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CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA ��:��'�r �� +� '� '� ��
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1 , i e many arge ctties, a�nt au as a senous u get s ort a or 1 w ic w mean a sigrn• ant re uCtron m :
2 the workforce,and �
3 WHEREAS,The most successful organizations are those that proactively assist their employe s through the period of wbrltforCe
4 reductions--with counseling,training,job placement assistance,and voluntary job reduction such as early retirement ineentives, ,y ,�,�`Y�
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6 WHEREAS,The Mayor and the City Council desire to implement all of these types of assistan e on the recommendation of the �:; �
7 Personnel Transitions Team and his Cabinet,and �� ` `;�` �
8 WHEREAS, Layoffs create a great hardship for those workers directly affected in addition to t ose indirectly affected due to the N
9 ability of senior workers to bump junior workers into different jobs,and � .'; ;�=�
10 WHEREAS,the Mayor and the City Council wish to minimize layoffs and workforce disruption ithout burdening taxpayers with ` : ` ;
11 extra cost,and `; �
12 WHEREAS,the Mayor proposes to implement an early retirement incentive package with the ollowing features:
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14 1.The program is entirely voluntary.
15 2.The employee must be eligible to receive a retirement pension on the actuai d te of retirement or in the case of
16 Police Officers,eligible to receive a retirement pension within three calendar ye rs of the actual date of retirement.
17 3.The employee must submit a resignation form,citing retirement as the reason for resignation and his/her actual
18 date of retirement,by August 16, 1991 and resign no later than September 13, 1991.
19 4.The employee must waive any and all rights to reemployment with the City.
20 5. Upon retirement,the employee will receive, in addition to all other rights and enefits for which they would be
21 eligible at that time, 10��of annual salary at the actual date of retirement plus 1 0 of annual salary at the actual date
22 of retirement tor each year of service over 25.
23 6. All retirement and severance benefit calculations, including this incentive pay shall be based upon the position
24 held by the employee on July 9, 1991. An employee working out of title shall ha e his/her calculation based on the;,, .
25 position from which he/she previously held and not the out of title position. ` , ' �._ .
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�6 7. Employees who had a resignation form on file with the City prior to July 9, 199 are not eligible for this incentive, ,� � ,
7 8. Uniformed Fire Department personnel will not be eligible for the incentive due to public safety implications of "�.., �"
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28 1�s�w�� additional vacancies and the inability to recoup the costs of the incentive due to reater overtime costs. �y �.
29 "'��=T,the early retirement incentive package�+s-de�igfte�pay for itself by holding the etiring position,or another of equ�l'�' f"
30 salary value, open through the end of 1991,and S ��� �'��,��:�'� -
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32 WHEREAS,the affected bargaining units representing City employees have agreed to this in entive package.
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34 FURTHER RESOLVED,Department budget presentations to the City Council shall account fo all vacated positions due to this .
35 incentive package and address their intended future status. Efforts shall be made to minimiz layoffs by eliminating positions ;-,�"-
37 vacated due to this incentive package and/or replacing positions with those at lower classifica ions and lesser salaries. ; �'�,k
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39 BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED,the City Council supports the Mayor's recommendation on t e early retirement incentive and -' "'°
40 authorizes its implementation as attached.
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Adopted by Council: Date JUL 3 0 199i By:
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Approved by May • Date A�� 1 1991 Approved by Mayor f r Submission to Council:
By: By:
Q, � ����1 Prepared by Saint Paul Budg t Offke (Jeanena c:\723datalamendarp.wkl.all 7129/91)
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• EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE ,
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Cost: Program is designed to pay for itself
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Departments will be required to save i the.ir 1991 -°
budgets an amount equal to the cost of the incentive r<:.
for persons retiring in their departme t. ,,�,;
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Savinas: Once program pays for itself, lon -term savings of � '��
fewer and less costly replacements of retir d employees. ., �,;;
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Long-term savings can be achieved by n t replacing �x �'w ,�� �
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vacated positions, replacing vacated p sitions at lower `:>:�ai
titles and lesser pay, and/or replacin vacated -
positions with more junior employees ( aving the step
pay differential) .
Exact savings cannot be known until the num er and titles of
retiring employees is known.
