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Mounds View City Council November 22, 2021 Regular Meeting Page 10 2 Human Resources Coordinator Ewald stated requested the Council approve revisions to the City's 3 Personnel Manual, Section 4.14 regarding reasonable work time for nursing mothers and lactating 4 employees, effective January 1, 2022. She noted Minnesota State Statute 181.939 has been 5 updated which requires the City to update Section 4.14 of its Personnel Manual. She explained the 6 change would allow nursing or lactating employees to take reasonable paid breaks as opposed to 7 unpaid breaks, which they currently get. 8 9 MOTION/SECOND: Bergeron/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9491, 10 Approving Revisions to the City's Personnel Manual, Section 4.14 Reasonable Work Time for 11 Nursing Mothers and Lactating Employees, Effective January 1, 2022. 12 13 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 14 15 K. Resolution 9490, Employee Appreciation. 16 17 Human Resources Coordinator Ewald requested the Council adopt a Resolution granting full and 18 part-time employees four hours of vacation pay to be used in the next year. 19 20 Council Member Meehlhause questioned how many permanent part-time employees does the City 21 have. Human Resources Coordinator Ewald reported the City had 19 permanent part-time 22 employees. 23 24 City Administrator Zikmund explained the City had done this in the past. He discussed how trying 25 the past two years have been on staff and noted these additional four hours of paid vacation would 26 be greatly appreciated by staff. He thanked each employee at City Hall for their tremendous efforts 27 on behalf of the community. He encouraged the Council to support these additional four hours of 28 paid vacation for a job well done by all City employees. 29 30 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Bergeron. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9490, 31 Employee Appreciation. 32 33 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 34 35 L. Resolution 9500, Approving Recruitment Process for Police Officer. 36 37 Human Resources Coordinator Ewald requested the Council approve the recruitment process for 38 a police officer. She explained the Mounds View Police Department would be losing an 39 investigator due to retirement. Staff is asking for flexibility for the process and the potential to 40 offer an accelerated or additional compensation dependent on the candidate's experience. 41 42 Mayor Mueller questioned when staff anticipated this individual would begin working for the 43 Mounds View Police Department. Human Resources Coordinator Ewald anticipated this would 44 be in February of 2022. 45 46 MOTION/SECOND: Bergeron/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9500,