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SEPTEMBER 18, 1975 A Special Meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M. on September 18, 1975 by Mayor Bohjanen. Councilmen present: Jaworski. Absent: Marier, McLean and Zelinka. Mr. Locher was also present. This early meeting had been called for the express purpose of discussing the proposed Union Contract as submitted by representatives for the Police Department. Chief Myhre sat in on the conference. Mr. Larry Bastaih,, Union Representative, arrived late. He said that he had just finished a negotiating session to finalize the 1975 Police Contracts that had been in dispute. He reported that the top Patrolman's salary would be around $1,200.00 per month, retroactive to January 1, 1975, and increse to around $1,230.00 per month on July 1, 1975. Mr. stated that all Patrolmen are on probation for one year after completion of BCA. The starting wage for new partolmen is between $880.00 and $950.00 per month. This is withour certification. The salary raises are computed on the 6 months, 12 months, 2 years and 3 years basis. There was discussion on the need to change the City Police Ordinance to conform with this contract. Mr. Jaworski asked if the Ordinance can be changed by Resolution and Mr. Locher said that it could. The contract was then discussed by Article beginning at the beginning. Mr. Locher asked about the insurance portion and Mr. Bastain said that any City employee could become a member of the plan. The matter of seniority and the means of computing was discussed. The Article on discipline was discussed with a fifth catagory of "suspension" to be added. Chief Myhre said that sometimes, in lieu of suspension, he has given the patrolman extra duty without pay with the employee's co- operation. The matter of overtime being paid in wages rather than compensotory time was also discussed. Since a budget meeting was scheduled for 8:00 P.M. this evening it was agreed to set a meeting for Wendesday, September 24, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. for negotations on this contract. In the meantime, Mr. Baustain will deliver a copy of the new wage schedule to the office for distribution to all Council Members. SEPTEMBER 24, 1975 The special meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 7:45 P.M. by Mayor Bohjanen. Council members present: McLean, Zelinka. Absent: Marier and Jaworski. Mayor Bohjanen said the purpose of this meeting is to consider the wage scale and cost factor as presented in the contract submitted by the Union for the Police Department. Mr. Larry Bastain , Union Representative was to attend this meeting but had not arrived. Chief Myhre was present.