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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,April 17, 2023 <br /> Page 9 <br /> Mayor Roe stated it seemed that if the City's philosophy was to try to be at average, <br /> and at parity with the union employees, and the City still wants to be there. <br /> Councilmember Strahan indicated there was not really discussion about banding <br /> and she thought that was an important part of the compensation study and part of <br /> what Abdo expected, but she was not sure how that works. <br /> Councilmember Groff explained that on a higher philosophical level, he was <br /> thinking about what makes people want to come to work. He does not want <br /> someone to come to work just to fill the day; he wants to make sure the employee <br /> is at work because that employee wants to be there. Part of that is pay but part of <br /> it is also the culture and that it is a pleasant place to work. He did think this needed <br /> to be increased and maybe it is 95 to 100 or 97 to 103 but there needed to be <br /> something over that average mark so that there is some flexibility. He stated the <br /> Council needed to give those tools to the administration in order to do this. <br /> Mayor Roe thought it should be fairly easy to figure out. He explained the Council <br /> does have the option to adjust and implement at a higher or lower percentage. He <br /> thought it made sense to look at what the recommendation is at the current policy <br /> and then the Council can make a decision on the policy. <br /> Mr. Trudgeon stated if the Council can look at what the City wants to be as an <br /> organization and what the City wants to do, the Council can look at options when <br /> it gets down to implementation. The Council should decide where the average <br /> should be and then discussion can begin where in actuality the City should end up <br /> at. He asked if staff were to bring back one hundred percent, would that be a good <br /> starting point and from there, the Council can have discussion around higher or <br /> lower implementation. <br /> Mayor Roe asked if there was any objection to coming at one hundred percent to <br /> start with. <br /> Councilmember Schroeder thought the City would want to come in at where the <br /> policy is now because that is an easier comparison and would be the starting point <br /> with the idea that more than likely the Council would have to go up. She had a <br /> feeling that the numbers were going to be quite large even staying at the current <br /> policy. She would like to see if the policy were left where it is, what would it look <br /> like thinking the City may still need to go to one hundred. She would like to see <br /> both because she thought the City would end up having to go to one hundred with <br /> the market. <br /> Ms. Davis explained they are talking strategy so it is not how much is the Council <br /> going to approve when this is brought back to them. It is just big picture in a perfect <br /> world, where would the City like to be and then Abdo can bring the results back to <br />