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Mounds View City Council May 24, 2010 <br />Regular Meeting Page 12 <br /> <br />change. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Mayor Flaherty suggested this amendment be brought to the contracts in place and the non-3 <br />contract employees would then assume the same program. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Council Member Stigney requested this begin with all new hires and be set as a policy going 6 <br />forward. He understood this would not be taken into consideration with the unions. 7 <br /> 8 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Flaherty) Amendment to Motion carried. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Council Member Gunn questioned if the language should be changed within Resolution 7616 to 11 <br />make the policy six steps. Clerk-Administrator Ericson suggested the Five Step plan be 12 <br />maintained as not all the steps were equal. He indicated staff could draft language accordingly. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Council Member Stigney agreed with staff’s recommendation. 15 <br /> 16 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Hull) Motion carried. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Clerk-Administrator Ericson commented that this policy would be yet another issue to find and 19 <br />attract new employees to the City of Mounds View if the pay scale was spread out over an 20 <br />additional year. 21 <br /> 22 <br />F. Resolution 7617, Approving Step Increase for Officer Kirsten Lafean, 23 <br />MVPD. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Assistant Clerk-Administrator Crane indicated Officer Kirsten Lafean is a current employee with 26 <br />the City of Mounds View. Her supervisor, Sergeant Steve Menard, has reviewed her 27 <br />performance as it relates to her responsibilities outlined in the job description. It was determined 28 <br />that Officer Lafean has satisfactorily performed in the capacity of her position, and therefore, a 29 <br />step increase wage adjustment is consistent with the LELS Police Officers Union Contract. The 30 <br />pay change would be effective June 1, 2010. 31 <br /> 32 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7617, 33 <br />Approving the Step Increase of Officer Kirsten Lafean, MVPD. 34 <br /> 35 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 36 <br /> 37 <br />G. Resolution 7618, Establishing the Absentee Ballot Board for the 2010 38 <br />Primary and General Elections. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Assistant Clerk-Administrator Crane stated the Military and Overseas Empowerment (MOVE) 41 <br />Act, which was signed into law by President Obama on October 28, 2009, required Minnesota to 42 <br />move the Primary Election to August 10, 2010. This provided for a 45-day absentee balloting 43 <br />period. There is no change to the General Election date, which is scheduled for Tuesday, 44