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Mounds View City Council October 6, 2025 Special Meeting Page 4 1 2 Council Member Clark inquired how many other employees would be impacted if the grievance 3 clause regarding wages were removed. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson 4 reported the collective bargaining unit (CBU) for public works has 11 employees. 5 6 Mayor Lindstrom stated if the Council were to act on this matter a door would be opened for future 7 employees to grieve their wages. 8 9 Council Member Gunn asked if the public works employees were set on going back to July for 10 compensation. Mr. Schnur commented there is nothing that is not negotiable. 11 12 Mayor Lindstrom questioned what the dollar amount is for these four employees. Finance Director 13 Bauman stated she did not have the figures in front of her. Mr. Schnur explained two employees 14 would need to be compensated $900, one employee would need to be paid $1,200 and the final 15 employee would need to be compensated $3,600 for 2025. He estimated the City would have to 16 pay additional $4,000 in 2026 to get all four employees to Step 9. 17 18 Council Member Gunn indicated if these four employees were pushed up to Step 9 they would not 19 receive a step increase next year. 20 21 Mayor Lindstrom commented that these employees would only receive a COLA adjustment. He 22 stated he appreciated the great work Mr. Schnur does on behalf of the City noting he had worked 23 for Mounds View for the past 28 years. He explained this was a very difficult situation. He stated 24 from a policy standpoint that it would be difficult for the Council to go back and question the 25 department heads about how the recent hire was conducted. He asked if there were any other 26 options for the Council to consider. 27 28 Mr. Schnur stated he did not care if he went to Step 9, but he would be happy with an accelerated 29 schedule. However, the three other employees would be at Step 9 in January. 30 31 Council Member Meehlhause questioned if the CBU would have responded in the same manner if 32 the previous public works employee had gone to Step 9 in August. Mr. Schnur anticipated the 33 same action would have been taken by the CBU and a grievance would have been brought forward. 34 35 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson discussed the qualifications and licensures 36 that the new employee has. He reported that the new employee has a Class B water license along 37 with a Class A drivers license. He stated these were the qualifications and requirements within the 38 job description. He noted the current employees do not have these licensures. 39 40 Mayor Lindstrom commented that the migration to the step program happened with all the current 41 employees and noted the new person was offered Step 9. 42 43 Council Member Smith asked what licensures Mr. Schnur has for the City. Public Works/Parks 44 and Recreation Director Peterson reported Mr. Schnur has a Class A water license and a Class SC 45 sewer license.He talked about what a great opportunity the new employee was given the licensures 46 he had, along with his years of experience working in another city. He stated when the new