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CITY OF FARIBAULT
NON-UNION COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
ADOPTING REVISED NON-UNION COMPENSATION GUIDELINES FOR
2013 & 2014
WHEREAS, the City Council establishes annual compensation for all non-union
City of Faribault employees.
THE CITY OF FARIBAULT RESOLVES:
SECTION 1 EFFECTIVE DATE
1.1 Duration
This resolution shall remain in effect until the last day of December 2014 or until
otherwise amended or repealed.
SECTION 2 WAGE PROVISIONS
2.1 Salary Range
Salary ranges are assigned to non-union positions. The ranges are as a result of
the City wide pay equity program and other factors related to the establishment
of compensation systems.
Salary ranges represent possible salary locations during the initial employment
period. Factors used to place an employee within the range will include: market
considerations, employee performance, length of service, special skills, and rate
at which they become fully competent in their positions.
2.2 Performance Compensation
The City Administrator shall recommend to the City Council non-union
employees wage at any point within the wage ranges set forth in Exhibit A of this
resolution. When establishing wages for new or existing employees, the City
Administrator shall assure that the employee's wage bears a reasonable F;
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a) The external or market compensation paid to similar positions outside of '=
the city organization; and
b) The internal compensation paid to positions within the city organization
with similar job responsibilities and difficulty; and
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c) The past and current job performance of the individual employee; and
d) The experience and knowledge of the individual employee.
All non-union employees shall be subject to a written and documented
performance evaluation. The employee's immediate supervisor and/or
Department Director shall evaluate the work performance of employees who are
under their responsibility. The evaluation shall be discussed with the employee
and forwarded with a recommendation on compensation to the City Administrator
for consideration. Wage adjustments shall not be made without a completed
evaluation. Wage adjustments will be made according to the employee
agreements approved by City Council and signed by employee at date of hire.
The City Council shall have the authority to additionally compensate employees
whose work performance is determined to be exceptional. The compensation
may be distributed in one or more of the following forms:
a) Lump sum merit pay not to exceed five (5) percent of the employee's
annual wage rate or $4,500, whichever is less.
b) Larger than normal increase (permanent or temporary) within the
employee's wage range.
c) The award of additional day(s) of administrative leave beyond that allowed
by Section 4.4 of this resolution.
SECTION 3 MISCELLANEOUS PAY PROVISIONS
3.1 Transportation Expenses
Any employee who is required to use their personal automobile for city business
shall be reimbursed at the rate that is currently paid by the State of Minnesota, if
they do not receive a vehicle allowance.
The City Administrator may establish a vehicle allowance of up to $375.00 per
month for Department Directors. Vehicle allowance will be treated as
compensation for purposes of state and federal income reporting.
3.2 Uniform Allowance
A payment of$40.00 per month shall be made to individuals serving in the
positions of Police Chief, Police Captain and Director of Fire and Emergency
Management. This payment shall be for the purpose of compensating these
individuals for the furnishing, cleaning, and maintenance of a required uniform.
The supervisor of any personnel who receive a clothing allowance or receive
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clothing pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement may be provided the
same clothing allowance provision if it is determined work necessary.
3.3 Conference per Diem
The City shall provide a per diem as a meal allowance in the event of overnight
travel as established by the table included with the Supervisor Procedures
Manual which follows IRS guidelines. The employee shall be paid in advance of
the meeting or conference. Travel outside the State of Minnesota must be
approved by the City Council.
SECTION 4 LEAVE BENEFITS
4.1 Holidays
Non-union employees shall have the following holidays enumerated: 1) New
Year's Day, 2) Martin Luther King Day, 3) President's Day, 4) Memorial Day, 5)
Independence Day, 6) Labor Day, 7) Veterans Day, 8) Thanksgiving Day, 8) Day
after Thanksgiving, and 9) Christmas Day. Employees shall be granted the
holiday off without loss of pay. Any employee that is required to work on a
holiday, outside of his/her standard work week shall receive an additional floating
holiday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the holiday shall be considered to
have occurred on the preceding Friday. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, the
holiday shall be celebrated on the following Monday. If a non-union employee is
required to work one of the above stated holidays, the City Administrator shall
have the authority to provide an additional floating holiday to be taken or used in
accordance with the rules governing the same.
All employees shall also receive one (1) floating holiday at the beginning of the
year to be taken in accordance with the rules governing vacation days. Floating
holiday hours are banked the first pay period of the year based on full-time
equivalency.
