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Mounds View City Council November 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 3 employment of November 28, 2006. He further said that he has rated her performance 1 satisfactory and noted there were some issues that Council wished to address in executive session 2 and, upon receipt of her resignation, that meeting was canceled. 3 4 City Administrator Ulrich recommended approval of the step increase of 5% from October 17 to 5 November 28, 2006. He then noted that the Union has filed a grievance and the claim of the City 6 is that the personnel policy states that Council must approve any step increases and the Union is 7 prepared to argue that point. 8 9 Council Member Flaherty asked what the dollar amount would be. 10 11 City Administrator Ulrich indicated it would be an increase from $18.31 to $19.46 per hour so a 12 dollar an hour for about five weeks for an approximately amount of $200 to $250. 13 14 Council Member Stigney said that it seems to him that the contract language and the Union 15 interpretation is saying that by the time the six month review is due it is too late to do anything 16 about it so he would like to review this to see what can be changed so that these types of 17 situations do not turn into a legal operation. 18 19 City Administrator Ulrich indicated it would be easier to handle this during a probation period. 20 He then recommended that the HR Committee recommend a policy of red flagging reviews for 21 employees on probation before the probation period is up. 22 23 Mayor Marty agreed that in order to deny the step increase City Council would need to have 24 executive sessions to document reasons for the delay of step increase. He then said that he would 25 like to have the personnel policy amended and the policy brought back before Council after 26 recommendation by the HR Committee. 27 28 Mayor Marty indicated that the City is over a barrel because the six month probationary period 29 came and went and he does not feel it is worth pushing this at this time. He then read language 30 from the Code which indicated that, after the six month probationary period is over, there is a 31 stronger requirement to show that the employee is not performing satisfactorily. 32 33 Mayor Marty indicated that he would like all of the positions for step increases to be brought to 34 the Council prior to the anniversary date from now on. 35 36 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 6966, 37 Approving a Step Increase for Communications Coordinator Kimberly Blackford. 38 39 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 40 41 D. Resolution 6971 Approving Purchase of Exercise Equipment for Community 42 Center Project 43 44