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<br /> Arden Hills Council 8 June 14, 1993 . <br /> COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> LOCAL #49 EMPLOYEES BENEFITS <br /> Administrator Person reported that the 1993-94 labor <br /> agreement for Local #49 Public Works employees has been <br /> signed, however, the question has arisen as to whether the <br /> agreement has provided Public Works employees with "similar <br /> level of benefits" as other City employees, as required by <br /> City ordinance. <br /> Person provided a comparison of health, life and dental <br /> insurance benefits provided to non-union employees and union <br /> employees, and noted that through the Local #49 labor <br /> agreement, union employees have the availability of a lesser <br /> amount of life insurance than non-union employees. <br /> Therefore, she recommended that Council allow union <br /> employees to participate in additional life insurance <br /> coverage, through the City's plan, at the employee's cost. <br /> Discussion took place comparing the limits of coverage . <br /> available through various sources to union and non-union <br /> employees. <br /> Councilmember Malone commented that Local #49 members <br /> negotiated for what they wanted, and the City agreed to a <br /> settlement, and this matter should have been considered <br /> prior to reaching an agreement. Person commented that <br /> apparently it was an oversight during union negotiations to <br /> review the life insurance coverage limits, and since Local <br /> #49 members are expected to renegotiate their plan before <br /> the end of calendar year 1993, her recommendation was simply <br /> to assure compliance with City ordinance in the interim. <br /> MOTION: Hicks moved, seconded by Aplikowski, to approve the <br /> Local #49 employees' participation in the City's plan <br /> for providing $10,000 life insurance benefits, through <br /> calendar year 1993, at the employee's cost. Motion <br /> carried unanimously (5-0). <br /> MNDOT'S PLANS FOR UPGRADING <br /> RAILROAD CROSSINGS <br /> Councilmember Malone drew attention to a June 1, 1993 letter <br /> from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) <br /> regarding MNDOT's safety signage and pavement marking plans . <br /> for selected railroad crossings, including the railroad <br /> crossing at Grey Fox Road in Arden Hills. <br />