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He explained that once the problem is known, then the duties can be defined. He noted the staff report just says they want Ms. Schmidt to do more work because she does good work but he has not seen justification to bring this position up to a different salary range. Council Member Stigney noted this position came in one year ago with salary range of $37,080 to $46,350 and during that time period Ms. Schmidt received increases of $16,156 in one year and the recommendation is to retroactively increase the salary with an additional jump of $6,866 to a starting salary of $53,236 to go up to $66,546 which is to be accomplished within one year. He noted the inflation factor of approximately 3% which means at the end of next year the salary will be $68,542 which is another increase of $15,306. He stated that for anyone to get over $30,000 in pay increases in two years, they better be doing a good job. Council Member Stigney stated he is concerned about what this job will do to offset any costs to the taxpayers. He stated that he wants to see factual information about what will be saved and what this job will accomplish. Council Member Stigney stated he objects to the salary structure as proposed and believes the ten cities that were grouped had nothing to do with what Labor Relations provided. He noted that the majority of the ten cities do not even have this position so maybe it should be looked at again. Council Member Stigney asked if he could ask for a postponement of the motion on the floor. City Attorney Long stated the motion to hold over failed and a motion to postpone would be viewed as a similar motion and out of order. Council Member Stigney stated it is a "sad day." Council Member Marty stated that in the packet and information, the job titles and duties have been laid out, as well as qualifications and minimum requirement. He stated while this has been spelled out, none of the information provided shows the degrees and/or qualifications of Ms. Schmidt. Council Member Marty noted most have demonstrated management experiences or experience with other business organizations but the Council has not been provided with what and where this took place or what the demonstrated management level experiences are. Council Member Marty noted the desired minimum qualifications of two years of related experience or two years of demonstrated leadership experience. He asked what Ms. Schmidt's work experience is. He noted that none of this information has been provided for Council review. Council Member Marty noted that the staff report indicates this position would take three years to be raised to the maximum, include monthly steps, a starting salary of $53,236, and five steps. He stated he could find it more justifiable if the increase to the maximum was spread over a five year period instead of five steps within three years. He noted that without a cost of living increase it is $66,546 and this year everyone in the City got a three percent raise. 13N:\DATA\USERS\JOANB\SHARE\MINUTES\CC\1999\04-26-99.WPD