4.2 Vacation
The vacation schedule is based on full-time equivalency.
Employees who have been employed uninterruptedly with no breaks in
employment except for brief layoffs which are directed by management shall be
eligible for a paid vacation at their regular rate of pay pursuant to the following
schedule: vacation will be earned at the rate of 80 hours per year for the first
five (5) years of employment; at the rate of 120 hours per year for 6-10 years of
employment; and at the rate of 160 hours per year thereafter.
An employee may not use vacation leave until they have an accumulated total of
at least five (5) days. At any time during the calendar year, the employee may
be compensated at a rate of one days pay for each vacation day accumulated,
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provided that the employee has taken at least ten days of vacation and/or
administrative leave. Employees earning vacation at a rate of 80 hours per year
may not accumulate more than 120 hours. Employees earning vacation at the
rate of 120 hours per year may not accumulate more than 184 hours.
Employees earning vacation at the rate of 160 hours per year may not
accumulate more than 240 hours.
Vacation must be taken so as not to jeopardize sufficient municipal operations at
any time by written request from the employee to the Department Director or City
Administrator. Employees will not be allowed to accumulate vacation in excess
of the maximum amounts previously specified unless they were specifically
asked to forego a portion of their vacation in writing by the City Administrator. If
it is necessary for the City Administrator to request that an employee forego a
portion of his/her vacation time, the employee will be entitled to use that portion
previously accumulated during the next succeeding six months.
4.3 Sick Leave
Sick leave shall be compensated for at the regular rate of pay. Sick leave may
be legitimately used for personal injury, illness or appointments.
Employees must use sick leave in increments of a minimum of one hour
increments with supervisor approval. Employees shall be allowed to use sick
leave as needed, except that in order to qualify for sick leave, an employee must
report that he/she is sick no later than one hour before the time for which he/she
is scheduled to report to work. This one hour restriction shall not apply to
employees who become sick while at work. Employees on sick leave for more
than three consecutive days may be required to submit a physician's statement
of illness. Employees may be required to submit a physician's statement of
illness after one day, if that day is immediately before or after a holiday or
regularly scheduled day off. Any employee who has exhausted his/her sick
leave and requires additional sick leave may substitute vacation for the same.
Sick leave is accrued based on full-time equivalency. Employees shall accrue
168 hours per year except employees hired after December 31, 1998 shall
accrue at 120 hours per year.
Employees shall be compensated at a rate of eight (8) hours of pay for each
twenty-four (24) hours of unused sick leave in excess of a maximum
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accumulation of 480 hours. Employees having more than 480 hours
accumulation on January 1, 1980, who elected shall retain such accumulation for
sick leave usage and termination consideration. Sick leave compensation shall
occur the first pay period of December of each year.
When an employee is eligible for Worker's Compensation payments, he/she may
supplement these payments with a prorated portion of any accumulated sick
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leave so that the combination of the two benefits will equal his/her net pay. Net
pay is defined for these purposes as regular pay received from a standard work
week less mandatory deductions which include federal and state taxes, social r'
security, Medicare, PERA and wage garnishments. If he/she should exhaust
his/her accumulated sick leave, he/she will receive Worker's Compensation
payments only.
4.4 Administrative Leave
Upon approval by the City Council, the City Administrator may compensate up to
five days administrative leave. Said leave may be carried over from year to year.
Employees may not accumulate more than 120 hours. At any time during the
calendar year, the employee may be compensated at a rate of one days pay for j
each administrative leave day accumulated. j
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4.5 Emergency Leave
Emergency Leave may be granted to an employee in the event of serious illness
or other emergency in the family of said employee. Employees in need of such
leave shall make application to their supervisor. Such time as is granted shall be
charged against the employee's sick leave account. The rate of charge against
the sick leave account shall be that of the actual time absent from work. The
granting of such emergency leave shall not be unreasonable or arbitrarily
withheld.
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4.6 Jury Duty II
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All employees will receive a leave of absence when called for jury duty. The
employee will be paid at their regular rate of pay by the City. The employee shall
in turn submit to the City the amount of jury duty pay received, minus mileage
reimbursements. Jury duty calls shall be reported to the supervisor on the first
working day following the receipt of the jury summons.
4.7 Funeral Leave
Employees are allowed to use up three (3) days for the death of an immediate family
member, with pay, as funeral leave upon the death of an immediate family member.
One (1) day of paid funeral leave is provided to an Employee in the event of the ;IF
death of any another family member.
