04-24-2023 Council Meeting Minutes

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COUNCIL MINUTES 40 2. FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 41 There was no report. 42 43 3. ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 44 ITEM 3A) Consider Resolution No. 23-34,Approving the 2023-2024 Labor Agreement with 45 AFSCME,Local No. 2454, Sarah Cotton 46 City Administrator Sarah Cotton presented a request to approve Resolution 23-34 related to the 47 tentative AFSCME Labor Agreement for Local No. 2454. She provided an overview of the two- 48 year contract terms as negotiated, including term modifications to wages/classifications with 49 contemplated 3% general wage increase plus a .75%market adjustment for 2023 and 2024; 50 insurance, holidays - including further discussion about Juneteenth; and, PTO. Administrator 51 Cotton recommended approval of Resolution 23-34. 52 i) Motion to: Approve Resolution 23-34 RESULT: CARRIED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Lyden SECONDER: Cavegn AYES: Lyden Cavegn, Stoesz,Rafferty ABSENT: Ruhland 53 54 Item 3B) Consider Resolutions 23-35 and 23-36,Non-Union Compensation Plans, Sarah 55 Cotton 56 City Administrator Sarah Cotton presented a request to approve Resolutions 23-35 and 23-36 57 related to non-union compensation plans. She noted recommended salary adjustments are consistent 58 with the LELS (Local 260), LELS (Local 299), AFL-CIO (Local 49) union contracts that were 59 previously considered and approved by the Council, as well as the AFSCME (Local 2454) contract 60 that is being considered for approval by the Council at the April 24th meeting. The 2023 adopted 61 budget includes resources sufficient to cover the 3%wage adjustment plus a .75%market 62 adjustment. She recommended approval of Resolutions 23-35 and 23-36. 63 i) Motion to: Approve Resolution 23-35 and Resolution 23-36 RESULT: CARRIED[UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cavegn SECONDER: Stoesz AYES: Cavegn,Stoesz,Lyden,Rafferty ABSENT: Ruhland 64 65 Item 3C) Consider Approval of Resolution No. 23-38, Opioid Settlements and Minnesota 66 Opioids State-Subdivision Memorandum of Agreement, Sarah Cotton 67 City Administrator Sarah Cotton presented Item 3C, Opioid settlement: Multi-state Agreement. She 68 advised the State of Minnesota and numerous Minnesota cities and counties are engaged in 69 nationwide civil litigation against opioid supply chain participants related to the opioid crisis. The 70 Minnesota Attorney General has signed on to multistate settlement agreements with several opioid 71 supply chain participants, but those settlement agreements are still subject to sign-on by local 72 governments and final agreement by the companies and approval by the courts. 73 Administrator Cotton stated that the City is not slotted to receive any direct funds but may benefit 74 from money going to the State and County. She further advised that LMC has recommended all 2