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Request for Council Action Date: October 30,200O Item Number: M-4 Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section Other Business Item Description: Direction to the Acting City Manager and Human Resource Staff to Prepare Wage and Benefit Settlements for the Non-Union and Administrative Employees Background: The settlement of the wage and benefit proposals for calendar year 2001 for the police officers, police sergeants, and public works and parks maintenance staff, represent a conclusion to the contract issues for our unionized employees.In addition to the unionized employees, the City also has an important contingent of non-unionized office staff, technical and supervisory staff and administrative personnel. It would be appropriate for the City Council to direct the Acting City Manager and Human Resource staff to prepare settlements with these categories of employees.In doing so, we will resolve all of the outstanding wage and benefit issues for City employees for calendar year 2001. Policy Implications: he City of Roseville has always strived for a fair and defendable approach to handling wage and benefit issues among its employees. The general principle we use is as follows: 1) To provide internal comparability, meaning that similarly valued positions are paid similarly throughout our organization, and 2)Benchmark each position and its value to similar positions throughout the metropolitan area, in both private and public sectors. Maintaining the focus on these two relatively simple principles, we have been able to pay a respectable wage for a respectable day’s work and have generally a positive relationship with our employee groups. Utilizing this principled approach, we have been able to negotiate early settlements with police, police sergeants, and maintenance staff.It would be appropriate and consistent with past practice to authorize negotiations on similar principles for the remainder of non-union staff. Financial Implications: Each year the City budgets for wage and benefit settlements for all employees based on the best information known or anticipated from area-wide labor settlements.In doing so we are able to properly budget for wage and benefit increases which may not be concluded before the budget is concluded.Settlement of wage and benefit issues in early November represents one of the earliest settlements in memory. Staff Recommendation: The City Council authorization to prepare and discuss proposed wage and benefit increases with non-union staff would be appropriate. Any final adjustments in salary ranges would come back to the City Council at a future regular City Council meeting for formal approval.