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Item No: 07C MOT T D t T� Meeting Date: April u mess UNL �/ Type of Business: Council Business sv City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8243 Approving a Three Year Labor Agreement with the Public Works Group Effective from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2016 Background: The previous labor agreement with the Public Works Group expired at the end of 2013. The City and Public Works have conducted a series of negotiation sessions and have come to an agreement on terms for the three year period beginning January 1, 2014. Incorporated into this labor agreement are the results from the Compensation Study conducted by Springsted in 2013. The study determined that the Public Works Maintenance Workers were paid below comparable wages in the surveyed communities; as a result the proposed wages for 2014 reflect an increase to meet the comparable media rate. Discussion: The Agreement provides for the following changes: Article 5: Definitions Standby Duty was redefined to provide for a typical response time of 45 minutes rather than 60 minutes. "STANDBY DUTY" means that an EMPLOYEE is assigned to specific hours outside the normal workday/workweek shift during which the EMPLOYEE must remain available to be reached by telephone and be ready to immediately return to work for call back purposes typically within forty-five (45) sixty (60) minutes, or less, of call back orders. Article 7: Work Schedule The pre -shift bonus bay has not increased in many years. Presently, if a worker is called in early to plow snow, for example, for each hour before their scheduled start time, theywould be paid an extra $7 per hour, up to $28. If the Employee ends up working overtime (longer than an eight-hour shift) each hour of overtime replaces each hour of pre -shift pay. Pre - shift pay was increased to $8 per hour with a maximum $32 per shift. Article 18: Safety The previous contract was for two years, the present contract is for three years. The maximum reimbursement allowed for safety glasses increased from $265.00 to $397.50 to account for the third year of the agreement.