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Mayor Kuzma asked if there is anything in City Administrator Ulrich's contract that anyone would like to take out. Councilmember Howell replied she is comfortable with City Administrator Ulrich's contract but not offering all the benefits, as they did with the union negotiations, to see what they have to give up. Councilmember Musgrove commented it would benefit the City to have the same health, dental, life, and disability insurance versus a separate package. She suggested it be part of the City package so they would still get it but it would not be an additional, separate thing that has to be tracked separately but would be under the organizational benefits. She asked if the pension was authorized by State law and if that was not one they could negotiate. City Administrator Ulrich replied usually there is an allowance that allows the manager to join a separate 4011 pension plan if they desire so they can waive PERA. He stated yes, the City would still be responsible for the employer's portion of that so that number doesn't change. He stated there is a deferred comp benefit in his contract which is optional. He stated there is a matching contribution to a deferred compensation, which is maxed out at $2,000 contribution by the City, which is negotiable. Mayor Kuzma suggested starting with the League's contract because it is pretty basic. He thought there would be some negotiations so that is where they could add or subtract but it gives them a starting point. City Administrator Ulrich replied that is a good suggestion as it is a bare bones contract which doesn't have a lot and that is where severance could be set at four months and the candidate could counter propose. The 60-day notice could be started with and the candidate can give feedback and there could be a cap on the member benefits. Mayor Kuzma commented they will be looking for an experienced person so they may have already been through this process before and have a good idea of what it is going to take but this is a good starting point. Councilmember Howell commented the one thing with City Administrator Ulrich's contract is that there has more meat to it and has been specifically created for a City Administrator here so it made more sense to her to use that to shape, instead of using something that is so basic like the League contract that doesn't have any starting points. City Administrator Ulrich replied a hybrid could be done,pull content from the contract they have now, populate a League model contract, show Council what that looks like, and highlight in red the optional pieces they might want to pull out. City Attorney Knaak commented it depends on how this is viewed. With a basic contract,because Ramsey is a significant city, they are going to be dealing with a sophisticated applicant, not someone fresh out of college who may not know what they want. He stated the applicant may come in with ideas of what they would like, for insurance for example. He stated that is the kind City Council Work Session/March 22, 2022 Page 6 of 11