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Policv Implications <br />Each year the City budgets for wage and benefit adjustments for all employees. The <br />adjustments stem from the best information known or anticipated from the metro labor <br />market, labor settlements, and the consumer price index. <br />The City's compensation policy objectives include: <br />Internal Equity — maintaining a compensation and benefit package that is as <br />consistent as possible between the City's three union and two non-union groups. <br />External Equity- although the policy is to maintain a compensation and benefit <br />package that is equivalent to comparable cities, survey data shows that the City's <br />pay scale is anywhere from 1% to 15% below comparable cities for comparable <br />positions. <br />Financial Imnlications <br />The budgeted personal services funds in the 2005 would cover the cost of the proposed <br />49ers' collective bargaining agreement for 2005. For 2006,the Council would have to <br />budget sufficient funds to meet the collective bargaining agreement's terms described <br />above. <br />Council Action Reauested <br />Motion to approve the proposed terms and conditions for the 2005-2006 collective <br />bargaining agreement with the 49ers, and to direct the City staff to prepare the necessary <br />documents for execution, subject to City Attorney approval as to legal form. <br />