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MINUTES <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />1245 West Highway 96 ▪ Arden Hills Minnesota 55112 <br />Phone 651.792.7800 ▪ Fax 651.634.5137 <br />www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us <br /> <br />FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS COMMITTEE <br />Tuesday, July 17, 2018 <br />6:00 P.M. <br />Upstairs Conference Room, Arden Hills City Hall <br /> <br />CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by David Radziej at 6:00 pm. <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: David Radziej; Arlene Mitchell; Katy Peters; Brenda Holden, Council Liaison <br />MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Gayle Bauman, Finance Director; Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />Call to Order <br /> <br />1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA <br />Motioned: Arlene Mitchell <br />Seconded: Katy Peters <br /> <br />2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES <br /> Motioned: Arlene Mitchell <br /> Seconded: Katy Peters <br /> <br />3. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Arden Hills Pay Study <br /> <br />Mr. George Gmach was in attendance to present the findings related to the pay and benefits study <br />prepared by George Gmach Compensation Consulting, LLC. Mr. Gmach discussed the peer <br />group selection process and noted that responses were not received from either New Brighton or <br />Circle Pines. <br /> <br />He discussed the different types of pay plans (merit and step) and went over observations about <br />the Arden Hills pay plan. He noted Arden Hills is competitive in the market overall. There are a <br />few positions that may be on the strong or weak side of the study but his main recommendation <br />was possible changes to the step structure such as slightly reducing the spread of the ranges and <br />the number of steps to maximum. Any changes to the public works pay plan should be <br />accompanied by harmonization with the city step structure. <br /> <br />Paid Time Off – the City made changes to this 2 years ago and it is right in the middle of the <br />surveyed cities. <br /> <br />Life & Disability – the City is a little low on what they offer for life insurance. <br /> <br />Health & Dental – Most cities have group plans – not age or condition based plans. One of the <br />surveyed cities is on the Ramsey County plan. All cities pay 100% of single premium. Larger <br />cities normally set one dollar limit for all employees (even those that take single) which the <br />employee can use to purchase City benefits. Single employees can usually get all benefits covered <br />but family usually has to pay a portion of health and all dental. Mr. Gmach recommends that a <br />portion of this set dollar limit be allocated to the employees HSA account. Need to be careful of <br />any differences in benefits offered to different bargaining groups. These differences may need to <br />be reported as additional income on the Pay Equity report. <br />