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• Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 10,2011 Page 25 pensation package; and prior to considering such position,g a p on, she suggested that a classification and analysis be completed for public versus private sector em- ployees, for similar job titles and descriptions. Councilmember Pust volunteered to perform that analysis on behalf of the City Council over the next year. When discussing every year the significant costs of personnel in the City's annual budg- et, Councilmember Pust did not agree that there was any attempt to put the budget burdens on staff; however, she did recognize that it was one of many levers af- fecting the City budget, and representing 86-87% of available tax resources. Councilmember Pust opined that the only way to add more staff was to do a better job in looking at what the current ones were paid, similar to periodic reviews of relevant factors done in the private market. While trusting Ms. Bacon's facts and figures, Councilmember Pust opined that it was her job to make the taxpayer's money go as far as the community needed it to go; and clarified that she was a strong advocate of public employees; and further opined that this issue needed to be discussed on an ongoing basis, not just as it related to the annual budget. Councilmember Pust advised that, while not a popular opinion, there was a differ- ence in union and non-union employees; and that there was a definite distinction to be made for collective bargaining units and the rights of employees to unionize. Councilmember Pust reiterated her willingness to do her part in performing a sala- ry analysis for Roseville versus other private/public employers, and would have it available by March of 2012 for City Council discussion. • At the request of Mayor Roe related to negotiated benefits for union and non- union employees, Ms. Bacon advised that the City was bound by Minnesota Sta- tutes, Chapter 471.616, subd. 6 addressing aggregate value changes. Councilmember Willmus echoed Councilmember Pust's comments; and con- curred that this was the largest factor in the City's annual budget; and needed fur- ther review and consideration. Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of shifting from a strict government model and moving toward a private sector mod- els, for overall compensation and benefit packages. Councilmember McGhee expressed her willingness to look at employee compen- sation; however, reiterated that she didn't feel it was necessary to hold up the 2012 requested action; and review the information to be compiled by Council- member Pust by March of 2012. As part of this review, Councilmember McGe- hee opined that a discussion of shared resources should be part of it, further opin- ing hat up to 48% of the City's budget could be reviewed for shared resources. Mayor Roe noted that, if 48% of the City's budget was done through a shared ser- vice approach, the City may lose control of its health care costs as part of its over- all compensation package. • Mayor Roe noted that part of the requested action was a proposal to take the $18,000 projected savings for 2012 for reduced health care costs and apply them