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• • • PROJECT The City of Lino Lakes is soliciting proposals for professional services for the audit and development of certain human resource functions. The purpose of the audit is to determine review functions and adopt best practices. I. BACKGROUND Lino Lakes is a suburb of the Twin Cities located in Anoka County. The city's current estimated population is 21,000. The City of Lino Lakes currently has a job evaluation and compensation system based on the Hay Job Evaluation system. The City has approximately 46 position descriptions (a listing of position titles is enclosed) all of which are subject to the State of MN Pay Equity Compliance requirements. Lino Lakes employs 71 full -time and 5 part-time employees. The city has bargaining agreements with following unions: • Law Enforcement Labor Services which represents our Police Sergeants • Law Enforcement Labor Services which represents our Police Officers • International Union of Operating Engineers which represents our Public Works positions • AFSCME which represents our Clerical /Technical positions. II. SCOPE OF WORK A. Position Descriptions The basis of our compensation program is our position descriptions. Our position descriptions outline the following: • primary objectives of the position; • essential functions; • knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the job; • minimum and desired qualifications. The position description is also the basis of our review form. Our Annual Review form also asks the question of the employee if they feel there are any changes to be made to the position description. This assists the City in ensuring that position descriptions remain accurate and up to date. The City also reviews position descriptions at any time there is a J:\RFPs \Lino Lakes Audit 2.DOC DB 3/1/02 Page 5 of 12