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Item No: 04B
<br />Meeting Date: April 4, 1005
<br />Type of Business: Work Session
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<br />City of Mounds View Staff Report
<br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
<br />From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator
<br />Item Title/Subject: Non-Union Salary Survey
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<br />Background:
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<br />On the March 1, 2005, Work Session Staff presented to the City Council a Non-Union Salary Survey (report
<br />attached). Staff was directed by the City Council to provide additional information, including a list of the
<br />cities are in the Stanton 6, New Brighton’s Pay Plan, and other potential groupings such as market value.
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<br />Discussion:
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<br />Stanton Group 6
<br />According to the Mounds View Personnel Manual, Section 3.01, the Stanton mean for each position is to be
<br />adjusted in order to remain consistent with the fluctuations of the Stanton Group 6 Mean and each position’ s
<br />professional comparison. Attached as Exhibit A is the listing of all cities in the Stanton. Mounds View
<br />(population 12,865) is in Stanton Group 6, which encompasses cities with populations between 10,000 to
<br />25,000.
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<br />New Brighton Pay Plan
<br />Staff was directed by the City Council to research the City of New Brighton’s Compensation Policy. The City of
<br />New Brighton hired an outside consultant by the name of Riley, Dettman and Kelsey. New Brighton’s
<br />compensation plan placed each position in one of 16 pay grades. Each pay grade then has a salary range with
<br />steps. Attached is a list of New Brighton’s positions and pay grades. (Exhibit B).
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<br />Staff spoke with Rod Kelsey from the firm Riley, Dettman, and Kelsey. Mr. Kelsey stated that it would cost
<br />between 400-450 dollars per job classification. In addition, according to Mr. Kelsey, the firm must do all job
<br />classifications and not just non-union job classifications due to pay equity laws. This would cost the city around
<br />15,000 dollars to do this study.
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<br />Comparable Assessed Value Cities
<br />Staff was requested to consider the impact of a pay plan that would take a City’s total market value into
<br />consideration. Selection was based on inner suburban cities plus or minus $150,000,000 of Mounds View’s
<br />market value and cities with population between 10,000 and 17,500.
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<br />COMPARABLE ASSESSED VALUE CITIES
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<br /> Stanton Market
<br /> City Group Value Population
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<br /> Arden Hills 7 875,171,453 9,457
<br /> East Bethel 6 676,847,767 11.500
<br /> Forest Lake 6 1,283,199,081 16,000
<br /> Ham Lake 6 1,092,526,993 13,500
<br /> Hopkins 6 1,175,598,947 17,200
<br /> Lake Elmo 7 791,984,078 7,666
<br /> Little Canada 7 670,884,453 9,890
<br /> Mahtomedi 7 681,227,615 8,050
<br /> Mendota Hts 6 1,386,998,010 11,434
<br /> Mound 7 812,429,373 9,630
<br /> Mounds View 6 698,255,387 12,865
<br /> North Oaks * 817,016,700 4,082
<br /> North St. Paul 6 669,769,547 11,929
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