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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9, 2013 Page 20 home, and if it proved not to be marketable by the bank, staff could return at a fu- ture date seeking further action as applicable. A brief discussion ensued regarding the extent of repairs intended for the fencing around the pool, with new posts intended to make it safe and presentable. Laliberte moved, Willmus seconded, authorization to the Community Develop- ment staff to abate the public nuisance violations at 1693 Ridgewood Lane N by hiring general contractors to repair pool fencing and dispose of junk, brush and debris at an estimated cost of$2,000.00; with actual abatement and administrative costs billed to the property owner; and if not paid, staff is directed to recover costs as specified in City Code, Section 407.07B. Roll Call Ayes: McGehee; Willmus; Laliberte; Etten: and Roe. Nays: None. c. Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 170 County Road B West As previously noted, this item was resolved prior to tonight's meeting. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:13 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 8:21 p.m. d. Implement an Employee Compensation Adjustment Mayor Roe noted that this item had been tabled from previous meetings for staff to provide additional information, as detailed in the RCA dated September 9, 2013, and related attachments. Interim City Manager Trudgeon briefly reviewed the previous numerous discus- sions based in part on the initial Springsted Employee Compensation Study Up- date authorized by the City Council for non-union employees in 2012, with the bottom line indicating that the City of Roseville's employee compensation were on average 4.6%below peer communities. Mr. Trudgeon asked that tonight's discussion focus on two (2) specific items: whether or not the City Council wished to have a policy for employee compensa- tion, and if so what it should look like and options to proceed. As part of that pol- icy discussion, Mr. Trudgeon noted that other city models were reviewed and provided in tonight's RCA (Attachment A), noting that the research indicated that cities didn't seem to have formal policies, finding a broad spectrum. Mr. Trudg- eon noted that the City of Roseville's Employee Handbook specific to mentioned compensation without any ranges or percentages provided, but at the discretion of the City Council and City Manager as dictated by state law, etc. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the current policy was at approximately 97% with additional compen- sation for merit pay, with the City currently paying about 95% rather than the