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Item No: 9D Meeting Date: 7/12/04 Type of Business: Consent City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6303 Approving 2004-2005 Labor Agreement with AFSCME Background: The AFSCME Union, Local 2826 and the City have been working on a 2004-2005 contract since late in 2003. Numerous meetings have been held with the union, most recently with a professional mediator from the state Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS). The AFSCME membership approved the revised contract provisions at a meeting on June 30, 2004. The contract items are consistent with the Council’s position established at the June 14, 2004 work session. Discussion: The revised contract includes the following provisions: 1. Wages and Insurance are to be increased 1.0% January 1, 2004 plus an additional 1.0% July 1, 2004, 2.5% January 1, 2005 and 0.5% July 1, 2005. 2. Insurance: The 2004 Employer Contribution will be $613.30 for family coverage and $672.30 for 2005. The employer will provide an additional $10 per month/per employee if the increase in family premium reaches or exceeds 15%. 3. Letter of Understanding: The employer agrees to pay Basic Medicare Select Senior Gold Plan premium up to the regular employee benefit amount for Marge Norquist as to be outlined in a letter of understanding between the City and AFSCME. The City Attorney has recommended this method. If during the duration of this contract, the City of Mounds View approves an agreement with any other employee bargaining group that exceed the health insurance amounts offered by this contract, then effective 1/1/2004, the EMPLOYER will match such amounts for EMPLOYEES covered under this contract. Contracts with employee groups that are subject to arbitration are excluded. 4. Uniform Allowance: The uniform allowance will be set at $310 for 2004 and $320 for 2005. The Public Safety Officer will be added to the uniform allowance section. 5. Classifications, Salaries, and Stanton 2004 wage rates reflect implementation of a compensation study completed by Labor Relations, Inc. in February of 2003. Wage adjustments were given to any position, which fell 10% above or below the Stanton Group Mean in order to bring them to within 10% of the Stanton Group Mean, above or below. Wage ranges for those falling above the 10% level will be frozen until such time they come within 10% of the market.