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• C. Job Evaluation System In 1997 -1998 the city contracted with the HayGroup to conduct a thorough job evaluation \compensation study. The components of the study were as follows: • Job evaluation ranking • Reviewed internal equity • Conducted a Comparable Worth analysis • Reviewed external market comparisons The city implemented the report along with salary recommendations. The city has maintained the job evaluation system by submitting new positions to our labor consultant for evaluation for point assignment. The city also considers requests for re- classifications. Three re- classifications were recently considered and approved. Service Requested The City would like the consultant to re- evaluate the job evaluation system. D. Employee Compensation The city negotiates labor contract with four separate bargaining units. Contracts for Police Sergeants, General Maintenance and Clerical/Technical employees expire in December 2007. The City has eight employees that are non - union, confidential or supervisory. Those employees include the City Administrator, Department Directors, the City Clerk, Police Captain and the Public Works Superintendent. All employees are on step programs. Salary adjustments are comprised of an annual adjustment (C.O.L.A) and market adjustments if necessary. The City traditionally relied on the Stanton Survey to determine marketable salaries for each of our positions. The survey broke down cities by groups — we were in Group Six or cities with populations between 10,000 and 25,000. As the city grew, so did our ranking in Group Six. If the Stanton survey still existed we would soon be in Group Five with cities like Bloomington, Blaine and Maple Grove. Being grouped with such large cities is as problematic as being grouped with small cities. The Stanton Survey was replaced with a survey produced by the League of Minnesota Cities. Both surveys are /were voluntary. Now that we have the ability to make our own group, we kept 15,000 as our pool limit and used cities between 15,000 and 30,000. In 1998, the HayGroup looked at cities between 10,000 and 25,000. The average population of the cities we used in our survey was 21,701. Lino Lakes' current estimated population is approximately 20,000 +. J: \RFPs \Lino Lakes Audit 2.DOC DB 3/1/02 Page 7 of 12