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CLOSED MEETING NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Negotiating Committee met on Tuesday, July 7, 1992 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmember Sheila Beyer Councilmember Glen Hardin Councilmember Kenneth Peterson Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Personnel Coordinator Kay McAloney Case #1: 1992 Wages and Benefits for AFSCME Bargaining Unit (Closed) The Negotiating Committee met in an emergency closed meeting at the request of the AFSCME bargaining unit in an attempt to avert a strike effective July 8, 1992. Contract discussions of the previous day's mediation session, July 6, 1992, held at the Bureau of Mediation Services did not produce an agreement. The Committee was informed that the AFSCME bargaining unit would be meeting at 5:00 p.m. on July 7, 1992 and was asked by Matt Nelson, AFSCME Business Representative to meet prior to their meeting. From 4:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. the Negotiating Committee discussed ways in which to change the same amount of dollars from the last proposal given to AFSCME at the mediation session. They further discussed their continued desire to have performance be a factor in the package and that an across-the-board h~crease would not accomplish their intent to bring those positions lower in salary as compared to midpoint closer to their appropriate midpoint. The Committee met with AFSCME Business Agents Matt Nelson and Nola Profant, and union stewards Jim Gromberg and Grant Riemer at 4:20 p.m. They asked if there was any way to take performance from the package until a better system was in place and further that they wanted input in the new system. The Negotiating Committee stated that they would like to have performance remain a part of their proposal and that if it were not part of the proposal, the offer would not be as high as the previous day's offer of 5.22% increase in wages on average. Discussion continued as to other ways to spread the offered dollars either across-the-board as requested by AFSCME or an 'on average' basis as presented by the Negotiating Committee. The meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m. so that the bargaining unit could meet and agreed to meet again later that evening or another date. The meeting reconvened at 7:00 p.m. The bargaining unit stated that they would tentatively accept the Negotiating Committee's proposal and present it to their membership if several items were amended, such as a 3.50% minimum, back pay effective January 1, 1992 for all employees, grandfathering the Heavy Equipment Operator and Police Department Secretary to salary grade 2.5 and no performance. After much discussion their was a tentative agreement between the Negotiating Committee and the AFSCME bargaining unit which will have a minimum of 3.25%, provide back pay to all employees employed as of the date of the tentative agreement, grandfather the Heavy Equipment Operator and Police Department Secretary to salary grade 2.5 (only the incumbent in the position, not the position itself), monthly health and life insurance contribution of $250 per month per employee, performance language, steps added to the market and comp worth appeals system that would allow for appeals to the Personnel Committee and the City Council, out- Negotiating Committee/July 7, 1992 Page 1 of 2