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AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT <br />THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("Amendment") is entered into by <br />and between Patrick D. Klaers ("Employee") and the City of Arden Hills ("City"). Employee and <br />the City are collectively referred to as the parties. <br />WHEREAS,the City currently employs Employee as its City Administrator and have previously <br />entered into an Employment Agreement dated April 26, 2010; and <br />WHEREAS, Employee anticipates retiring within the year, and the parties desire to modify the <br />existing contract terms to facilitate a phased and orderly transition and replacement. <br />NOW THEREFORE,IN CONSIDERATION OF the mutual promises contained in this <br />Amendment,the parties agree as follows: <br />1.Effective May 2, 2015, Employee's regular work week shall be reduced to thirty(30) hours <br />on average and his salary shall be reduced by twenty-five percent(25%) of the current rate. <br />2.Employee shall keep a log of his hours worked and any work hours over or under the target <br />of thirty(30)hours per week will be carried forward and subsequent work weeks will be <br />adjusted accordingly. There shall be no additional compensatory time or payments. <br />3.Employee shall make periodic reports regarding his hours worked and schedule to the <br />Personnel Committee. <br />4.Employee shall be eligible to receive flex-time consistent with the City Personnel Policy. <br />5.The City Personnel Policy calls for benefits to be paid into the employee's Post- <br />Retirement Health Care Saving Plan. Upon retirement or termination, Employee shall <br />have the option to receive all or part of the benefits in cash. <br />6. No other terms and conditions of employment are affected by this reduction in hours. The <br />City will continue to pay Personal Time Off and group health, dental, life, and disability <br />insurance premiums on behalf of the Employee at the same rate and in the same manner as <br />currently being paid. <br />7.Either party may terminate this Amendment upon thirty(30) days written notice. Upon <br />termination of this Amendment,the Employee will resume a standard schedule under the <br />Agreement. If not otherwise terminated earlier,this Amendment shall terminate April 30, <br />2016. <br />180163