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Mounds View City Council August 8, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 19 the sick leave payout adding that typically one week of pay for each year of service is usually 1 reserved for a department head. He sated that in his view the only department head is Manager 2 Burg and would have no problem with her receiving this severance package but for the other two 3 this package would not be appropriate. 4 5 Council Member Stigney stated that severance, however it is accrued and paid to who should be 6 balanced with the flextime. He stated that they should do one or the other adding that his bigger 7 problem is the termination pay. He stated that he does not believe the City should be carrying 8 people on the payroll, accumulating vacation and benefits until March 1st. He stated that when 9 an employee is terminated they are no longer an employee and have been laid off effective on 10 their last date worked. He stated that if the City wishes to pay either severance or flextime, it 11 should be based upon the termination date of the employee. He stated that if the City wants to 12 keep a couple of the employees on to wrap things up he has no problem with that but if they are 13 laid off they are laid off on that date, not March 1st. 14 15 Manager Burg, asked if this is a TIF eligible expense. 16 17 City Administrator Ulrich stated that he assuming that it isn’t but it is something they could look 18 into. 19 20 Mayor Marty stated that he is a little concerned about Ken noting he has been here the longest 21 and has seen the ups and downs of everything that has gone on with the golf course. He stated 22 that Ken has kept that golf course running over the years noting that the City has been through 23 several golf course managers and if it hadn’t been for Ken that golf course would have lost a lot 24 of money. He stated that he has probably put in more time than what he has been credited with 25 here and he is concerned about his future employability or future insurance. He stated that he 26 would see this as warranted noting that Medtronic has picked up a lot of the development costs 27 and maybe as a gesture of goodwill they might help to cover this cost. 28 29 Council Member Thomas stated that the City is perfectly capable of taking care of their 30 employees noting that this is not a dollar issue for her. She explained that her concern is the 31 possible precedent issue this sets for all other employee relations. She stated that the Council has 32 to take into consideration how this decision would impact all of the employees noting that if the 33 City deviates from the standard practice it could be used as a precedent on future issues. 34 35 Council Member Gunn asked what the policy is for flextime payouts. 36 37 City Administrator Ulrich stated that currently there is no specific policy addressing flextime. 38 39 Golf Course Managerexplained that there is a different provision for the golf course employees 40 with respect to their flextime adding that the policy outlines the number of hours that can be used 41 per week noting that the golf course puts their entire week of work into smaller increments and 42 periods of time. 43 44 City Administrator Ulrich clarified that currently the policy does not allow payout for flex time 45