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Item No: 08E <br />Meeting Date: 1/26/04 <br /> Type of Business: CA <br />City Administrator Review: _____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6180 Employee Contribution From Sick Leave For Health <br />Facility Membership <br /> <br />Section 3.20 of the City Personnel Manual states the following: <br /> <br />D. HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP <br />Employees are reimbursed for a health club membership in exchange for accrued Sick <br />Leave. An hour of Sick Leave is valued at the employee’s current rate of pay. <br />Employees can participate if a minimum balance of 80 hours sick leave is maintained. <br />The maximum monthly contribution amount is $40 per month. Balance and contribution <br />amounts are pro-rated for part-time employees. <br /> <br />Presumably, health and wellness programs such as this one produce benefits to the City, in that <br />employees (in theory) become more physically fit and mentally alert with decreases in lost time <br />due to illness. At the time the $40 monthly reimbursement amount was enacted, it more than <br />covered a single membership. Rates have increased substantially over the years, yet the <br />monthly reimbursement has not changed since the program's inception nearly a decade ago. <br /> <br />Staff called three health clubs and requested monthly rates for a single membership. They are <br />as follows: <br /> <br />• YMCA $49 <br />• Lifetime $48 <br />• Northwest $68 <br /> <br />The average rate for the three clubs is $55. <br /> <br />Staff’s recommendation is to increase the maximum monthly reimbursement to $55, which would <br />be sufficient to cover two of the rates for a single membership and partial for the third. <br /> <br />For those who belong to the Y or Lifetime on a "single" membership, their reimbursement would <br />be limited to their monthly rate, which is currently $49 and $48 respectively. Thus, while $55 <br />would be the maximum, the true budgetary impact would be less (unless of course EVERYONE <br />has a family membership or belongs to Northwest.). Currently, approximately eight employees <br />participate in the reimbursement program. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />To increase the maximum monthly reimbursement from $40.00 to $55.00. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />