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CITY OF CENTERVILLE' <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br /> IN CLOSED SESSION <br /> MINNESOTA STATUTE CHAPTER 13D.05 <br /> The City Council of Centerville, Minnesota met in a closed session on Wednesday, <br /> January 14, 2018, at 8:40 p.m., in City Hall. Present were Mayor Jeff Paar, Council <br /> members Steve King, D. Love, Russ Koski and Matt Montain. Also present were City <br /> Attorney Kurt Glaser and Administrator Mark Statz. The purpose of the closed meeting <br /> was to discuss the pending negotiations regarding the Union contract. <br /> Union Contract Negotiations <br /> Statz presented the status of his negotiation with the Union. His purpose was to gather <br /> consensus and permission from the Council to continue his negotiations with the Union. <br /> Statz discussed various points of proposed changes to the contract. For example, he <br /> proposed changing the clothing allowance to a fixed sum in order to save the cost of <br /> processing each receipt and also reduce negative morale issues that can sometime <br /> accompany these clothing purchase. The primary focus of discussion was the proposed <br /> wage increase over the next three years. Consensus settled on annual, successive <br /> increases of 2.5%, 2.75% and 2.75%. <br /> Motion of Council member Love, Seconded by Montain authorizing Statz to continue <br /> negotiations with permission to offer as much as annual successive increases of 2.5%, <br /> 2.75% and 2.75%; passed Unanimously. <br /> The meeting was reopened to the public at 9:13 p.m. by act of the Mayor. <br /> Kurt Glaser, City Administrator <br /> Instructions: These minutes become public data after the ratification of the Union <br /> contract. <br /> 3 <br />