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1 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 2, 1989 total package would impact the City budget. Also, no percentages of increase were noted for each employee. Mr. Schumacher explained that the Council will be implementing a pay plan and in order to make it effective, there could be significant raises to some positions that have been out of line for some time. The Planner is a case in point, the raise he received last fall has impacted everybody else in the Plan. Mr. Bisel said he is looking at a way of implementing the Pay Plan which is mandated by the state. At this point Mr. Schumacher has indicated a pay range for every non —union employee and has noted the people who fall below the ranges. He said he felt the objective of the whole pay plan was to bring these people in line with the Plan. How to implement the Plan is the problem. He said he felt the attempt should be made to bring all employees into their box and suggested that all employees outside of their boxes be brought to the line and then give them an additional 1% per year of service increase beyond the box line. He also suggested an additional 5% across the board increase for all staff. Mr. Bisel explained that this would reward the people who were behind all of these years and he also set a limit of 10 years or 10 %. Mr. Reinert felt this would bring equity into the Plan. Mayor Benson noted that the mandated date for implementation of the Plan is 12/31/90 and suggested that implementation could be done in a two phase program. Mr. Schumacher was concerned that Mr. Bisel's plan would not work well for some positions with a number of years experience on the job. He noted the Police Records Clerk. Mr. Bisel said that there would be some movement here because anyone in the box will be evaluated on job performance. Mr. Bohjanen suggested that the program be done in two phases and the second phase could also be based on the cost of living. Mr. Bisel said he did not feel that the cost of living should be a factor. He felt that after an employee is inside the box, the pay adjustments should be based on performance, ability and the number of years on the job. Mr. Schumacher expressed concern regarding the Police Records Clerk position. He noted that this position now meets the outside of the box. The performance is of high quality and the length of service is not appropriate to give only a 1% per year adjustment. Mr. Neal said that the salary adjustment should be located fairly well within the range. Mayor Benson suggested that this position could be brought up to the box and then try to place the salary in the box fairly. He suggested that Mr. Schumacher could make individual adjustments for those employees in the box depending on duty and performance.