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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 8,2013 Page 8 Ms. Bacon concurred, noting that all of those paying above average were within a 1-2%range. Councilmember Etten noted the need for more detailed data to show the big pic- ture as well as individual department data, allowing the City Council better analy- sis showing salary comparisons with job categories. Going forward, Acting Mayor Willmus concurred, and advised that the City Council needed the full study for their review prior to any proposed action by the City Council. Acting Mayor Willmus questioned where the City Council Pay Study comparison came from, since he didn't remember the City Council initiat- ing the process. Prior to any possible adjustments, Acting Mayor Willmus ad- vised that he would need to review it as part of future budget discussions. City Manager Malinen advised that staff had included it to provide an opportunity for review, as long as the market was being reviewed. Councilmember Laliberte concurred with Acting Mayor Willmus; and also re- quested that the full study be provided, along with those items requested by Act- ing Mayor Willmus; as well as a better understanding of where the City would like to go with merit pay or a performance management evaluation system. Councilmember Laliberte noted the importance of rewarding good employees so they stayed,while not rewarding those who were not doing well. Acting Mayor Willmus concurred, noting that this would require a policy discus- sion in the near future to make those determinations. While agreeing with comments expressed so far, Councilmember McGehee opined that part of that retention program and policy should also be to ensure an- nual employee evaluations were done in a timely manner. Councilmember McGehee further opined that her least concern was with City Council pay; and advised that she supported remaining at 10)% of the market for all union employ- ees, without allowing non-union employees to drop back; and asked that staff in- clude their recommendations for that aspect as part of their documentation. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Ms. Bacon advised that the recommenda- tion was that the entire pay structure increase by 4.6% across the board, address- ing the starting, midpoint and maximum pay structure, allowing the system to re- main consistently whole and valid, while allowing for it to be recalibrated for the marketplace. Ms. Antonsen concurred, noting that without moving the entire pay scale across the board, it could create equity issues for the City in complying with the State of MN Local Government Pay Equity Act.