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Cauncil Resolution
Presented By
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Out of Committee By Date
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul approves and ratifies
the attached Memorandum of Understanding applicable to Confidential and/or Super-
visory City Attorneys.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
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JAN 3 0 1986 Form Approved City Attorne
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified Pas e o ncil S et BY
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By BY
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Personnel Office • DEPARTMENT � //0 ND 3392
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Jeanette Sobania CONTACT
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Dece�er 23,, 1985 DATE 1 Q,��� Q Qr
ASS�GN NUMBER FOR ROUTING ORDER (Clip All Locations for Signature) :
�r Department Director 3 Director of Management/Mayor
Finance and Management Services Director 4 City Clerk
Budget Director
� City Attorney
WHAT WILL BE ACHIEUED BY TAKING ACTION ON THE ATTACHED MATERIALS? (Purpose/
Rationale) :
This resolution approves the 1986-87 Memorandum of Understanding applicable to Confidential
and/or Supervisory Attorney positions. This Memorandum grants the changes as follows:
1 . Additional Holiday - Martin Luther King Day
2. Vacation - New language placing the earning and using of vacation on a fiscal year rather
than a calendar year. No change in the amount of vacation earned.
3. Insurance - New caps on Employer's contribution with contributions to be pro-rated for
half-time employees. New eligibility requirements for early retiree insurance.
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4. Severance Pa.y., - Employees retiring under the "rule of 85" will be eligible for severance
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5. Wages - 1986 - 42% increase .c�-� �
1987 - 4z% increase . � �\�o��
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These changes are the same changes negotiated with several certified bargaining units.
FINANCING SOURCE AND BUDGET ACTIVITY NUMBER CHARGED OR CREDITED: (Mayor's signa-
ture not re-
Total Amount of Transaction: quired if under
$10,00Q)
Funding Source:
Activity Number: �
ATTACHMENTS (List and Number Al1 Attachments) : REC���/CL�
1 . Resolution v�^�,� �
2. Copy for City Clerk 3 1986
r�lAYOR'S OFFICE
DEP TMENT REVIEW CITY ATTORNEY 'REVIEW � �
Yes Council Resolution Re uired? Resolution Re uired? " Yes No
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Yes �N Insurance Required? Insurance Sufficient? Yes No
Yes �tVo Insurance Attached: -
(SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS)
Revised 12/84
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1986-1987
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The Memorandum of Understanding shall apply to the employees in the
unclassified Attorney titles in confidential and/or supervisory positions.
1. Effective January 4, 1986, the salaries applicable to the Attorney titles
in confidential and/or supervisory positions shall be increased four and
one-half percent (4.57).
2. Effective January 3, 1987, the salaries applicable to the Attorney titles
in confidential and/or supervisory positions shall be increased four and
one-half percent (4.5�).
3. Employees employed in the Attorney titles in confidential and/or supervisory
positions shall receive vacation as shown below.
3.1 Vacation credits shall accumulate at the rates shown below for each full
hour on the payroll, excluding overtime.
Years of Service Hours of Vacation
lst year thru 8th year .0577
9th year thru 15 year .0770
16th year and thereafter .0962
3.2 The head of the department may permit an employee to carry over into the
calendar year of 1986 up to one hundred and sixty (160) hours of vacation.
Into the "vacation year" beginning December 6, 1986 and each "vacation
year" thereafter the head of the department may permit an employee to
carry over up to eight (80) hours of vacation.
For the purpose of this article the "vacation year" shall be the fiscal
year (IRS payroll reporting year) .
4. The City's contribution toward the cost of the employee's hospitalization
and medical coverage and life insurance coverage shall be in accordance
with the following:
4.1 The Employer will continue for the period of this Agreement to provide
for employees such health and life insurance benefits as are provided by
Employer at the time of execution of this Agreement.
4.2 The Employer will for the period of this Agreement provide for full-time
employees who retire after the time of execution of this Agreement and
until such employees reach sixty-five (65) years of age such health in-
surance contributions and life insurance contributions as are provided by
the Employer for active employees under this Agreement.
4.3 The Employer will for the period of this Agreement provide for half-time
employees who retire after the time of execution of this Agreement and
until such employees reach sixty-five years of age fifty percent (50Z) of
such health insurance contributions and life insurance contributions as
are provided by the Employer for full-time employees who retire under
this Agreement.
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4.4 Not withstanding Item 4.2, the Employer will for the period of this
, Agreement contribute for full-time employees who retire after December 31,
1985 and who select the Blue Cross health insurance provided by the
Employer and until such retirees reach sixty-five (65) years of age, the
cost of such retiree coverage or $106.32 per month whichever is less.
For such retirees selecting family coverage the Employer will contribute
the cost of such family coverage or $284.12 per month, whichever is less.
