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• • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 2, 2007 APPROVED 1 Parade Coordinator Bill Combs showed a 4 foot by 4 foot advertising banner that the 2 Blue Heron Days Committee would like to strategically place at a few places in the city; 3 permission is requested to place the banners for longer than is allowed by the city code. 4 5 The council requested that staff review the banner issue. 6 7 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SYSTEM, ANN ANTONSEN, SPRINGSTED 8 9 Ms. Antonsen, human resources consultant with Springsted, noted that the council 10 recently considered salary adjustments and requested assistance in getting outstanding 11 questions answered, including institution of a performance based pay system. 12 13 Council comments included confirmation that the city administrator review should occur 14 and remaining concern about the impact recently approved adjustments could have on the 15 pay equity picture. 16 17 Ms. Antonen explained that the pay equity report filed with the state is an ever changing 18 document; salary adjustments between reporting periods are not unusual. 19 20 The council indicated they are interested in receiving a proposal to establish a process the 21 city can use in determining and documenting a clear compensation program. 22 23 Ms. Antonen responded to whether or not there are governmental employers utilizing 24 performance pay based compensation systems. There are some cases but they are hybrid 25 and generally that element is just one component of the system. Funding can be a key 26 question if there is a desire to differentiate. 27 28 The council requested an estimate from Springsted of the cost of a study that would 29 document what's in place, comparisons to other cities and recommendations for 30 improvement for the city's union and non-union wage systems. 31 32 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 33 34 There were no changes to the regular Council agenda. 35 36 CRIME FREE MULTI HOUSING CODE 37 38 Captain Strege explained that police staff have reviewed what's going on in other cities in 39 the area of rental housing regulations, and is working with the Community Development 40 division to bring forward a crime -free rental housing code as well as an incentive program 41 (Star Program) for landlords to keep housing safe and livable. 42 43 Public Safety Director Pecchia added that this licensing would be new to Lino Lakes and 44 is proposed to be enforced by inspections through the Police and Community 45 Development departments. The focus will initially be on multi -units but will apply to all