Immediate family members include an Employee's spouse, parents, children,
siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, similarly-related step relationships, in-laws,
and domestic partners. Other family members include aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews, and similarly related in-laws. Funeral leave will not be deducted from the
Employee's vacation or sick leave balances. Employees may request additional
time off for a longer leave or to attend the funeral of a more distant relative or friend.
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Prior approval of the applicable Department Director or City Administrator is required,
and if allowed, such leave actually used by the Employee will be charged against the
Employee's sick leave account.
4.8 Personal Leave of Absence
An employee may request a personal leave of absence without pay. All requests
for personal leaves of absence shall state the reason for which the request is
made in writing to the City Administrator. The City Administrator may grant
personal leaves of absence up to two (2) weeks in duration. Leaves of absence
for more than two (2) weeks shall be presented to the City Council. While on a
personal leave of absence without pay, an employee shall retain seniority;
however, they will not accrue any sick or vacation leave. If the leave exceeds
two (2) weeks, the employee may maintain health insurance coverage under the
City's policy at their own expense.
SECTION 5 INSURANCE BENEFITS
5.1 Health Insurance
In 2013, the City's contribution for each Employee's health insurance coverage
shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for family coverage, Seven
Hundred Twenty-four Dollars ($724.00) employee plus one coverage and Three
Hundred Fifty-three Dollars ($353.00) per month for single coverage with the
employee picking up any remaining balance. Any decrease in the Employee's
insurance premiums from 2012 to 2013 will be realized exclusively by the Employee.
In 2014, the City shall contribute an additional $25.00 per month for an Employee's
health insurance coverage in the event the Employee's monthly health insurance
premium increases between 0% and 4% over the monthly health insurance premium
paid by the Employee in 2013 for the same type of coverage. In the event an
Employee's monthly health insurance premium increases between 4% and 8% over
the monthly health insurance premium paid by the Employee in 2013 for the same ';'
type of coverage, the City will incrementally increase its monthly contribution up to an
additional $50.00 per month.
The City will match an Employee's contribution to their health savings account under
the City H.S.A. plan up to $600 for both 2013 and 2014.
If any other group or individual employed by the City receives contribution levels for
insurance exceeding the negotiated contributions stated in this Agreement, this
group would also receive those increased contributions.
The employee's portion of the premium cost shall be paid through payroll deduction.
In no case shall the City's contribution exceed the actual cost of the coverage selected
by the Employee.
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5.2 Health Care Account
The City shall establish a $500.00 health care expense account for any
employee carrying single (employee only) or waiving health care coverage. Such
health care expense account shall be available to reimburse the employee for
any eligible medical expenses incurred as a result of deductible, co-insurance, or
maximum benefit limits of the health insurance program. In addition, such health
care expense account shall be available to the employee and the immediate f
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family living at home (spouse and children 18 years and under) to cover
prescription drugs, and for optical and dental expenses incurred through a
licensed practitioner. Such health care expense account shall not exceed
$500.00 per calendar year and the unused balance shall not carry over to the
next year.
5.3 Retired Health Insurance
The City will allow retired employees to continue on as members in the health
insurance program, provided insurance is not available due to other employment.
The retired employee shall reimburse the City for the entire cost of the health j
insurance program.
5.4 Life Insurance
The City will provide at no cost to the employee a term life insurance policy in the
amount of twice the employee's annual salary. The City will provide double
indemnity life insurance in the event of an accidental death.
5.5 Long Term Disability
The City will provide, without cost to the employee, long term disability insurance
which will provide 66.6% of normal compensation to a maximum of $5,000 per
month payable to the age of 65 and commencing from the 91st day of disability. '''
The application of benefit shall be essentially equivalent to those in effect on
January 1, 2011. f_
An employee once disabled and collecting long term disability benefits after the
91 st day shall not accrue vacation, holiday time or sick leave and accrual of said
benefits shall not begin until such time the disability stops and the employee
returns to permanent duty.
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SECTION 6 MISCELLANEOUS BENEFITS
6.1 Tuition Reimbursement
The City shall reimburse tuition and book expenses to the employee upon
satisfactory completion of a recognized course of job related instruction. Such
job related instruction must be reviewed and approved by the City Administrator
prior to the initiation of cost in order to be eligible for reimbursement. Job related
instruction does not include mandatory training necessary to maintain minimum
licensing requirements. The City may require a partial or full repayment
agreement to be executed between the employee and the City. A repayment
agreement must be executed if the continuing education program is determined
to be in excess of the tuition cost which could be incurred in a state supported
entity; is a graduate program committed to over a period of two or three years; is
a technical specialty in excess of the minimum requirements of the position.
