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�� � <br />��►-- � , __� � � <br />Il,l_,• _� I <br />2 To: Mayor and City Council <br />3 Bill Malinen, City Manager <br />4 From: Chris Miller, Finance Direct �� <br />5 Date: October 15,2007 <br />6 Re: Follow-up to Council Request for Budget Information <br />� <br />� <br />� Introduction <br />�� In an email dated September 10, 2007 Councilmember Pust requested info�aiion regarding a <br />I I number of budget-related questions. <br />�� <br />]� Staff s response to Councilmember Pust's request is shown below in bold typeface along with <br />] � the original inquiry. <br />]� <br />!� Excerpt from Councilmember Pust's email: <br />i '� <br />]� <br />a� Question #1: Ove�all, I'd like a 10 yea� histo�y ofpe�centage of COLA inc�eases g�anted, plus <br />?C� sorne so�t of cornpa�ison of how that cornpa�ed with COLA's g�anted to local gove�nrnent <br />?] ernployees in M1V and th�oughout the countYy, if possible, du�ing those yea�s. We do �aat have <br />?? this historical information and we estimate it would take approximately $1,000-$1,500 in <br />.�; staff time to compile. We do know however, that currently our union pay plans are set at a <br />�� level that is about 100% of the average of peer groups, whereas our nonunion pay plans are <br />�� set to a level of about 92-97°/o ofthe peer average. <br />26 <br />�� Question #2: What pe�centage of ou� ernployees a�e union?, with an explanation of what <br />?�i pe�centage "step inc�eases" Approximately 65% of all regular, full-time staff are union. <br />?� The City's Compensation Plan is designed to provide an entry-level wage for new hires <br />3U based on their current skilisets and expertise. The entry level wage is 83% of the top pay <br />a 1 for each pay category. The Plan recognizes that as employees develop new skills and <br />3� expertise they create more value to the City, and ought to be compensated accordingly. <br />33 This is accomplished through step increases that over time permit the employee to reach <br />�� the top of their pay scale for their respective position. <br />�� <br />a i� Question #3: Whatpe�centage of cost inc�ease have we seen, on ave�age in Minnesotafo� gas, <br />3'� elect�icity and natu�al gas i�t the past tirne inc�ernent; beginning of2001 cornpa�ed to the end of <br />3#S 2003; beginning of 2004 th�ough 2005; beginning of2006 th�ough 2007 to date; and estirnates <br />3� fo� inc�eases f�orn p�esent th�ough end of �00$. We do not have this historical information <br />�Q and we estimate it would take approximately $500-$1,000 in staff time to compile. <br />�] <br />