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Mounds View City Council March 11, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 13 <br />• has allocated, as part of the reconstruction turn back money, funds for both signage and lights <br />and will be doing an investigation into what needs replacement and modification and that <br />modification will take place before the 2006 timeline. <br />Mayor Sontenre asked whether there is a method for reinforcing spring road restrictions. <br />Public Works Director Lee indicated that the City has an active enforcement program whereby <br />the public works department monitors traffic in the City and if a suspicious vehicle is spotted it is <br />pulled over, weighed and, if necessary, the police department is called to ticket them. <br />F. Consideration of Resolution 5713 Authorizing Seasonal Golf Course <br />Positions for 2002. <br />Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated this matter was removed from the February 25, <br />2002 meeting agenda at the request of Mr. Serfling from AFSCME. She then indicated the City <br />and the union have not settled on seasonal wages for the golf course employees. She further <br />indicated the issue is the City has not yet settled on wages and needs to open the course shortly <br />so Staff is needed. <br />Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated she was asking Council to authorize Staff to hire <br />two employees at 40 hours per week at a maximum of $10.25 per hour for a six month period. <br />• She then indicated she is aware that changes to the salary may need to be made based on <br />negotiations with AFSCME. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 5713, a <br />Resolution Authorizing Seasonal Golf Course Positions for 2002. <br />Council Member Marty said he feels it is time to get golf course personnel out at the course <br />because help is needed out there to get it up and running. <br />Mr. Serfling said he is disappointed that Council is being asked to do this because he had asked <br />that Council vote against the setting of salaries for seasonal employees because the union <br />considers it to be an unfair labor practice. He then commented that the City has been in <br />negotiations with the union since mid-October and it was not until March 5, 2002 that the union <br />received a wage proposal and it was less than what is being proposed to Council tonight and <br />significantly less than what was proposed on February 25, 2002. <br />Mr. Serfling indicated he had spoken to Ms. Reed about working out something under a <br />temporary agreement and suggested the City could avoid conflict by rehiring employees at last <br />year's salary. He then commented that unilaterally setting salaries is a violation of the <br />bargaining law that requires good faith negotiations and the union does not think this is a good <br />faith attempt to negotiate. He further asked Council not to approve this resolution. <br />C~ <br />