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APPROVED <br />PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Special Meeting <br />October 6, 2025 <br />Mounds View City Hall <br />2401 Mounds View Boulevard, Mounds View, MN 55112 <br />5:20 P.M. <br /> <br /> <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER <br /> <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> <br />3. ROLL CALL: Clark, Gunn, Lindstrom, Meehlhause and Smith <br /> <br /> NOT PRESENT: None. <br /> <br />4. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS <br /> <br /> A. Public Works Grievance. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated after Council approved Resolution <br />10121, “Approving the Hire of Clint Schumann to Public Works Utilities Maintenance Worker <br />Position,” on July 14, 2025 staff received a formal grievance from the Public Works Bargaining <br />Unit with the nature of the grievance specific to: “Hiring a new employee at a higher step <br />classification than any current member of the Public Works Bargaining Unit,” on July 30, 2025. <br />On August 6, 2025, Administrator Zikmund met with the complainant Mike Schnur and all <br />members of the Collective Bargaining Unit (CBU) at Public Works to better understand their <br />concerns, specifically inquiring if their remedy meant to include all members of the CBU being <br />brought up to Step 9 retroactive to January 1, 2025. This request was affirmed. <br /> <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained on August 18, 2025, the City <br />Administrator and HR Director met with the Bargaining Unit Stewards and Complainant Schnur <br />to review and discuss the grievance. Complainant Schnur recorded a portion of the meeting on his <br />cellular device, however not the entire discussion. Staff clarified that the Grievance process, <br />according to the CBU agreement, would follow the City of Mounds View Policy Manual to which <br />they concurred. Staff clarified wages/compensation were exempt from the grievance process per <br />City Policy 6.02 Grievance Procedure. All present at the meeting were given a copy of City Policy <br />6.02. The CBU was informed per City Policy 6.02 pay increases or lack thereof are not grievable <br />– and Complainant Schnur indicated he was unaware wages were not grievable. <br />