Agenda - Council - 06/12/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I It further notes that the City is one of the smallest cities in the Stanton Group V and of this group consisting of 45 cities it has the lowest total, taxable capacity and the lowest taxable capacity per capita. It further notes that the landfill revenues cannot be used to augment the City's budget for operating purposes except in cases of an emergency. It further argues that the City is currently at the tax levy limit. I first considered the contention of the Union that I should give little ..... weight- to the job evaluation study because of discrepancies it has noted in its brief. First of all, I do not consider that I have the jurisdiction under PELRA or the Minnesota Comparative Worth Law to make a determination as to the validity or non-validity of the study. Under Section 471.922 I am entitled to look at it but in my opinion not to determine its validity or non-validity. As I understand the evaluation plan was conducted under the auspices of Control Data and was a part of and involved 130 cities of which it was a part. Consequently I just don't have any choice but to approve the plan and state that it does meet the requirements of the Act. In my opinion to permit the arbitrator to in effect review each plan of a particular political subdivision and determine whether it ,is valid and is to be considered or not to be considered on this basis would be to grant him in effect another standard by which to disregard the Comparative Worth Law. This is clearly not anticipated or 11