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<br />Item No: 07I <br />Meeting Date: July 28, 2008 <br /> Type of Business: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review: _______ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree M. Crane Assistant City Clerk-Administrator <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7311 Approving 2008-2009 Labor Agreement with <br /> AFSCME <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The AFSCME membership is currently scheduled to approve the revised contract provisions <br />at a meeting on July 25, 2009. The contract items are consistent with the Council’s position <br />established at the July 14, 2008 Executive Session. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The revised contract includes the following provisions: <br /> <br />1. Wages: <br />3.0% January 1, 2008 <br />3.0% January 1, 2009 <br /> <br />2. Insurance: <br />2008 Employer Contribution - $782.20 <br />2009 Employer Contribution – $832.20 <br /> <br />Add the following language in Article 19: If the increase in the lowest cost group <br />health premium for family coverage in 2009 is 15% or greater, the City will <br />contribute an additional $10 per month per employee. <br /> <br />To the extent allowed by law, the employer would pay Basic Medicare Select Senior <br />Gold Plan premium up to the employee benefit amount for employees with such <br />coverage. Said benefit will be done as a letter of understanding so as to avoid the <br />concern of setting a precedent for other employees. This letter of understanding will <br />be updated into the 2008-2009 AFSCME Contract. <br /> <br />3. Uniform Allowance: <br />2008 – No Increase <br />2009 – $10.00 increase <br /> <br />4. Retirement Health Savings Plan <br /> <br />22.1 The EMPLOYER offers its EMPLOYEES a Retirement Health Savings Plan <br />(the “RHS PLAN” or “PLAN”) pursuant to Internal Revenue Code regulations, <br />through a third party administrator selected by the EMPLOYER