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<br />Administrative Services Director Lasher explained the current percentage and years of service <br />required that are in the personnel policy mirrors what is in the union contracts. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen advised to focus on that during negotiations. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff commented that this might be good will for the unions. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma stated he likes the 10% additional severance versus the 50% for the early resignation <br />notice. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher confirmed that the Mayor was referring to the early <br />resignation notice only and not in general. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if there is any kind of clause that could be added to this that would <br />state the resigning employee could leave early if a replacement was found before the three months <br />was up. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen shared that Staff’s thoughts around this is that it will mostly apply to <br />people who are retiring versus someone who is going on to another employer. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher shared that in years past there have been employees who <br />have resigned who are using vacation days in the resignation period which could extend this period <br />and continue to allow the employee to qualify for City benefits. She noted this change is very <br />important and would no longer allow this to occur. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen stated there are times when it would be helpful to have the ability to <br />accept a resignation effective immediately with the employee still leaving on good terms. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove added that this will also allow the employee to accrue more vacation <br />time. She noted she is supportive of this language change. She asked about the benefit of the City <br />Administrator extending application deadlines and unsolicited applications not being kept on file. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher explained using compensatory time off or vacation leave <br />is considered working and qualifies you for city benefits. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher explained the benefit of having a deadline is that they <br />have timelines for every recruitment and line up interview panels with many people within the <br />departments for these applicants. She noted that if they left the application period open it would <br />be very difficult for them to manage schedules without having the deadline. She added that the <br />option to extend the deadline would be in the event that they do not get enough qualified applicants. <br />She explained that it is a liability to keep unsolicited applications; however, if someone comes in <br />dropping off a resume or application, they tell this person where to find information online to get <br />notices when there are openings in a field, they are interested in. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / February 26, 2024 <br />Page 4 of 11 <br /> <br />