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Mounds View City Council October 6, 2025 <br />Special Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn indicated three of the four public works employees will be reaching Step <br />9 in January of 2026. <br /> <br />Council Member Clark inquired how many other employees would be impacted if the grievance <br />clause regarding wages were removed. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson <br />reported the collective bargaining unit (CBU) for public works has 11 employees. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom stated if the Council were to act on this matter a door would be opened for future <br />employees to grieve their wages. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn asked if the public works employees were set on going back to July for <br />compensation. Mr. Schnur commented there is nothing that is not negotiable. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom questioned what the dollar amount is for these four employees. Finance Director <br />Bauman stated she did not have the figures in front of her. Mr. Schnur explained two employees <br />would need to be compensated $900, one employee would need to be paid $1,200 and the final <br />employee would need to be compensated $3,600 for 2025. He estimated the City would have to <br />pay additional $4,000 in 2026 to get all four employees to Step 9. <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn indicated if these four employees were pushed up to Step 9 they would not <br />receive a step increase next year. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom commented that these employees would only receive a COLA adjustment. He <br />stated he appreciated the great work Mr. Schnur does on behalf of the City noting he had worked <br />for Mounds View for the past 28 years. He explained this was a very difficult situation. He stated <br />from a policy standpoint that it would be difficult for the Council to go back and question the <br />department heads about how the recent hire was conducted. He asked if there were any other <br />options for the Council to consider. <br /> <br />Mr. Schnur stated he did not care if he went to Step 9, but he would be happy with an accelerated <br />schedule. However, the three other employees would be at Step 9 in January. <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause questioned if the CBU would have responded in the same manner if <br />the previous public works employee had gone to Step 9 in August. Mr. Schnur anticipated the <br />same action would have been taken by the CBU and a grievance would have been brought forward. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson discussed the qualifications and licensures <br />that the new employee has. He reported that the new employee has a Class B water license along <br />with a Class A drivers license. He stated these were the qualifications and requirements within the <br />job description. He noted the current employees do not have these licensures. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom commented that the migration to the step program happened with all the current <br />employees and noted the new person was offered Step 9. <br /> <br />Council Member Smith asked what licensures Mr. Schnur has for the City. Public Works/Parks <br />and Recreation Director Peterson reported Mr. Schnur has a Class A water license and a Class SC