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234 SEPTEMBER 24, 1975 The matter of the part -time policemen appearing in court was discussed. At the present time they are reimbursed for time lost at the wage scale of their regular positions. This is a matter of policy and the Council found no problems with the practice. On considering Article XVI, Section 16.1 was modified to read "Employees shall be compensated for a maximum 12 days sick leave per year. There shall be no carry -over of sick leave from year to year. If an emplyee is out for an extended period, it will be necessary to present a doctor's certificate covering any period of time beyond the third day. All of 16.2 was deleted from the contract. Article XVII - Vacation - was discussed. The Council felt that the method of computing vacation time was out of line. After much discussion, Mr. Mc- Lean moved the following schedule: One week after one Year; Two weeks after two years; Three weeks after ten years; Four weeks after fifteen years; and five weeks after twenty years. Mr. Jaworski seconded the motion. Motion carried. Article XVIII - Holidays - in Section 18.1 the Holidays will be reduced to a total of six paid holidays per year eliminating Washington & Lincolns Birthday, Columbus Day and Veterans Day, Mr. McLean so moved. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. Mr. Jaworski left at 10:00 P.M. Section 18.2 changed to read "six" in the place of "nine" and the clause "their regular pay plus" deleted and the clause "in either pay or credit" deleted. Sections 18.3 and 18.4 deleted in their entirety. Article XIX - the Council will consider assuming 50% of the cost for the insurance. There was also discussion of paying the employees portion and the employee will assume the cost for his /her dependents. Article XX - Funeral Leave - add the word "consecutive" to be inserted after the word "three." Article XXIV - Wages - Mr. McLean said there could be no retroactive pay since the City does not provide for such expense in the 1975 budget. He also felt that the position of Police Woman should not be considered under this contract. The position to be abolished is that of a "Female Police Officer." This will have to be done by Council action. There will be three positions in the Police Department: Sergeant, Police Officer; and Clerk /Typist. The salary schedule for Spring Lake Park was consulted and the precentages on the salary increases was computed. This salary scale was delivered to the Office on Friday, September 19, 1975 by Mr. Baustain and constitutes the results of the latest negotiations with the Metro Area Police Departments. The Council asked the Clerk to compute the salary costs to the City with a starting salary for 1976 at $930.00 per month with the Sergeant to receive 10% additional and the Chief's salary to be 10% above the Sergeant's. She is to also compute the PERA cost to the City, that portion of the Attorney fees directly attributable to the Police Department, add 10% to the total salary for covering any overtime to be paid.