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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~.. . <br /> <br />Arden Hills Council <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />June 14, 1993 <br /> <br />COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br />LOCAL #49 EMPLOYEES BENEFITS <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />Discussion took place comparing the limits of coverage <br />available through various sources to union and non-union <br />employees. <br /> <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 /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />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 /> <br />MNDOT'S PLANS FOR UPGRADING <br />RAILROAD CROSSINGS <br /> <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 />