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City Planner McCann shared that a public hearing notification had been sent out for tonight’s meeting and he reached out to the applicant once the agenda had been posted on the City’s website. He added he also spoke to the applicant after the public hearing for the site plan and conditional use permit at the August Planning Commission meeting. A roll call vote was performed: Councilmember Musgrove aye Councilmember Specht aye Councilmember Howell aye Councilmember Woestehoff aye Councilmember Heineman aye Acting Mayor Riley aye Motion carried. 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 7.01: Adopt Resolution #22-215 to Authorize an Adjustment to the Pay Scales for Temporary Rink Attendants and Temporary Snow Plow Drivers Administrative Services Director Lasher reviewed the proposed resolution to increase the pay scales for the temporary rink attendants and temporary on call snow plow drivers. She stated a survey was conducted of similarly sized cities to see if Ramsey’s pay scales are in line with these cities and found that Ramsey is lower than these cities. She shared the average snow plow driver pay was $15.99-$19.40 an hour in these cities. She learned that some cities do not hire temporary snow plow drivers and that they are able to get the snow plowing done with the existing staff. In regard to the rink attendants, the average pay is $12.56-$15.07 an hour and Ramsey’s current starting pay is $10.33 an hour. She discussed that minimum wage will be going from $10.33 an hour to $10.59 an hour in January. She said it was important to note that these are not CDL drivers, just regular licensed drivers to drive a pickup truck with a plow. She shared that five of the current plow drivers do intend to return if the increase is authorized. She shared the recommendation to adjust the pay scale for the rink attendants to $13.00-$14.50 an hour depending on qualifications, and for the pay scale for the snow plow drivers to $16.00-$20.00 an hour depending on qualifications. She clarified that she is looking to Council for permission to allow Staff to look at qualifications and not necessarily start a new hire at the bottom of the pay scale, but would have discretion to hire them within the range. She shared that the fund would be approximately $5,000 over what was anticipated and that would be split over the 2022-2023 budget years. Councilmember Specht thanked Administrative Services Director Lasher for her work on this and appreciates her taking the time to take the residents feedback on pay scales and use that to adjust the numbers. Motion by Councilmember Specht, seconded by Councilmember Woestehoff, to Adopt Resolution #22-215 to increase the Temporary Rink Attendants pay scale to $13.00-$14.50 an hour depending City Council / September 13, 2022 Page 7 of 18