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• II. Procedures to Ensure Savinqs
To ensure zero cost: an amount equal to th cost of the , �
incentive for each department/office will b deducted from `.�,'� ;�` �;_�.
that department's/office's 1991 budget. Th deductions will ` `:=:�` ""
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offset the cost of the incentive, which wil be financed =�. � '
from fund balance. '`�,' < ,';.rM
To track vacated positions: The Personnel nd Budget
Offices will compile a list of all position that will be
vacated due to the retirement incentive. T e deadline for -
employees to notify the city of their retir ment is August
16, the day after the Mayor presents his pr posed budget to
the City Council. Departments will account for each vacated ��"i� '
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position during their budget hearings at th Finance Y` �'�` `{''
Committee. Also during the Committee heari gs, the Mayor
may recommend changes to his proposed budge to reflect
early retirements.
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RESOLUTION
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CITY OF SAINT AUL; MINNESOTA -
Presented By: _�� - � �
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Referred To: � Co �8: � D�te` ;
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1 , i e many arge ciUes, am,t au as a senous u get s ort a or w ic wi m n a s�pAi�c�n�r ,tion m
2 the workforce,and � '
3 \ "�% ' r� . .
4 WHEREAS,The most successful organizati�s are those that proactively assist their employe s throtagh theperiod of workforce '"
5 reductions--with counseling,training,job pla�ement assistance,and voluntary job reductions such as early retirement incentives, ~`
6 and
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8 WHEREAS,The Mayor and the City Council desir�,to implement all of these types of assistan e on the recommendation of the ""�
9 Personnel Transitions Team and his Cabinet,and �',
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11 WHEREAS, Layoffs create a great hardship for those v�rkers directly affected in addition to t ose indirectly affected due to the � ;�;, '
12 ability of senior workers to bump junior workers into diff�ent jobs,and
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14 WHEREAS,the Mayor and the City Council wish to minimiz layoffs and workforce disruption ithout burdening taxpayers with ° ``k?�';
15 extra cost,and � �' �'�
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17 WHEREAS,the Mayor proposes to implement an early retiremen.incentive package with the ilowing features:
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19 1.The program is entirely voluntary. `
20 2.The employee must be eligible to receive a retiremen ension on the actual d te of retirement or in the case of
21 Police Officers,eligible to receive a retirement pension wi in three calendar yea s of the actual date of retirement.
22 3.The employee must submit a resignation form,citing reti�i�gment as the reason for resignation and his/her actual
23 date of retirement,by August 16, 1991 and resign no later th`�n September 13, 1 91.
24 4.The employee must waive any and all rights to reemployment with the City.
25 5. Upon retirement,the employee will receive,in addition to all her rights and enefits for which they would be
26 eligible at that time, 10�h of annual salary at the actual date of re'rement plus 1�o of annual salary at the actual date
27 of retirement for each year of service over 25.
28 6. Ali retirement and severance benefit calculations, including this i entive pay,shall be based upon the position ,�.1�. � .•
29 held by the employee on July 9, 1991. An employee working out of ti shall ha e his/her calculation based on th�t
30 position from which he/she previously held and not the out of title posit qn.
31 7. Employees who had a resignation form on file with the City prior to July 9, 199 are not eligible for this incentive ���
32 8. Uniformed Fire Department personnel will not be eligible for the incenti�(e due to public safety implications of �,4; 7
33 additional vacancies and the inability to recoup the costs of the incentive d�1�e to reater overtime costs. '�'r4�
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35 WHEREAS,the early retirement incentive package is designed to pay for itself by holding t�e etiring position,or another of equai
37 salary value,open through the end of 1991,and �
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39 WHEREAS,the affected bargaining units representing City employees have agreed to this inc tive package.
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41 BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED,the City Council supports the Mayor's recommendation on t e e Iy retirement incentive and , ;a
42 authorizes its implementation as attached. >;,,rt �'•''
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Yeas Nays Absent Requested by Depart ent o �
Dimond � �
Goswitz Executive Admini tration �
Long ?,
Maccabee
Rettman By: � `�
Thune ` rt `'
Wilson
Approval Recommen ed by Budget birector. � .,� r;.
