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City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby reviewed the Staff report in regard to the final draft of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization JPA. Councilmember Musgrove thanked the Council for taking the time to look through this. She added that the questions that they asked have been addressed in regard to the City. She noted that the Board did not have any further comments on the changes that they adopted. The consensus of the Council was to move forward with the final draft of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization JPA. 2.04: Finalize Discussions Regarding Proposed Updates to the Personnel Policy Administrative Services Director Lasher reviewed the Staff report concerning the proposed updates to the personnel policy. She asked if the Council would like the proposed shorter version of the protected classes in regard to discrimination or if they would like it spelled out entirely as defined. There was consensus of the Council to use the shorter version of the language. Administrative Services Director Lasher noted that they had started the discussion around advancing five vacation days to employees on the front end of their employment. She noted that this change did not make it into the contract negotiations. She asked if the Council has an alternative to this. Councilmember Woestehoff asked how often something like this would actually occur. Administrative Services Director Lasher said this could possibly happen in the Public Works Department once every other year. Councilmember Woestehoff noted that even though this may be awkward to administer, it seems like a reasonable risk based on the low opportunity of something like this happening. Administrative Services Director Lasher asked if they would like to keep the language to not allow vacation payout in the first year. There was consensus of the Council to keep the language as is and not allow vacation pay out in the first year of service. Administrative Services Director Lasher noted they had a lot of discussion around the floating holiday and removing this as an eligible holiday given that Juneteenth is now a holiday. She shared that all four union contracts were able to keep the floating holiday in addition to Juneteenth. She noted the floating holiday is still included in the personnel policy as they typically have the same benefits across all employee groups when it comes to holidays. Councilmember Specht asked how many employees are not a part of a union. City Council Work Session / November 26, 2024 Page 3 of 10