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January 31, 1985 T09 Lake Elmo City Council FR: Patrick D" Klaers, City Administrator RE: Informational Material for the February 5, 1985 Council Meeting This February 5, 1985 City Council Agenda is short and this meeting should go rather quickly. The Council members should enjoy this short/quick meeting as this may very well be the last one of this nature for some time. There are a number of interesting applications that the Planning Commission is reviewing which is generating a great deal citizen interest" These items will be processed to the City Council in later February and March and we can expect a full Council room for some of these items" 1" Attached for your information is the most recent dated 1-29-85" This newsletter edition highlights the Council action on the alternative recommended for solution of the landfill ground water problem. 2, The City is moving forward in attempting to comply with the By October of 1985, we must submit a plan to the State indicating how we intend to implement a job evaluation system and any inequities the system has found within Lake Elmo" The first step in complying with this law is to obtain an accurate and concise job description for each City employee, To achieve an accurate job description, all the employees must explain in detail precisely what they do during the work year. To assist in the development of these job descriptions, the staff has put together a 10 page questionaire asking for information from all the employees" These questionaires will then be checked for accuracy and interviews will be held by myself with each employee to discuss the questionaires. The information on these questionaires will then be transferred to a job description format" Once these job descriptions are reviewed and accepted by the City Council, the staff will then begin in its efforts to comply with the comparable worth aspect of the law" I will have to work with the City Council in determining the appropriate process to comply with this law" There are a number of options available including the State Jul-.) Match System or developing our own system of evaluation or using a combination of the above. The League of Minnesota Cities is anticipating having material available on how small cities can comply with this law, and this material should be received within the next few months. More'information will be reported to the Council on the job description process and comparable worth law in early March, 19135^