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ka L NEWSLETTER December 27, 1983 City of Mounds View VOL. IV, NO. 23 PUBLIC WORKS/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SELECTION UPDATE In response to our recent advertisement for the position of Director of Public Works/Community Development in metro and non -metro issues of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and St. Paul Dispatch or Pioneer Press the City received 16 applications, two of which did not meet the minimal qualifications outlined in our job advertisement. The selection committee made up of myself, City Council members Sue Hankner and Jerry Linke, Maplewood Director of Public Works Ted Haider, and Hastings City Administrator Gary Brown reviewed these applications and identified five individuals which the committee will be inter- viewing on January 4 and 5. It is hoped that these interviews will result in the identification of one individual who will be recommended to the City Council for hiring. COMPARABLE WORTH AND CAFETERIAL PLAN CONFERENCE On December 15, I attended a Comparable Worth and Cafeterial Conference sponsored by the Metropolitan Area Management Assuciatton and Labor Relations ,I,r,-.ociates. The conference dealt with two of the more pressing issues being faced by employers in the personnel area. The first issue related to the matter of comparable worth which basically requires that comparable wages be paid for jobs that are determined to be substantially equal inthe areas of skill, work effort and responsibility and prohibits sexually based wage discrimination. Based on the information I received at this conference, I feel it would be safe to say that the City of Mounds View has made significant strides in the last three years to insure that comparable wages are being paid, however, it will be necessary that in 9184 we update all position descriptions and review our classification to maintain equality within our system. The second issues discussed at this conference, cafeteria plan, relates to the ability of employers to provide benefit packages that would allow the employees to select the type of benefits they wish to receive thus allowing them to pay for additional benefits with before tax wages rather than after tax wages thus resulting in the employee having a chance at updating a larger net wage. Staff will be investigating this matter in greater u detail with an eye towards proposing that the City consider such a program for our employees.