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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9, 2013 Page 26 At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmember Etten clarified that he would sup- port the CPI approach for implementation as well as a policy going forward. Councilmember McGehee stated that she supported the CPI approach for com- pensation and going forward, she would support splitting the merit pay discussion from the compensation study. Councilmember McGehee stated that the reason she was supportive of the Competitive Plan option as outlined in the RCA was because it was more in line with the CPI and what had been denied in past years. Councilmember McGehee opined that the merit pay as described by Ms. Bacon and how implemented, or how slow employee reviews can be, served as an im- portant piece. Councilmember McGehee further opined that, if the City decided to have a merit pay piece, she would prefer the HR and Administration/Finance Department to develop a draft policy to make it fair and even organization-wide. Councilmember McGehee stated that she was happy to separate this out and ap- prove the CPI model going forward to achieve the same market rate as done ten (10) years ago; and then to separately work on the merit pay system. Councilmember Willmus advised that he could support the CPI approach, as he'd discussed with staff for some time; expressing his appreciation for seeing the in- formation presented in such detail. Councilmember Laliberte concurred with the value in the detailed presentation. Councilmember Willmus opined that both Councilmembers Laliberte and McGe- hee had raised good issues; with further refinement indicated in carrying forward the merit pay practice; further opining that that portion of the discussion be set aside from this portion. Mayor Roe summarized Council consensus that the merit pay system needed to be looked at on the staff level and brought back for City Council consideration be- fore going forward. Mayor Roe further summarized that the CPI basis had sup- port of the City Council majority in moving forward as a policy as well as for im- plementation. Council consensus supported that summary. Mayor Roe suggested banking that consensus and building from it. Mayor Roe clarified that a determination was needed as to what CPI basis was used and when done for implementation. Based on his personal analysis of CPI data, Mayor Roe stated that it verified the study results, and gaps when the City had not kept pace with the CPI, while recognizing that some of the gap may be a result of specific conditions having fallen through over the years.