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<br />. <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />tervi[[e <br /> <br />'Esta[lisheri .1Rti7 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />February 7, 2003 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Consider Revisions to the Personnel Policy <br /> <br />Kim Moore-Sykes, City Administrator (tvf;) <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />......................................................................... <br /> <br />REQUEST <br />Staff is requesting that the City review the recently adopted revisions to the City's <br />Personnel Policy. The main reason for this request is that many of the changes that were <br />incorporated into the current policy and adopted by the former Council are more <br />restrictive for the non-unionized employees when compared with the unionized <br />employees' contract. It is the position of the non-unionized staff that this is unfair and <br />that they are receiving unequal and disparate treatment under the current personnel <br />policy. Many have indicated that if they were part of a union, then they would be able to <br />negotiate for the same benefits that the current unionized staff have. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />When the former Council discussed this disparity in benefits with Scott LePak, labor law <br />attorney with Barna, Guzy and Steffen, he stated that while the City is not legally <br />required to provide the same benefits to all employees, most cities do chose to simply as <br />a means of retaining their experienced employees, understanding that recruiting, hiring <br />and training new employees is extremely expensive, both in time and financial resources. <br />Despite these comments, the former Council decided that it was not necessary to provide <br />all employees with similar benefits. <br /> <br />This Council action is reflected in a pay equity report that has been found to be not in <br />compliance with state established guidelines of the Department of Employee Relations. <br />Administration has tried to resolve some of the financial issues that were highlighted by <br />this report, i.e. discrepancies in health care benefits, but there are other wage and <br />personnel policy issues that need to be addressed as well. This memo will address <br />personnel policy issues that are seen to cause disparate and unequal treatment of the <br />majority of the City's employees. <br />