Laserfiche WebLink
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />To:Saint Anthony Village City Council <br />From:Charlie Yunker, City Manager <br />Date:November 26, 2024 City Council Meeting <br />Resolution:Resolution 24-085 Approving the 2025-2026 Agreement between the Law Enforcement Labor <br />Services, Inc. #186 Local Representing the Saint Anthony Police Department Licensed Employees <br />and the City of Saint Anthony Village <br />BACKGROUND <br />For your approval is a resolution approving the 2025-2026 Agreement between the Law Enforcement Labor <br />Services, Inc. #186 Local representing the Saint Anthony Police Department Licensed Employees and the City of <br />Saint Anthony Village. <br />The City and Union have an agreed-upon set of peers utilized for comparison for each negotiation. This set of <br />peers is based on the closest comparative department to Saint Anthony Village that considers a combination of <br />city population, department size and scope of services and capabilities. This set of peers is used to determine <br />appropriate wage levels and well as other aspects such as unform allowances, special pay rates, etc. <br />The City also has a practice if applying the appropriate Cost of Living (COLA) adjustment across all positions <br />throughout the city. This amount is determined by a combination of the identified peer and information from <br />around the metropolitan region to ensure wages remain competitive. At times market adjustments are <br />necessary when certain positions market wage pressure exceeds the annual COLA adjustments. <br />The City also follows the common practice of negotiating two-year agreements so negotiations aren’t necessary <br />each year and can provide predictability for the second year’s overall city budget and levy for personnel costs. <br />This year it was evident that wages across all positions were increasing more rapidly than previous years, and <br />market adjustments were needed in order to remain competitive. This was discussed at budget work sessions <br />during the budget and levy process. <br />Through negotiations, the union agreed to a 3% COLA increase for both 2025 and 2026, and a market <br />adjustment, as was anticipated during the budget and levy discussions in preparation for the preliminary levy <br />approval on September 10, 2024. After review and negotiations, the union agreed to a 6% market adjust for <br />2025. The union also requested a step structure for Sergeants. <br />Other changes in the Police Department contract: <br />Investigator pay, including VCET, increases from 3% to 4.5% over officer pay to align with peers. <br />Uniform allowance increases from $900 to $1,100 for the year. <br />Addition of Sergeant step structure.