For half-time employees who retire after December 31, 1985 and who select
the Blue Cross health insurance provided by the Employer and until such
retirees reach sixty-five (65) years of age, the Employer will contribute
fifty percent (507) of such health insurance contributions as are provided
by this Item 4.4 for full-time employees who retire.
4.5 Employees who retire after execution of this Agreement must meet the
following conditions at the time of retirement to be eligible for the City
contributions to health insurance set forth in Item 4.2.
4.51 Be receiving benefits from a public employee retiree act at
the time of retirement
AND
4.52 Have severed his relationship with the City of St. Paul under one
of the early retiree plans.
4.6 Effective January 1, 1987, in addition to meeting the eligibility
requirements stated in 4.51 and 4.52 above, retiring employees must also
meet the following condition in order to be eligible for the early retiree
insurance benefits set forth in Items 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4.
4.61 Must be at least 58 years of age and have completed 25 years of
employment with the City of St Paul
OR
The combination of their age and their years of service must equal
eighty-five (85) or more
OR
Must have completed at least thirty (30) years of service.
4.7 Effective January 1, 1987, full-time employees who retire and who meet the
conditions set forth in 4.51 and 4.52 but who meet none of the conditions
set forth in 4.61, shall be eligible for the following percentages of the
amount contributed by the Employer toward health insurance for active
employees in the same health plan. Such retirees shall be eligible for
such contribution until they reach sixty-five (65) years of age.
Combination of Age Contribution For Contribution For
and Years of Service Single Coverage Family Coverage
84 90' 90'
83 80� 809
82 707 707
81 607 607
80 507 507
4.8 A Retiree may not carry his/her spouse as a dependent if such spouse is
also a City retiree or City employee and eligible for and is enrolled in
the City health insurance program.
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4.9 For each eligible employee covered by this Agreement who is employed full-
� time and who selects employee insurance coverage, the Employer agrees
to contribute the cost of such coverage or $75.00 per month, whichever is
less. For each full-time employee who selects family coverage, the
Employer will contribute the cost of such family coverage, or $185.00 per
month, whichever is less.
4.10 For the purpose of this Item, full-time employment is defined as appearing
on the payroll at least 32 hours per week or at least 64 hours per pay
period excluding overtime hours.
4.11 For each eligible employee covered by this Agreement who is employed half-
time who selects employee insurance coverage, the Employer agrees to
contribute fifty percent (507) of the amount contributed for full-time
employees selecting employee coverage in the same insurance plan. For
each half-time employee who selects family insurance coverage, the
Employer will contribute fifty percent (509) of the amount contributed for
full-time employees selecting family coverage in the same insurance plan.
4.12 For the purpose of this Item, half-time employment is defined as appearing
on the payroll at least 20 hours but less than 32 hours per week or at
least 40 hours but less than 64 hours per pay period excluding overtime
hours.
4.13 For each eligible employee the Employer agrees to contribute the cost of
$5,000 of life insurance coverage or $2.07 per month whichever amount
is less. Any increase in this life insurance premium shall be paid by
the employee.
4.14 In addition to the $5,000 life insurance coverage in Item 4.13, the City
agrees to contribute the cost of additional life insurance coverage or
$0.97 per thousand dollars of coverage per month, whichever amount is
less. The total amount of life insurance coverage provided under this
Item and Item 4.13 for each employee shall be equal to the employee's
annual salary to the nearest full thousand dollars. For the purpose of
this Item, the employee's annual salary shall be based on the salary as
of the beginning of a contract period. This contribution shall be paid
to the City's Group Health and Welfare Plan.
4.15 The contributions indicated in this Item 4 shall be paid to the Employer's
Group Health and Welfare Plan.
4.16 Any cost of any premium for any City-offered employee or family insurance
coverage in excess of the dollar amounts stated in this Item 4 shall be
paid by the employee.
5. Any employee who has accumulated sick leave credits as provided above shall be
granted leave with pay, for such period of time as the head of the department
deems necessary, on account of sickness or injury of the employee, quarantine
established and declared by the Bureau of Health, death of the employee's
mother, father, spouse, child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
or other person who is a member of the household; and may be granted leave with
pay for such time as is actually necessary for office visits to a doctor,
dentist, optometrist, etc. , or in the case of sudden sickness or disability of
a member of his household, making arrangements for the care of such sick or
disabled persons up to a maximum of eight hours sick leave.
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� 6. Any employee who has accumulated sick leave credits, as provided in the
Civil Service Rules, shall be granted one day of such leave to attend
, the funeral of the employee's grandparent or grandchild.
7. Employees covered by this Memorandum shall have no residency requirements
or restrictions.
8. SEVERANCE PAY
8.1 The employer shall provide a severance pay program as set forth
in this Article.
