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CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1982 Mayor Eder convened the Budget meeting at 5:10 p.m. Councillors present: Mottaz, Novak, Morgan and Fraser. AGENDA: M/S/P Mottaz/Eder to approve the Agenda. Carried 5-0. 1. PAY PLAN: Council Comments - -- Mottaz - regarding insurance benefits - non -married personnel should not receive a cash equivalent for benefit difference of married personnel. Favors paying total fringe benefits and setting salaries indi.v:dually,, -- Morgan - as previously stated, City should pay total insurance regardless of marital status. Novak - presently, no recommendation. -- Fraser - -rot appropriate to pay one individuals_family health insurance in full -and pay a much lesser sum for an individual who does not need the family plan,without considering some compensation for the individual receiving the lesser amount. Prefers to pay each individual coverage and not tie insurance benefits to salary. Type of insurance coverage should be the option of the individual. --Morgan - coverage should be the same regardless of marital status,, - the increase -in-insurance coverage and salary should be a total of 80 - everything should be equalized, --Eder - no matter what is decided there will always be an inequity because of'type of`coverage; job classification, -etc - --Whittaker - one way to get around these problems is to set a maximum payment amount for all employees. This would include disability, hospitalization and life insurance. This would permit the employee to take as much insurance out of the package as they want up to the set amount. Only question is could the employee apply the difference between the maximum amount paid and the amount of coverage they choose towards their salary. --Fraser - no., but the employee oan qualify for City coverage to supplement non -City insurance. --Mottaz — maximum City payment should provide for premium increases. --Whittaker - would not recommend leaving the maximum 'cap' open for premium increases - employees will still be ahead by fixing the dollar amount now. Increased benefits, if they go up, can be negotiated when:_considering 1983 salaries. MIS/ Morgan/Mottaz to set a maximum salary increase for 1983 _ at-8%, including $125,;,max.imum,health, life -and disability insurance benefit., per employee. DISCUSSION: --Novak - questioned the % increase for insurance in the total package. f g:uted:it at about 5.6% - leaving 3.5% increase for salary. Not sure 8% is a realistic number. --Whittaker - Novak's percentages include Fire Department, Animal Control - base figure not accurate for these percentages. Motion carried 4-1. Novak opposed. --Fraser - want it understood that any employee can purchase additional health coverage through the City and benefit from the tax advantages. l