented. Council Member 58 Manthey seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 59 3C) Consider Resolution No. 19-180, Approving the 2020 Labor Agreement with I.U.O.E, 60 Local No. 49– Human Resources Manager Bartholomew explained that staff is requesting approval 61 of the labor agreement. She reviewed the terms of the proposed agreement. 62 Council Member Maher moved to approve Resolution No. 19-180 as presented. Council Member 63 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 64 3D) Consider Resolution No. 19-177, Establishing the 2020 Compensation Plan for Non-65 Union Employees – Human Resources Manager Bartholomew explained that there is a group of 66 City employees who are not represented by a union. The resolution proposes an updated 67 compensation plan for these employees based on wage increases granted by agreement to other 68 represented employees. 69 Council Member Stoesz asked if is normal to approve this compensation plan prior to having all 70 union settlements in place. Ms. Bartholomew explained that it’s been done both ways – with all 71 contracts in place and prior to that. She noted that staff is comfortable that the remaining 72 contract(s) will not make this plan inappropriate. Mayor Reinert remarked that the City has a 73 practice of negotiating all labor contracts at once and treating everyone the same; for this year, there 74 is one group holding off but he feels they will see from these actions that everyone else has been 75 treated the same. 76 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No. 19-177 as presented. Council Member 77 Maher seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 78 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT 79 4A) Consider Sale of Fire Pagers – Public Safety Director Swenson recalled that the department 80 has necessarily upgraded its pager system. Some of the old pagers were sold and this action 81 proposes sale of the remainder (eight). The cost is somewhat lower than the previous sales due to 82 the lack of chargers included. 83