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Adopted by Council: Date By: n �� `
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Adoption Certified by Council Secretary: Fo Appro d Ci y Attorney:
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Prepared by Saint aul t Office (Jeanetta •123dat\amendarp.wkl.all 7l23/97)
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. CITY OF SAINT PAUL
' Office of Personnel and Labor Relations
273 City Ha11, Saint Paul, MN 55102
612-298-4221
July 18, 1991 , ,
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Butch Swintek
Saint Paul Police Federation ° -
100 East llth Street '
Saint Paul, MN 55101 5
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Dear Mr. Swintek,
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In an effort to reduce the significant human and fiscal costs of the City's ' '=
current $11 million shortfall for 1992, Mayor Scheibel wishes to offer an ��� �i
early retirement incentive. Because this incentive impacts t rms and
conditions of employment, it is negotiable. Following are the proposed terms
of the incentive:
1. The program is entirely voluntary.
2. The employee must be eligible to receive a retirement pen ion within
three (3) calendar years of the actual date of retirement,. Employees
not eligible to receive a retirement pension on the actua�l date of
retirement and who wish to receive early retirement healt insurance
benefits when eligible to receive a retirement pension m t continue
to purchase early retirement insurance benefits at the Ci y early
retiree group rate until eligible to receive a retirement pension.
At that time, the employee will receive early retirement insurance ,� ;,
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benefits as stated in Article 16 of the 1990-1991 collective :m��:;
bargaining agreement between the City and the St. Paul Police � ;4
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3. The employee must submit a resignation form, citing reti ement as the ,
reason for resignation and his or her actual date of ret rement, by
August 16, 1991 and resign no later than September 13,1991. The
employee will be removed from the City payroll their act al date of
retirement. I
4. The employee must waive, in writing, any and all rights t�o
reemployment with the City. ' �
5. Upon retirement, the employee will receive, in addition o all other
rights and benefits for which they would be eligible at hat time, Y�"`"'� '�;
10$ of annual salary at the actual date of retirement pl s 1� of
annual salary at the actual date of retirement for each ear of '3
service over 25. ' �
6. All retirement and severance benefit calculations, inclu ing this �''
incentive pay calculation, shall be based upon the posit on held by
the employee on July 9, 1991. An employee working out o title shall
have his or her calculation based on the position from w ich he or
she is working out of title and not the out of title pos tion. �
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7. Employees who had a resignation form on file with the Cit prior;' tio � �
July 9, 1991 are not eligible for this incentive. �
Please notify me in writing no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 2 , 199� if these ;:;�
terms are not acceptable.
Sincerely,
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David Abrams i�
City Labor Negotiator I,
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Office of Personnel and Labor Relations
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612-298-4221 �
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July 18, 1991 � '�,. ;
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Rudy Hayek
Bricklayers, Local #1
Labor Centre, 411 Main Street - ,� ��
Saint Paul, MN 55102 �
Dear Mr. Hayek,
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In an effort to reduce the significant human and fiscal costs of the City's current -
$11 million shortfall for 1992, Mayor Scheibel wishes to offe an early retirement
incentive. Because this incentive impacts terms and conditio s of employment, it
is negotiable. Following are the proposed terms of the incentive:
1. The program is entirely voluntary.
2. The employee must be eligible to receive a retirement pe sion on the actual
date of retirement.
3. The employee must submit a resignation form, citing retir ment as the reason
for resignation and his or her actual date of retirement, by August 16, 1991
and resign no later than September 13, 1991. The employe will be removed from
the City payroll their actual date of retirement.
4. The employee must waive, in writing, any and all rights t reemployment with
the City.
5. Upon retirement, the employee will receive, in addition all other rights �.« s �,.:
and benefits for which they would be eligible at that ti , 10� of annual =
salary at the actual date of retirement plus 1� of annual salary at the actual £'
date of retirement for each year of service over 25. � y
6. All retirement and severance benefit calculations, inclu ing this incentive pay
calculation, shall be based upon the position held by the employee on July 9,
1991. An employee working out of title shall have his o her calculation based
on the position from which he or she is working out of title and not the out of
title position.
7. Employees who had a resignation form on file with the Ci prior to July 9,
1991 are not eligible for this incentive.
Please notify me in writing no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 24, 1991 if these terms ;.
are not acceptable. �'`
Sincerely,
David Abrams
City Labor Negotiator