Such repayment agreement shall take into account the total amount to be repaid
on a pro-rata basis and shall be effective if an employee terminates his/her
employment at any time during a three year period after receiving reimbursement
or upon completion of the program.
6.2 Pension
The City will pay the established percentage rate of wages to the Public
Employees Retirement Association (PERA) plan which applies to the employee.
6.3 Retirement
Retirement age will be in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
6.4 Deferred Compensation
The City shall make available a program of deferred compensation. Participation
in such a program is at the option of each employee and does not include any
contribution by the City.
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6.5 Termination Consideration
When an employee leaves the employment of the City in good standing (has
given proper termination notice, has turned in all City equipment and is not being
terminated for cause) they shall receive accrued vacation, floating holidays and
administrative leave. Additionally, employees with at least three (3) years of
service shall receive one-half (1/2) of their accumulated sick leave (maximum
accumulation of 480 hours). Balances in excess of 480 hours will be paid at
one-third. Employees hired before January 1, 1980, will receive in salary
equivalent, one-half of their maximum accumulated sick leave (maximum
accumulation of 1,440 hours). Balances in excess of 1,440 hours will be paid at
one-third.
An employee, who is obligated to make a repayment to the City for continuing
education benefits, shall have said repayment deducted from their termination
compensation pay or benefits. The repayment shall be deducted at the time the
employee provides notice to the City and the amount of the deduction shall be in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the signed City of Faribault
Agreement With Regards to Continuing Education placed in employee's
personnel file.
Adopted this 8" day of January, 2013.
FARIBAULT CITY COUNCIL
Jo Jasinski
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Michael A. McGuire
Interim City Administrator
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Exhibit A 2.00% 1.50%
POSITION TITLE 2013 Low 2013 Mid 2013 High 2014 Low 2014 Mid 2014 High
Chief of Police $85,038 $92,922 $96,6351 $86,314 $94,316 $98,084
Director of Public Works $85,038 $92,922 $96,6351 $86,314 $94,316 $98,084
Director of Community Development $80,335 $87,822 $91,2901 $81,540 $89,139 $92,659
Director of Finance $85,038 $92,922 $96,6351 $86,314 $94,316 $98,084
Director of Engineering $85,038 $92,922 $96,6351 $86,314 $94,316 $98,084
Director of Fire and Emergency Management $80,335 $87,822 $91,2901 $81,540 $89,139 $92,659
Buckham Center Director $85,038 $92,922 $96,6351 $86,314 $94,316 $98,084
Police Captain $75,349 $81,901 $85,1771 $76,479 $83,129 $8674 55
Public Works/Parks Superintendent $64,494 $70,101 $72,9061 $65,461 $71,152 $73,999
Parks and Recreation Director $64,494 $70,101 $72,9061 $65,461 $71,152 $73,999
Library Director $64,494 $70,101 $72,9061 $65,461 $71,152 $73,999
Engineering Supervisor $64,494 $70,101 $72,9061 $65,461 $71,152 $73,999
Human Resources Coordinator $61,175 $66,494 $69,1531 $62,092 $67,491 $70,190
City Planner $61,174 $66,494 $69,1531 $62,092 $67,491 $70,190
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Building Official $61,174 $66,494 $69,1531 $62,092 $67,491 $70,190 j
MIS Coordinator $61,174 $66,494 $69,1531 $62,092 $67,491 $70,190
GIS Coordinator $61,174 $66,494 $69,153 $62,092 $67,491 $70,190
Accounting Supervisor $61,174 $66,494 $69,1531 $62,092 $67,491 $70,190
Community Development Coordinator $52,971 $57,577 $59,8801 $53,765 $58,441 $60,778
Planning Coordinator $52,971 $57,577 $59,8801 $53,765 $58,441 $60,778
Deputy City Clerk $48,021 $52,196 $54,2841 $48,741 $52,979 $55,099
Recreation Program Coordinator $48,021 $52,196 $54,2841 $48,741 $52,979 $55,099
Library Program Coordinator $48,021 $52,196 $54,2841 $48,741 $52,979 $55,099
Graduate Engineer $48,021 $52,196 $54,284 $48,741 $52,9791 $55,099
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Exhibit A
Job Title 2013 2014 i
Director ( Baseball) $1200-$2600/Season $1200-$2600/Season
