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Item No: 7F Meeting Date: March 28, 2011 Type of Business: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7756 Approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and LELS 232 regarding a Training Stipend Introduction: Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. is the bargaining group representing both the patrol officers and the sergeants. The Patrol unit is Local 204 while the Sergeants unit is Local 232. Discussion: W hen the City hires new patrol officers, other officers within the unit provide the field training. The patrol officers who perform the training are referred to as Field Training Officers, and according to the labor agreement with the patrol officers, when the officers are needed to provide this training, they qualify for an additional stipend of $154.50 per month, or prorated as may be the case. Due to recent promotions from the patrol officer ranks, the staff that had been certified to conduct such training has been depleted. It will likely be the case that one or both of the recently promoted sergeants will need to provide field training services in the interim, however the Union points out that there is no corresponding training stipend in the Sergeants’ labor agreement. Because of this, the Union has prepared the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would provide the sergeants with the same compensation received by the officers when assigned training duties and requests its approval by the City. Recommendation: The City Attorney has reviewed the Memorandum of Understanding, and while its form is acceptable, the Council will need to review the policy implications of such an authorization in the context of the already expected and required responsibilities of a sergeant. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ James Ericson City Administrator