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City Council Special Study Session — 09/09/04 <br />DRAFT Minutes - Page 8 <br />(estimated at one-half); and the potential for strikes with no room <br />to negotiate if a wage freeze were implemented. <br />City Manager Beets referenced his memo comments regarding <br />budget recommendations, noting that 1) it was advantageous for <br />the City to pay the right people fairly; and 2) the pay scale in <br />Roseville was approximately five percent below the Stanton V, <br />used for comparisons, and presented a challenge to the City, <br />quite often making Roseville a training ground for employees to <br />move onward, with the City retaining training costs, and losing <br />valuable employees. <br />Councilmember Schroeder questioned the accuracy of the <br />Stanton V survey with current job market rates. <br />City Manager Beets further noted that while the COLA was <br />conservatively outlined in 2004 for union negotiations, upon <br />going to arbitration the COLA went to 3% from 2.3 %; thereby <br />creating an uncomfortable and unproductive differential among <br />the City's workforce, when non-union COLA was at 2.3%. <br />Councilmember Ihlan referenced Finance Director Miller's <br />memo dated August 24, 2004 summarizing the need for an <br />approximate 11 % levy increase to fund the items recommended <br />by Councilmember Schroeder; and the need for a 15% levy <br />increase using the recommendations in the City Manager's <br />proposed 2005 Budget recommendations, without any additional <br />reductions in expenses or personnel, or additional revenue <br />sources. <br />Further discussion included annual employee attrition rate of five <br />percent; how to structure additional budget discussions and/or <br />public comment hearings; proposed addition of discussions <br />and/or work sessions dealing directly and specifically with the <br />budget; priorities for 2005 and future projections and policy <br />decisions; and determination of consensus to-date. <br />After further discussion, it was the Council's consensus to direct <br />Finance Director Miller to prepare spreadsheets on each of the <br />written proposals presented (i.e., from Councilmembers Kough, <br />Maschka and Schroeder) to provide side by side comparisons of <br />