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Item No: 8C Meeting Date: March 12, 2012 Type of Business: Consent City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7908 Approving an Amendment to the Mounds View Personnel Manual in Section 3.50 Relating to Uniform Reimbursement for Civilian Police Department Employees Introduction: There are three uniformed civilian (non-sworn) employees within the Mounds View Police Department. As of December 30, 2011, these three employees had been represented by AFSCME Council No. 5, Local 2686. With the decertification of the union, the civilian employees are now subject to the City’s Personnel Manual, with regard to uniform reimbursement. Discussion: The Personnel Manual presently indicates that all non-union Police Department employees receive the same amount of reimbursement as do the sergeants. This had applied to the Chief and Deputy Chief. The amount of the reimbursement is $710 annually, which is paid out in a lump sum toward the beginning of the calendar year. The former AFSCME police department employees had received a maximum annual reimbursement up to $350 for uniform items required by the employer. To address the decertification of the AFSCME union and to maintain the same level of reimbursement provided to the civilian employees, the Personnel Manual should be revised to include the following: SECTION 3.50: UNIFORM ALLOWANCES The non-union Mounds View Public Works employees are authorized the same uniform allowance reimbursement as the Public Works Union employees as outlined in the Public Works Union Contract. The sworn non-union Mounds View Police Department employees (Chief and Deputy Chief) are authorized the same uniform allowance reimbursement benefits as the Police L.E.L.S Union employees as outlined in the L.E.L.S. Police Sergeants union contract. Employees working in the Police Department in the positions of Support Specialist, Records/Evidence Technician, and Public Safety Officer (PSO) shall be reimbursed up to a maximum of $350.00 annually for uniform items required by the EMPLOYER.