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income of any injured employee up to a maximum of $392 per week. <br />The workers compensation rate is determined by taking all lost <br />gross income and dividing it by 2/3 subject to that maximum. Thfs <br />means that if a City official is injured in the course and scope <br />of employment for the City of Mounds View and also has a full-time <br />job which they cannot perform as a result of that injury, the gross <br />income from both jobs are added together to determine the <br />employee's gross weekly wage. The workers compensation benefits <br />are then figured as 2/3 of the total gross income that the employee <br />is losing from both types of employment even though the City of <br />Mounds View contributes a small part of that gross income. The <br />result is that City Councilmembers and elected officials who have <br />regular full-time jobs which pay a substantial income, if hurt <br />while working for the City of Mounds View would quality for, the <br />maximum (or close to the maximum) workers compensation rate, <br />whereas those officials who do not have full-time jobs would <br />qualify at most for the minimum weekly wage currently paid under <br />Minnesota law. <br />The third consideration involves the minimum weekly wage for the <br />City of Minnesota. Currently, if an employee corks full-time and <br />is injured and earns less than $280 per week, they automatically <br />get $188 per week tax-free as a workers compensation benefit. All <br />full-time employees are presumed to get at least the minimum of <br />$188 per week, even if 2/3 of their gross wages falls below that <br />figure. on the other hand part-time employees are not entitled <br />to the statewide weekly minimum. Their workers compensation rate <br />can fall below the $188 per week and equals 2/3 of their total <br />gross weekly income from their part-time job. <br />A situation could arise .in crhich a determination would have to be <br />made whether a Councilmember or elected official is a full-time or <br />a part-time employea. If they are considered part-time and have <br />no regular full-time employment, their gross earnings from a <br />workers compensation injury would be extremely small. on the other <br />hand, if they are considered a full-time employee as a <br />Councilmember and have no other employment, they would at least be <br />entitled to $188 per week under the current workers compensation <br />guidelines. <br />'lastly, I believe the City should define which elected officials <br />will be provide workers compensation coverage. For example, if it <br />is only going to be the Mayor and Councilmembers, you should state <br />specifically that the Mayor and Councilmembers in our ordinance are <br />covered by workers compensation. If it is to include other <br />officials who may be appointed at a later date by the City Council <br />or the City staff to act on behalf of the City, we should enumerate <br />them in the ordinance. Furthermore, I agree that we should define <br />what official duties are of any covered officials. <br />What I would suggest is that the ordinance you draft be expanded <br />to include a definition of those covered, and a definition of <br />INN <br />