09-16-13-WS - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 4 Councilmember Werner was in favor of the County Road E2 sign at the northern corner of the intersection. Councilmember McClung recommended no signs be done in 2013. Councilmember Holden asked for an estimate on the County Road E2 sign. Public Works Director Maurer estimated this sign would cost $10,000+. He commented that he would work with the consultants on the gateway sign proposed for the intersection of County Road E2 and Cleveland Avenue and have additional information for the Council to review at a future meeting. B. Benchmarks for Compensation Study Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson explained that Ann Antonsen from Springsted was present to discuss the Benchmarks for Compensation Study with the Council. Ann Antonsen, Springsted, thanked the Council for their time this evening. She provided the Council with several handouts related to the City's compensation study. Ms. Antonsen reviewed the pay philosophy handout with the Council in detail noting that comparisons can be made to neighboring communities. She commented that she will continue gathering information on the positions within the City, updating job descriptions, position requirements and will complete a comprehensive review of the internal relationships of the City's positions. Ms. Antonsen explained that the next phase of the compensation study will be to gather market survey information from neighboring communities and communities of similar size. She reviewed the handout that identified neighboring communities. The information gathered through this process will allow for the internal positions to be compared to external positions. Mayor Grant summarized that based on the 2007 study; Anoka, Dayton, East Bethel, Ham Lake, Hugo and Robbinsdale were the most similar in size to Arden Hills. He reviewed the list of benchmark cities that would be used for the 2013 comparison noting six were new and quite a bit larger than Arden Hills by size and population. He wanted to be assured that the information gathered provided a clear picture for the City. Councilmember Holden recommended that Shoreview be thrown out of the mix because that City does not compare to Arden Hills based on size. Ms. Antonsen stated that this will be kept in mind as Shoreview may have outliers that are not consistent with Arden Hills. Councilmember Werner questioned how many cities would be compared to Arden Hills for the compensation study. Ms. Antonsen anticipated using 15 communities for comparison purposes. She understood that some of the cities are larger, but will be considered as these neighboring communities compete with Arden Hills for employees.