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MOUNDS VIEW <br />City of Mounds View Staff Re ort <br />Item No: 8.K. <br />Meeting Date: May 14, 2018 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Rayla Sue Ewald, Human Resources Coordinator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8968, Approving Wage Increase of the 2018 Public <br />Works Returning Seasonal Workers from $11.75 to $13.00 <br />Introduction: <br />On February 12, 2018, the City Council approved Resolution 8908, which allowed staff to <br />post the 2018 Seasonal Public Works Positions. A concern was raised regarding wages and <br />if there was the ability to increase returning seasonal workers wages from $11.75 to a higher <br />amount. <br />Discussion: <br />A returning Pubic Works Seasonal employee inquired with Human Resource Coordinator <br />Rayla Ewald if a wage increase from $11.75 to a higher wage for 2018 was a possibility. <br />Finance Director Mark Beer confirmed there is room in the budget to raise the four (4) <br />returning Public Works Seasonal employees from $11.75 per hour to $13.00. Public Works <br />Director Don Peterson concurs with the increase and had previously stated concern to <br />Human Resource Coordinator Ewald that the wage had not been raised for the 2018 season. <br />The possibility exists that the City of Mounds View received only nine (9) applications for the <br />seasonal positions due to the starting wage of $11.00 per hour and returning wage of $11.75 <br />per hour. Cities with similar populations replied to a request from Human Resource <br />Coordinator Ewald regarding wages paid to seasonal employees in cities with similar <br />populations to Mounds View. Responses to the request indicated wages from $11.00 to <br />$17.00 per hour. By increasing the Mounds View Public Works Seasonal wage of $11.75 to <br />$13.00 the hope is that we would stay competitive with our suburban neighbors and retain <br />our returning seasonal staff. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends approving the 2018 Public Works Returning Seasonal Workers Wage from <br />$11.75 to $13.00 Per Hour Effective as of their 2018 Date of Hire. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Ray"Ta ue Ewald <br />Human Resource Coordinator <br />