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Item No.08C Meeting Date: December 11, 2006 Type of Business: CA City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree M. Crane, Assistant to the City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6989 Approving the AFSCME 2006-2007 Contract Amendments Background: At the December 4, 2006, City Council Work Session, Staff and City Council discussed that Pay Equity Adjustments would need to be made with both union and non-union female job classifications in order to become compliant with the Minnesota State Pay Equity Law. The Mounds View Pay Equity Report is due to the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations (DOER) by January 31, 2007, and must reflect 2006 pay compensation numbers. The AFSCME Union is the only union that has female job classifications, and would be affected by the pay equity adjustments. Discussion: Staff negotiated Pay Equity adjustments with AFSCME on several occasions, and a potential agreement was made pending approval from the Mounds View City Council. Attached as Exhibit A, is the AFCME pay equity agreement, which is consistent with the HR Committee’s position and is also consistent with the City Council’s position established at the October 23, 2006, Executive Session. These adjustments would become effective December 31, 2006. Job Titles were also changed to be consistent with the July 2006 Compensation Study by Laumeyer & Associates. The following adjustments below would be effective December 31, 2006: Pay Equity Adjustment – effective December 31, 2006 (AFSCME) • 5% to all Female Classifications with an additional 1% to the Account Clerk • All Administrative Assistants are put into one Category (Technicians) and given the same pay rate as the Utility Billing Clerk (non-union position) • Police Administrative Assistant will be reclassified as a Police Support Specialist and given the same rate of pay as the Technicians. • Job Titles have been changed as indicated in the July 2006 Compensation Study. In addition to Pay Equity Adjustments, market adjustments were made to the Housing Code Enforcement Inspector, Public Service Officer and the Economic Development Coordinator. This is also consistent with the City Council’s position established at the October 23, 2006, Executive Session. The following adjustments below would be effective January 1, 2007: 2007 FT/PT Regular Employees’ Wages (3.0% increase effective January 1, 2007) – (AFSCME) • Effective January 1, 2007, all classifications below receive a 3% increase. • Effective January 1, 2007, in addition to the 3% increase the Economic Development Specialist will receive an additional 0.5% ; the Housing Code Enforcement Inspector and Public Service Officer will receive an additional 1.5%. Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution 6989 approving the 2006- 2007contract amendments for the AFSCME, Council 5 Union.