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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />July 27, 2015 <br />5:00 o'clock p.m. <br />PRESENT: Mayor Lili Tod McMillan, Council Members Jim Cornick, Jr, Aaron Printup, <br />Lizz Levang, and Denny Walsh. Representing Staff were Finance Director Ron Olson, <br />Public Works Director/ Engineer Adam Edwards, Community Development Director <br />Jeremy Barnhart, and City Clerk Diane Tiegs. <br />1 _ Compensation Study Draft Report <br />Victoria Holthaus, AEM Financial Solutions LLC presented a second version of the <br />Orono Draft Compensation Study. The City's last compensation study was done in <br />2007. Since that time job responsibilities and positions have changed. The <br />Council requested at the June 22nd Council Work Session to amend the study using <br />communities with smaller populations of 5,000-10,000 residents. The revised <br />study used fifteen communities with the new parameters which indicate the <br />average minimum salary for Orono employees is $5,800 below the market, $4,442 <br />below the median, and $3,014 below the maximum. A new step and grade plan <br />was developed from the results of the market analysis. The new step and grade <br />plan has 8 step grade increases and the overall growth of the scale between steps <br />was trimmed to 3% and between grades to 6%. <br />Council Member Walsh would like to see private sector comparable. Ms. Holthaus <br />recommended Walsh review the Robert Half Accounting website, the LMNC, and <br />Association of Professional Engineers. <br />Council discussed the outcome of the study. Council Member Cornick questioned <br />how this information will be relayed to the employees. All employees are aware <br />of the study and were required to complete job description surveys. AEM <br />Financial will discuss this with the City Administrator to determine next steps and <br />wait to hear from the Council. <br />City Council Work Session, July 27, 2015 Page 1 <br />