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meETINQ JAN 0 1 2000. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION u»T wr OhONO DATE: January 6,2000 ITEM NO: / ^ Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title Citv Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: City Administrator ’s Report Item Description: Year 2000 Non-Union Compensation Adjustments, Including Market-Based Pay Adjustments Attachments:I.Resolution Approving Pay Plan Adjustments for Non-Union City Employees for 2000 2. Non-Union Position/Point Groupings for 2000 3. Non-Union Pay Levels and Pay Ranges for 2000 The Council has previously approved adjustments to the City ’s non-union pay schedule of 2% effective 1/1/2000 and 1% effective 7/1/2000. The Council has also approved an increase in the City ’s insurance contribution from $345.00 per month to $370.00 per month. In addition to the normal annual pay adjustments, the attached 2000 pay schedule also reflects market-based pay adjustments. Market-Based Pay Adjustments The City ’s non-union compensation plan calls for the City ’s pay levels to be within 5% of the average pay level of cities in the metro area with populations between 5,000 and 15,000. Over the past eight years, the City has provided annual pay adjustments at a level comparable to those provided by cities of comparable size in the metro area and in the lake area. However, as the City became involved in hiring processes during the last year, it was found that the pay levels of a number of positions were not competitive with the market. Therefore, a market survey was completed to determine how the City's pay schedule compared to the pay levels of comparable cities. The sur\ey indicated the pay levels of several positions in the middle of the City ’s pay schedule were significantly below the market average. The City ’s pay schedule has been revised to increase the pay levels of these positions so that at a minimum they are within 5% of the market average. The attached table titled “2000 Pay Rates’’ shows the e.xtent of the market adjustments. The year 2000 budget includes funding for market-based pay adjustments. However, the extent of market adjustments was substantially beyond the level anticipated at the time the budget was developed. To enable the market adjustments to be made, and to stay within the budgeted amount, it is recommended the market-based adjustments be implemented in two stages-one-half effective January 1 ,2000 and one-half effective July 1,2000. These adjustments will coincide with the annual