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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 7/9/12 <br /> Item No.:7.d <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: <br />Approve 2012-2013 Law Enforcement Legal Services- (“LELS”) Contract Terms <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />The City of Roseville currently has three collective bargaining units. This report is for the <br />2 <br />Police Officer’s unit, which has 39 city employees participating in the LELS bargaining unit. <br />3 <br />They are comprised of non-supervisory licensed law enforcement officers. <br />4 <br />5 <br />Although city employee wages are provided in six different plans, the City maintains a policy of <br />6 <br />overall parity for all employees. According to this philosophy, the City strives for comparable <br />7 <br />cost of living increases and benefits for these five employee groups. In addition, the City <br />8 <br />benchmarks itself with comparable municipalities. <br />9 <br />10 <br />Council has provided for a 1% wage increase in the 2012 budget. However, since 2004 Police <br />11 <br />Officers, when compared internally, have received slightly higher cost of living wage increases <br />12 <br />compared with other staff to keep them in a steady position with their peers in comparable <br />13 <br />communities. <br />14 <br />15 <br />The Union and the City reached a tentative agreement during mediation on June 13, 2012. <br />16 <br />Based on the most recent internal and external data available the proposed and tentative <br />17 <br />agreement terms between the union and the City are the following: <br />18 <br />19 <br />Description of Proposed Agreement <br />20 <br />21 <br />1.COMPARISON CITIES BEGINNING 2012: <br />22 <br />23 <br />New 10 City Comparison Group - drop Minnetonka, Edina, Apple Valley and St. <br />24 <br />Louis Park from the group and add Oakdale, Savage, Fridley, and White Bear Lake utilizing <br />25 <br />the new 2010 census data and keeping with our 5 just larger and 5 just smaller in population <br />26 <br />size. Thus, making the new (2012 and on) comparable Cities for this group in order of <br />27 <br />population size Maplewood, Oakdale, Shakopee, Cottage Grove, Inver Grove Hghts., <br />28 <br />Richfield, Brooklyn Center, Savage, Fridley and White Bear Lake . <br />29 <br />30 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />