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Attachment A <br />1 EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING <br />2 OF THE <br />3 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE <br />4 <br />5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br />6 <br />7 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of <br />h <br />Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 25 <br />8 day of April, 2022, at 6:00 <br />9 p.m. <br />10 <br />11 The following members were present: Etten, Groff, Strahan, Willmus, and Mayor Roe. <br />12 and the following were absent: <br />13 <br />14 Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: <br />15 <br />16 RESOLUTION No. XXXXXX <br />17 <br />18 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO THE WAGE-RATE <br />19 FORMULA FOR GROUP HOMES <br />20 <br />21 WHEREAS, due to outdated wage-rate formulas being fixed in statute, group home staff wages <br />22 have not kept up with the private sector, resulting in many homes being forced to close, putting <br />23 many very vulnerable and seriously disabled Minnesotans back into the open market where new <br />24 placements have become increasingly more difficult to find. Most residents of group homes <br />25 have many complicated medical needs that need skilled care 24/7 and therefore cannot simply <br />26 return to their parental home; and <br />27 <br />28 WHEREAS, given the current high wage-inflationary period the state is in, group homes are <br />29 paying $14-$15 per hour while workers in food service and retail are earning $17-$22 per hour <br />30 for less demanding work, resulting in significant worker shortages in group homes; and <br />31 <br />32 WHEREAS, wages for direct support professionals (DSPs), in group homes are set in statute, <br />33 using 30-month-old comparable wages formula; and <br />34 <br />35 WHEREAS, Roseville has many group homes within its city limits. <br />36 <br />37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED; by the City Council of Roseville requests that the <br />38 Minnesota Legislature modify Minnesota statutes to change wage-rate formulas for direct <br />39 support professionals in group homes to ones that uses a current competitive workforce factor <br />40 adjustment and not 30-month-old data. <br />41 <br />42 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of Roseville that the <br />43 new wage rates resulting from this change should begin no later than January 1, 2023. <br />44 <br /> <br />