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Council Resolution
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RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, that
the final position of the City of Saint Paul, to be submitted
to the arbitration panel, in the ma.tter of the White Collar
Supervisory Unit, represented by Professional Employees
Association Unit No. 2, as ,submitted by the Ma.yor th�ough
the attached letter, is hereby approved, and the Ma.yor is
hereby instructed to proceed to arbitration on this matter.
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CiF,OF�GE Z.�TI�IEF2
�i 4�o� February 18, 1977
Council President Robert Sylvester and
Honorable Members of the Saint Paul City Council
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dear Councii Members:
The administration of the City of Saint Paul has attempted to
negotiate a settlement with the Professional Employees Association
Unit No. II (PEA II) for the 1977 cantract year.
Negotiations with this white-collar supervisory group consisted of
six meetin.gs prior to a request for mediation before the State
Bureau of Mediation Services. After two mediation meetings, impasse
was reached on October l9, 1976. The matter was then presented to
the director of the Bureau with the request for arbitration, and
the director certified the matter for this p,�ocedure. The City of
Saint Paul had five additional meetings with PEA� II even after
impasse was certified. Again these meetings did not result in a
settl.ement.
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code, I
herewith submit to the Council, for its approval, the City's final
position in this arbitration matter.
The positions proposed to be submitted to the arbitrators by the City
in regard to PEA II are as follows:
1. Mileage - While PEA II has requested an increase in the mileage
allowance to $0.15 a mile and option to use a City-owned vehicle,
the City proposes that the mileage language in the 1976 contract,
providing for $0. 06� a miie, and $2. 50 per day, stand as is. The
City believes that this is an adaquate compensation and reflects
the cost of an employee using his/her own vehicle on City business.
2. Insurance - The City has language in the 1976 agreement with this
unit providing for contributions by both the City and individual
employee for hospital and medical insurance and related dependents'
coverage. The current contract sets forth specific dolZar amaunts
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as to the City`s contributions, and the unit now wishes the
City to pay 100 per cent of the dependents' hospital and
medical insurance instead of the joint contribution presently
in force. The City believes that, as an employer providing �
this insurance, it should receive a credit deductible from the
overall increase in wages and other fringe benefits to properly
reflect this cost item. The unit is unwilling to lower its
salary and other demands so the City could grant a concession
in this area.
3. Wages - The salary range for this unit is from $14,825 to $39, 280.
The City proposed a sliding scale of 4g to lo, with the higher
percentage being appliGable to the lower salaries. The sliding
scale concept of increases in compensation for this unit has
previously been agproved by the Council and, when coupled with
the cost of other fringe benefits provided to these employees
by the City, represents what the City believes to be adequate
compensation. A difficult area for the' City is determining a
fair and just proposal for the higher-paid job titles in this
group. A 2o to 1% increase at the very top of the scale, when
coupled with the cost of fringe benefits, is believed to be fair.
A definitive statement of this unit's demands for wages as will
be presented to the arbitration panel is approximately 16� for
a two-year period.
4. Duration of Contract - The City proposes a oxie-year agreement
for the arbitration panel to consider; however, it has been
amenable to discussion of a two-year pact.
I believe, upon a thoughtful review of all of the proceedings and
the merits of PEA II ' s case, that the final position of the City
is a fair and reasonable offer in comparison with other groups and
with due note being made to the broad salary range of- this group.
Further, I have previously stated the City's point of view with
regard to the ever-increasing insurance costs in labor negotiations
by recent letters to you concerning the City' s position in otl�er
arbitration matters. I reiterate this position again as it applies
to PEA II.
I have been advised that an arbitration hearing will be held sometime
after April 11, 1977. I respectfully submit this summary of the City' s
position with the request that "you approve it so that we may proceed
to a hearing on the matter.
Respectfull.y yours,
GEQR LATIMER
Mayor �
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