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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : April 24, 2023 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 PM 5 TIME ENDED : 6:18 PM 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmembers Stoesz, Lyden, 7 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Ruhland 9 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Director of Public Safety John 10 Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala, Environmental 11 Coordinator Andy Nelson; City Clerk Jolleen Chaika 12 Review Regular Agenda: 13 14 Item 3A: City Administrator Sarah Cotton presented on Item 3A: Resolution 23-34, 15 related to the tentative AFSCME Labor Agreement for Local No. 2454. She provided an 16 overview of the two-year contract terms as negotiated, including term modifications to 17 wages/classifications with contemplated 3% general wage increase plus a .75% market 18 adjustment for 2023 and 2024; insurance, holidays - including further discussion about 19 Juneteenth; and, PTO. Administrator Cotton advised that she will recommend approval 20 of Resolutions 23-34. 21 Councilmember Lyden inquired of the further discussion of the Juneteenth Holiday. 22 Administrator Cotton advised that discussions will continue as the State has already 23 added Juneteenth as an official holiday in 2024; however, there are discussions at the 24 legislature to implement Juneteenth as a holiday in 2023 which may cause the City to 25 address the issue yet this year as no business could be conducted if the State is closed. 26 27 Item 3B: City Administrator Sarah Cotton reviewed Item 3B, Non-Union Compensation 28 Plans, She highlighted that section 207.04 city code requires the City Administrator to 29 establish and maintain a compensation plan for all positions in the City, which is to be 30 reviewed and approved by the City Council. The recommended salary adjustments are 31 consistent with the LELS (Local 260), LELS (Local 299), AFL-CIO (Local 49) union 32 contracts that were previously considered and approved by the Council, as well as the 33 AFSCME (Local 2454) contract that is being considered for approval by the Council at 34 the April 24th meeting. The 2023 adopted budget includes resources sufficient to cover 35 the 3% wage adjustment plus a .75% market adjustment. She advised that she will 36 recommend approval of Resolutions 23-35 and 23-36. 37 Item 3C: City Administrator Sarah Cotton reviewed Item 3C, Opioid settlement: Multi-38 state agreement, and advised that the City is not slotted to receive any direct funds but 39 may benefit from money going to the State and County. She further advised that LMC has 40 recommended all cities with populations over 10,000 to sign off of the agreement. Mayor 41 Rafferty inquired about several cities listed to receive compensation. Administrator 42 Cotton clarified that those cities are eligible for funds due to populations over 30,000. 43