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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 19,2013 Page 21 Councilmember Laliberte applauded Mayor Roe for taking the initiative to get something on paper as a starting point; opining that the draft mostly represented previous discussions of at least two of the five Councilmembers. In all fairness, Mayor Roe noted that several Councilmembers had been reserving their thoughts to-date. Councilmember Laliberte advised that she struggled with including any percent- age at all; opining that the City invariably chased something that varied from city to city even when looking at peer cities, causing a negative situation to be set up. Mayor Roe clarified that the comparison study looked at the top of the range. Councilmember Laliberte noted that there was no comparison with an employee's education, certification status, or other things that went into their jobs since it was proving difficult to find the same similar jobs. However, Councilmember Laliberte opined that the City wanted to be similar in pay when other factors were entering into that. Councilmember Laliberte also sought further comparison in- formation on the amount of staff turnover and longevity compared to peer cities if available, such as those not taking jobs or leaving the City's employment only due to compensation issues. Councilmember Laliberte noted that, if not already being done, those should be discussion points during exit interviews with employees, or at a minimum the Subcommittee reviewing the City Manager position, or even a subcommittee or staff level report. Councilmember Laliberte opined that this would determine if the City had a problem with its compensation, or if positions could not be filled with current or prospective employees seeking employment elsewhere. Councilmember Laliberte opined that she would like to see something for a spe- cific job, with similarities and comparables to the ten peer cities at a low, mid and high range; supporting a subsequent policy stating that the City would never fall into the low range on average of peer cities, but without a specific percentage, ra- ther than setting themselves up to fail. Councilmember Laliberte reiterated her in- terest in using existing ranges with variances or experience, certification and the other factors she mentioned; then utilizing those existing ranges if within the mid to high range. In response, Ms. Bacon advised that the City already compared ranges with other cities, and that the City of Roseville ranges are behind those amounts spoken about. Different from the private sector, Ms. Bacon referenced the salary steps within that range, with local government typically starting an employee at the bot- tom and working their way up to mid-range based on their competences; with the top of the reserved for those having reached a certain tenure or reaching the top of their peer or same similar job description ranks. Ms. Bacon reviewed the defini- tion of "same similar" as meaning qualifications and certification requirements