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CITY OF CENTERVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES IN CLOSED SESSION MINNESOTA STATUTE CHAPTER 13D.05 The City Council of Centerville, Minnesota met in a closed session on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at 9:09 p.m., in City Hall. Present were Acting Mayor D. Love, Council members Steve King, Russ Koski and Matt Montain. Also present were City Attorney Kurt Glaser and Administrator Mark Statz. The purpose of the closed meeting was to discuss the pending negotiations regarding the Union contract. Union Contract Negotiations Statz presented the status of his negotiation with the Union follow some negotiation by Dallas Larson when he still served as Administrator. The Union presented their concepts for changes to the new labor contract. Larson proposed a ceiling for wage increases and annual carry-over of paid leave. A major issue was whether the Union membership would move their medical insurance to a Union-based plan. If the Union members left the City's medical insurance plan it could result in catastrophic premium increase for the non-Union staff. The strategy discussed was to create two different wage concepts that were depended upon whether the Union members stayed in the City's medical insurance plan. Consensus was reached that the proposed wage ceiling should be annual successive increases of 2.75%, 2.5%, 2.5%. However, if the Union members left the City's medical insurance plan the proposed wage ceiling should be 2.5%, 2.0%, 2.0%. Motion of Acting Mayor Love, Seconded by Montain, authorizing Statz to continue negotiations with permission to offer as much as annual successive increases of 2.5%, 2.75% and 2.75%, or alternatively 2.5%, 2.0%, 2.0%. if the Union members left the City's medical insurance plan; passed Unanimously. The meeting was reopened to the public at 9:31 p.m. by act of the Acting Mayor. Kurt Glaser, City Administrator Instructions: These minutes become public data after the ratification of the Union contract. 2