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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9, 2013 Page 21 97% indicated. Mr. Trudgeon advised that Mayor Roe's original draft - without any language revisions as addressed at past meetings —had also been included as part of tonight's discussion(Attachment B). At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Trudgeon advised that he continued to recom- mend a 4.6% increase as outlined in the report, with a staged approach in January and July of 2014; but was open to looking at other options as suggested by Coun- cilmember Laliberte. Mr. Trudgeon advised that one option looked at by staff was to tie the compensa- tion to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with purchasing power based on the rate of inflation, and as provided in the RCA (pages 2 and 3), as well as staff provid- ing an analysis on page 2 of the cumulative CPI versus non-union COLA for the City of Roseville. Mr. Trudgeon advised that one staff recommendation was to track compensation with the CPI. Mr. Trudgeon noted that he and management staff continued to recommend a 2% COLA for 2014 as proposed in the budget to ensure that the City remained com- petitive with external markets, no matter what the decision made by the City Council on the compensation study results. Mr. Trudgeon advised that this 2% COLA was also anticipated as union settlements were finalized, which also pro- vided more import for not providing more inequities between union and non- union employees. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he recognized perceptions and budget issues; however, he suggested that the City Council not lose sight of the bigger picture long-term. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the proposed options provided all included part-time firefighters, even though they were not included in the compensation study. Mr. Trudgeon opined that it was his recommendation to include them and treat them as any other employee, without reverting to another external study; therefore he had lumped employees together, as he had gotten no sense of interest from the City Council in performing another study specific to firefighters. Mr. Trudgeon referenced three options in the RCA (lines 68 — 103) for City Council consideration, and as further defined in lines 113 — 129; asking that the City Council give serious consideration to one of those options, and urging them to attempt resolution tonight or in the near future. Mr. Trudgeon noted that con- siderable amount of time taken to-date by the City Council and staff in resolving the issue; opining that some resolution would be greatly appreciated by all parties. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Trudgeon confirmed that his 2014 City Manager Recommended Budget had provided for the "Competitive Plan (lines 119-123). However, Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the numbers won't match comparable numbers in the past that did not include the previously segre-