Youth Officials _
4-5th $8.00-$13.00/Hour $8.00-$13.00/Hour
6-7th $9.00-$16.00/Hour $9.00-$17.00/Hour
Official $14.00-$23.00/Game $14.00-$24.00/Game
Asst& pool Manager $9.50-$15.00/Hour $9.50-$15.00/Hour
Lifeguard and swim instructor $7.75-$13.00/Hour $7.75-$13.00/Hour
Aquatic Instructor Trainer $11.00-$18.00/Hour $11.00-$19.00/Hour
Water Fitness Instructors $8.50-$16.00/Hour $8.50-$17.00/Hour
Concessions and Desk $7.25-$11.00/Hour $7.25-$12.00/Hour
Director(Softball UIC) $2450.00/Season $2500.00/Season
Umpires - Certified $20.00-$23.00/Game $20.00-$24.00/Game
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45 Minute matches (Volleyball) $10.00-$20.00/Match $10.00-$21.00/Match
hour matches (Volleyball) $12.00-$22.00/Match $12.00-$23.00/Match
TKD $12.00-$19.00/Hour $12.00-$19.50/Hour
Music in Park Coordinator $400.00-600.00/Season $400.00-600.00/Season
Front Desk $8.00-$14.00/Hour $8.00-$15.00/Hour
Bldg. Supervisor $9.00-$15.00/Hour $9.00-$16.00/Hour
Enrichment Negotiable Negotiable
Fitness Coordinator $17.00-$21.00/Hour $17.00-$22.00/Hour
Group exercise instructors $10.00 -$15.00/Hour $10.00 -$16.00/Hour
Recreation supervisors $8.00-$14.00/Hour $8.00-$15.00/Hour
Playground leaders $7.50-$12.00/Hour $7.50-$13.00/Hour
Youth Staff $7.50-$12.00/Hour $7.50-$13.00/Hour
Certified Officials $12.00-$18.00/Hour $12.00-$19.00/Hour
Seasonal Employee $8.00 -$14.00/Hour $8.00 - $15.00/Hour
Library Page $7.25 -$10.50/Hour $7.25 - $11.50/1-lour
Mending/ Processing Aide $7.75 -$11.00/Hour $7.75 -$12.00/1-lour
Circulation Desk Aide $9.00 -$12.75/Hour $9.00 -$13.75/Hour (
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Exhibit A
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CITY OF FARIBAULT
ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION FOR PAID ON-CALL FIREFIGHTERS FOR 2013 & 2014
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The compensation package for Paid On-Call Firefighters that are employed by the City of
Faribault is as follows:
Section 1: The hourly compensation for a probationary paid on-call firefighter is $12.24
per hour effective January 1, 2013. The hourly compensation for a probationary paid
on-call firefighter is $12.42 per hour effective January 1, 2014.
Section 2: The hourly compensation for a paid on-call firefighter is $16.83 per hour
effective January 1, 2013. The hourly compensation for a paid on-call firefighter is
$17.08 per hour effective January 1, 2014.
Section 3: A paid on-call firefighter will receive $100.00 per six months with an active
EMT certification.
Section 4: A paid on-call firefighter will receive $500.00 per six months if performance
standards as set forth in Fire Department Policy AP-023 are met.
Section 5: Each paid on-call firefighter will be covered by a $25,000.00 life insurance
policy obtained by the City of Faribault.
Adopted: January 8, 2013
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Joh asinski
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Exhibit A
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CITY OF FARIBAULT
ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION FOR POLICE RESERVE OFFICERS FOR 2013 & 2014
The City of Faribault has Police Reserve Officers that are a volunteer group under the
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direction of the Chief of Police. Whereas, there are duties associated with supporting
the police department that may be paid with the authorization of the Chief of Police.
The City Council desires to establish equitable compensation for Police Reserve Officers
who perform work by authorization of the Chief of Police.
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The compensation package for Police Reserve Officers that are employed by the City of
Faribault is as follows:
Section 1: The hourly compensation rate for Police Reserve Officers shall be $18.92 per
hour effective January 1, 2013. The hourly compensation rate for Police Reserve
Officers shall be $19.20 per hour effective January 1, 2014. First year Police Reserve
Officers work solely as volunteers and it is not a paid position. Second year Police
Reserve Officers will earn the above rates.
Adopted: January 8, 2013
ATTEST:
John nski
Mayo,
Michael A. McGuire
Interim City Administrator