HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968/12/26 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL 81" ECI.AL, MEETING
ST . LOUIS I' AR10 MINNESOTA
December 26 , 1968
1 , CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Thiel
at 4 : 19 p . m .
2 . INVOCATION
Invocation was given by Councilman Howard
3 , ROLL CALL
The following Councilmen were present at roll call :
Murray Galinson
Richard Graves
Frank Howard
Richard Koch
Robert Reynolds
Leonard Thiel
Councilman Heltzer arrived at 4 : 21 p . m .
Also present were the City Manager , Director of Finance and
Assistants to the City Manager .
4 . CONSIDERATION OF 1969 EIVIrPLOYEE SALpiRIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS
a . Local 49 - Union Representative Robert McPherson was present
and reviewed his unions t negotiations with thde area manager ' s
the Council that
committee on labor negotiations .
He advise
basically the proposal of the City Manager was the same as that
agreed to in these area - wide negotiations �o McDonald accepted the
was acceptable &
g Representative John Mc
b . Local 224 - Union Rep of r�'ump Station
City Manager ' s proposal with the exception
nested Step 37 . It was moved by
Mechanic I for which he req d by Councilman Il{ och , to move
seconde
Councilman Heltzer , The motion lost 5 - 2 ,
P . S . M . I from step 36 to step 379
Councilmen Galins on , Graves , Reynolds and Howard and Mayor
Thiel voting nays _ Representative Clyde Johnson was
c . Local 993 - Firefighters
d advised the Council that the firemen eeliminated sfrom the
present an Technician b
the proposed position of Fire
proposed schedules He also felt that the study incentive program
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would not be of any value to the Fire Dept * due to its type of
work . He requested that this program also be eliminated .
The firefighters union , according to Mr . Johnson , felt that
its firefighters pay should be equal to the Police Dept . and
that no disparity should be considered . Further discussion
was deferred until the next meeting .
d . Local 57 - Police - Union Representative John McDonald advised
the Council that the City ' s wage schedules were not competitive
with other cities having longevity . He acknowledged that con -
siderable increases were made but that the City ' s police pay
should be higher . He cited the City of Minneapolis as an example .
Some discussion was held on comparisons and it was acknowledged
that Minneapolis did not pay overtime to its police and that other
cities had different assignments .
The union accepted the study incentive proposal and new vacation
schedule . Union Steward Metro was present to encourage the
Council to adopt a longevity program for the older officers who
do not want the study incentive program . Sgt . Currie was present
to speak to the Council on making sergeant ' s pay more than the
detective ' s pay due to the nature of the sergeant ' s work . Sgt .
Schaefer also appeared and requested that the sergeant ' s pay be
increased to $ 914 (top ) .
After discuss ion , it was moved by Galins on , seconded by Heltz a r ,
to adjourn until 5 : 00 P . M . , December 27 , 1960 . Motion c cried
unanimously and meeting adjourned a. per,
Ma r
Attest :
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Peter G . Cotton , Acting Secretary
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