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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJUNE 10,1968 I SALARIES FRINGE BENEFITS I 18:7270 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA BUDGET SESSION June 10, 1968 _.~ .1.1 t - ~. " "The,rCfty,Coufl'ci,Fmet...in called ,session on June 10, 1968, at 7:30 P.M. in the Conference 'Room of ,the-Arcadia City Hall. '.., "'--- '. I', ",(.,10' .. '"" ...'!.. All councilmen.were present together with a representative of the Employees Association and the Press. The City Manager explained his report covering 1968-69 salary data and recommenda6ions in the following series: clerical, skilled trade, inspection, engineering, laboring and maintenance, professional and public service. Said report reflected surveys made from private industry. For comparison purposes the City Manager explained that the survey ~as made on salaries of sixteen cities with salaries in eight cities above Arcadia average and eight cities under. It was recommended that 246 employees receive 5% increases twenty-one employees 6.6% increase and 18 employees 7.5% increase. .., . "-, I The City Manager "r~inded council of one fringe benefit which has already been added, that of the city providing $1,000 life insurance policy each employee. He elaborated upon the following recommendations including revisions. Provisions for l~ times the straight time overpay for personnel of field and emergency crews when performing such emergency duties on order of administrative super- visors providing at least one full hour has been so spent. He proposed that the city's payment of health and accident insurance costs be raised from 8.67 to 11.17 (2.50 increase) for insurance insuring any dependents. His recommendation on a severanCe pay policy was altered. The council accepted a severance pay program for employees having at least one year service of 20% of one month's salary times the number of years up to five (one month's pay) but not in excess thereof. He proposed that the provisions for vacation in excess of two weeks be changed from the present ten years of service to a policy starting after five years of continuous.service an employee be entitled to twelve working days of vacation per year and after ten years, to fifteen working days per year. At the behest of the police and fire association, the City Manager will secure an acturial survey to determine the cost of increasing pension benefits of survivors or retirees. Considerable discussion ensued in each of these fringe benefit categories and the appropriate written regulation thereto. 6-10-68 - 1 - 18:7271 J.r~' Following Councilman Butterworth's advice to the City Council on June 4th, he distributed the balance of the proposed revfsed city..,cha..t.e."and made brief x 0_ tefe'r:ence'to "its 'content's.' -Duritlg.a 'br'ief discussion Councilman Arth observed that in his opinion the City Clerk's office should remain elective and emphasized the checks and balance system. Councilman Considine commented that in his opinion the office of the City Attorney and City Clerk should not be responsible to the City Manager. However, inasmuch as this was not a regular meeting of the City Council, the minutes of the next regular meeting will reflect the receipt of the balance of the charter changes by the city council. 1 CHARTER < . ., . 'I~' \ .' ... r:1 ...', .' I, I ~... ' " The meeting adjourned at 9: 55, p..m.. .-'. c1,. '("','J.I.'''::: .~~ Christine van~nen I I" ". r' 1. CHY Clerk :, 'r' -" ~- 1: 1 "',,?'-,')"j. ~ ),1 'CI" 1'J.~'.. ..J 'bt'll ;'d,) 1'1 .,;)',"I0,.~.. ,J~'" !),r..,{ "'):'~,,'(!.'J' ~.L J f' f',j. :1); 1_~JJ: 11 . ~"'1"~)')f'l--.:'-r Jl ';11.1 >:; rJI " . rlt \4'::'C']"JV:J )1J:J J'tT>,j~'.1 t 1("\', G' 9""'" ' '. -' , " ..IJ... ~.~ ... .. _ "'."":7'J'~~:r~~ ~~~" "':11J:,) T.(:'>IJ'~'ln ",r..J vj'):~ 1._"4' -..... ":1fJ~ :vlj~'Ii_lf1'l.,..r,I"", -1,. :t' .'1- L"l', ; :.) I Tll' .... ,! :" ~'l..l , I' 1-" -, . ,. j", , . '3 J J f'.J (...:.... -,....,; ~ Jt ,', ! i .:., .l~ ~". ,"'.J , ~ :' - Cr':' .,r_ , , .: . , " -: . ".i J ':: ~'l.1: r. , 'I "':cr -~l~:h .,. ",", ~'..("r;( .'" ;. J ',C" ;'JrI r ::r.. "~'.r ." :"):1'1" ..:. ";;.J." ," ......-;~' jG :-..p", '~""'''''I,i'.'l'" i"...... <.: ',1 ,_I. ., -r : ",'"... J:: ":nr f -... ::'L"~ 'I:") , , J' ~J, ... ) Il' ,., ""', j " " . I '.