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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 03,2013 Page 7 Councilmember McGehee also requested, outside the budget information, wheth- er or not the City wanted to have a policy for maintaining a certain percentage of the market and other cities; and what cities would be used for that comparison re- view, as part of that policy discussion. Councilmember McGehee opined that the policy in trying to provide some equity between union and non-union employees appeared to have been abandoned; but further opined that a policy should be somehow memorialized, noting that this was the first compensation study com- pleted in over ten (10) years, and it should be made meaningful in some way by laying out a policy. Mayor Roe advised that this had been his rationale in suggesting a policy discus- sion separate from the budget, outlining a percentage policy and then budget im- plications, and how to get there in steps. Mayor Roe questioned if it was accurate to suggest that the 97% goal had been abandoned,just that it was not currently be- ing met; and suggested that one choice before the City Council was to memorial- ize that situation as part of a new policy. Ms. Bacon clarified that the 97% goal also had merit pay attached, which was not being met, and asked that both components be considered in the policy discussion, whether or not the merit piece will be reviewed or included or not. Councilmember Laliberte suggested that, while needing the policy discussion moving forward, the merit situation provided a way to incent employees to do their job at the City, in its role as a service provider, with the need to fund that merit program. Including moving forward with the HRIS system performance re- views done on time, Councilmember Laliberte opined that some performance re- views could be done and measured similarly across the board and between super- visors, with some pieces already put in place. Mayor Roe opined that the previous merit system was not well-defined; and agreed that any time a merit based pay structure was used, it was a benefit, but needed to be something everyone understood and supported; and that it took time and resources to meet that goal; and suggested a future discussion include em- ployee input as well. Councilmember Laliberte opined that it would be difficult and irresponsible for the City Council to decide on implementation of the compensation study recom- mendations and its dollar impact until legislative caps and fixed costs outside the City's control for the next budget cycle had been determined. Mr. Trudgeon advised that Finance Director Chris Miller was preparing to begin that discussion at the next regular business meeting, as legislative issues and mandates were finalized. However, Mr. Trudgeon advised that staff would prefer having the policy discussion first, as that would inform the budget and what could be accomplished moving forward. Mr. Trudgeon concurred with the City Coun-