8.2 To be eligible for the severance pay program, an employee must meet
the following requirements:
8.21 The employee must be 58 years of age or older or must be
eligible for pension under the "rule of 85" or the "rule of 90"
provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) .
The "rule of 85" or the "rule of 90" criteria shall also apply to
employees covered by a public pension plan other than PERA.
8.22 The employee must be voluntarily separated from City employment
or have been sub�ect to separation by layoff or compulsory
retirement. Those employees who are discharged for cause,
� misconduct, inefficiency, incompetency, or any other disciplinary
reason are not eligible for the City severance pay program.
8.23 The employee must have at least ten (10) years of consecutive
service under the classified or unclassified Civil Service at
the time of separation. For the purpose of this Article, employ-
ment in either the City or in the Independent School District
No. 625 may be used in meeting this ten (10) year service re-
quirement.
8.24 The employee must file a waiver of reemployment with the
Director of Personnel, which will clearly indicate that by
requesting severance pay, the employee waives all claims to
reinstatement or reemployment (of any type) , with the City
or with Independent School District No. 625.
8.25 The employee must have accumulated a minimum of sixty (60)
days of sick leave credits at the time of his separation
from service.
8.3 If an employee requests severance pay and if the employee meets the
eligibility requirements set forth above, he or she will be granted
severance pay in an amount equal to one-half of the daily rate of
pay for the position held by the employee on the date of separation
for each day of accrued sick leave sub�ect to a maximum of 200 accrued
sick leave days.
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' 8. SEVERANCE PAY (cont.)
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8.4 The maximum amount of money that any employee may obtain through this
severance pay program is $6,500.
8.5 For the Purpose of this severance program, a death of an employee
shall be considered as separation of employment, and if the employee
would have met all of the requirements set forth above, at the time
of his or her death, payment of the severance pay will be made to
the employee's estate or spouse.
8.6 For the purpose of this severance program, a transfer from the
City of Saint Paul employment to Independent School District No. 625
employment is not considered a separation of employment, and such
transferee shall not be eligible for the City severance program.
8.7 The manner of payment of such severance pay shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of City Ordinance No. 11490.
8.8 This severance pay program shall be sub�ect to and governed by the
provisions of City Ordinance No. 11490 except in those cases where
the specific provisions of this article conflict with said ordinance
and in such cases, the provisions of this article shall control.
8.9 Any employee hired prior to December 31, 1983 may, in any event, and
upon meeting the qualifications of this article or City Ordinance
No. 11490, as amended by City Ordinance No. 16303, section 1, section 6,
draw severance pay. However, an election by the employee to draw
severance pay under either this article or the ordinance shall constitute
a bar to receiving severance pay from the other. Any employee hired
after December 31, 1983 shall only be entitled to the benefits of this
article upon meeting the qualifications herein.
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9. Holidays
� 9.1 Holidays recognized and observed. The following days shall be recognized
and observed as paid holidays.
New Year's Day Columbus Day
Martin Luther King Day Veterans' Day
Presidents' Day Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day Christmas Day
Independence Day Two floating holidays
Labor Day
Eligible employees shall receive pay for each of the holidays listed
above, on which they perform no work. Whenever any of the holidays
listed above shall fall on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be ob-
served as the holiday. Whenever any of the holidays listed above shall
fall on Sunday, the succeeding Monday shall be observed as the holiday.
9.2 The floating holidays set forth in Section 9.2 above may be taken at any
time during the contract year, subject to the approval of the Department
Head of any employee.
9.3 The above provisions for holidays shall be subject the to Saint Paul
Salary Plan and Rates of Compensation, Section I, Subsection I.
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� � CITY OF SAINT PAUL
siit���;i;`iiI OFFIC�'. OF TH� CITY COUi�TCIL
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F:i�anc�, �iana�ernentt & Personnel Committee.
JANUARY 23, 1986
1. Approval of minutes from meeting held January 16, 1986. approved
2. Resolution authorizing an agreement with Model Cities Health Center Inc. ,
wh�reby the City will provide various laboratory services. approved
3. Resolution approving intent of Council that provisions of C.F. 85-1150
(reimbursement of relocation expenses) shall be retroactive to date this
resolution is approved. approved
4. Resolution amending Section 19 of the Civil Service Rules concerning Leave
of Absence. laid over indefinitely
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6. Resolution amending the Salary Plan and Rates of Compensation Resolution
to change the compensation for the position of Human Rights Analyst-
Researcher. laid over to 2/6
_ 7. Resolution transferring the Police Department's data entry personnel to
the Citywide Information Services Division of the Finance and Management
Services Department. approved
C:TY HALL SEVENTH FLOOR SAINT PAUL,MINNESOTA 55102
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