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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 2/11/13 Item No.: 7.g Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Teamster’s 2013 – 2015 Contract Terms Page 1 of 3 B ACKGROUND 1 The City of Roseville has three collective barg aining units. This repor t deals with the Police 2 Sergeant’s unit. There are five city employees in the Teamster’s bargaining unit. They are 3 comprised of supervisory licensed Officers. 4 5 Although city employee wages are provided in six di fferent plans, the City maintains a policy of 6 parity for all employees. According to this phi losophy, the City strives for comparable cost of 7 living adjustments and benefits for all six empl oyee groups. In addition, the City benchmarks 8 itself with comparable municipalities. 9 10 Council has provided for a 2% wage increase in the 2013 budget. Based on internal equity and 11 external market data for this group, the 2013 -2015 proposed and tent ative agreement terms 12 between the union and the C ity are the following: 13 14 Description of Proposed Agreement: 15 16 1. CONTRACT DURATION: 17 18 Term of 3 years from 1/1/13 – 12/31/15 19 2. WAGES: 20 21 22  1/1/13 increase all Teamst er union classifications by a 2% COLA bringing top 23 wage to $41.45 per hour, which keeps them at 100% of the market average for 24 our comparable Cities. 25 26  1/1/14 increase all Teamst er union classifications by a 2% COLA bringing top 27 wage to $42.28 per hour. 28 29  1/1/15 increase all Teamst er union classifications by a 2% COLA bringing top 30 wage to $43.13 per hour. 31 32 3. Article XXV – HOLIDAYS : 33  Change to language only which is outdated and needs revision to be more 34 reflective of current practices and schedules. The following language for 35 article XXV would address these concerns: 36