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Councilmember Zemanek made a motion to approve the rate fee structure as presented tonight by the City <br />Manager which is the $2.00 cart fee; $2.00 non-resident; $1.00 resident; and the membership increases. <br />Councilmember Earp seconded. MOTION PASSED. <br /> <br />Ayes: Councilmembers Earp, Engelken, Bentley, Zemanek and <br />Kaminski <br />Nays: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers J. Martin and Ojeda <br /> Absent: Councilmember K. Martin <br />City Manager Corby Alexander stated that is $86,000. <br />Regarding merit pay for non-civil service employees, City Manager Corby Alexander recommended <br />not reducing the $486,000 proposed funding by $186,000. Mr. Alexander pointed out that while <br />budget he would like Council to <br />consider not reducing this item. One is because reduced merit increases would be given to <br />non-civil service employees, and civil service employees would not be given reduced increases, <br />which could impact morale. He also stated that in the past, <br />good recruitment and retention tools, and any change in that would have a negative impact on <br />those two fronts. <br /> <br />Mr. Alexander stated that if Council does choose to move forward with a stipend, every non-civil <br />service employee could be given $1,000; and that would cost $300,000. If non-civil service <br />employees received $1,500, that would cost $450,000. <br />Councilmembers Zemanek and Earp stated they are in favor of a $1,000 stipend for non-civil <br />service city employees. Councilmember Earp said if Council was willing to do the $186,000 <br />reduction, we could still give employees a $1,000 stipend, which would be for this budget year only. <br />Council discussed merit increases and the past market study. Councilmember J. Martin provided <br />comments regarding the recent market study. He stated <br />getting back in the same boat we just tried to get out of. He also commented he would like to <br />continue with merit increases. <br />Councilmember Zemanek made a motion to give all non-civil service employees a $1,000 stipend payable <br />in their November paycheck in lieu of merit increases. Councilmember Earp seconded. MOTION FAILED. <br /> <br />Ayes: Councilmembers Earp, Zemanek and Kaminski <br />Nays: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Ojeda, J. Martin, Engelken and <br />Bentley <br /> Absent: Councilmember K. Martin <br />Councilmember Engelken made a point to reiterate what merit stands for, which is performance, not <br />under-performance; and what he saw in those maintenance pictures of the fitness center was of <br />under-performance, and he expects management to hold their department heads accountable for <br />that. <br /> <br />Councilmember Bentley commented his nay vote was not that he does not want to compensate <br />employees but because a one-time stipend does not go as far as a merit increase on a paycheck; <br />he would like the City to do better than mid-range on the pay scale. <br /> <br />Councilmember Earp made a motion to reduce the merit fund by $186,000 and stick to the merit-based <br />system, but allocate $300,000 for merit raises instead of $486,000. Councilmember Ojeda seconded. <br />MOTION PASSED. <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />September 6, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />