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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 25, 2006 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT 13. JOB EVALUATION CONSULTANT Sansevere inquired whether other cities routinely hire job evaluation consultants and why job evaluations are not performed at the staff level. Moorse stated this is not a performance evaluation. The consultant will be taking a look at the hierarchy of positions in the organization and determining their relative value to the City. Moorse stated in the 1980s the City was required to do job evaluations and that a number of the cities got together and hired a consultant to design a job evaluation system. Moorse stated the system that the City has been using is no longer going to be supported by the company who developed it and the City needs to hire another company. Sansevere moved, White seconded, to accept the proposal from Benjamin Consulting Group, Inc., for the pay equity analysis/job evaluation process, at a cost not to exceed $9,000; and to authorize the expenditure of up to $5,900 for the market analysis and compensation design review elements of the proposal subject to the determination of the level of assistance needed. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *14. REQUEST TO HIRE PART-TIME POLICE OFFICER STEVEN STURM White moved, Murphy seconded, to approve the hiring of Steven Sturm as a part-time police officer beginning 9/26/06 at the beginning part-time pay rate of $19.76 (2005). VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 15. POLICE SERVICE CONTRACT Moorse stated this item relates to the Orono police service contract and as part of that contract, the City of Orono provides police services on a contractual basis to the Cities of Long Lake, Minnetonka Beach, and Spring Park. The contract provides for a basic level of police service and a portion of the contract provides for supplemental services. Under the basic level of service, patrol officers are not assigned to a specific city, but respond to calls in all cities as needed. Over the years Long Lake has had two supplemental officers. For 2007, the City of Long Lake is requesting one supplemental officer. Moorse noted three members of the council met in a work session on this matter a couple of weeks ago to discuss that issue and how to deal with the loss of police service and revenue. The conclusion of the meeting was that there is a lack of clarity about how the service works in the contract under the basic and supplemental portions and that Orono needs to make an effort to clarify that with Long Lake. Moorse noted the City of Orono would lose approximately $75,000 based on the reduction. The discussion centered around whether Orono should enter into clarification discussions with the City of Long Lake to better explain the level of services that the Orono Police Department provides and to leave Long Lake’s police service as is for the next six months while this process is being undertaken. Murphy stated he is the one who made the proposal in the work session and that the proposal is a good faith effort on the part of Orono while the clarification efforts are going on. Murphy stated the Council should understand that the Orono Police Department would lose the revenue from the City of Long Lake and that the level of service being provided to Long Lake would need to be reduced if the City of Long Lake determines that they will continue with their decision following those discussions. ______________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 8 of 14 Item #02 - CC Agenda 10/09/06 Approval of Minutes 09/25/06 [Page 8 of 14]