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Council action brings pay equity into compliance BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL Staff Writer Pay equity between men and woman working for the city of Brainerd will be in line with state standards following Brainerd City Council action Monday.
In early November the council acknowledged receiving from the state a notice of non-compliance in the city's pay equity report, which is required by state law.
On Monday, the council in a 6-1 vote approved about $25,500 - $17,197 from the city and $8,374 from Brainerd Public Utilities - in wage adjustments to bring the pay equity into compliance.
The adjustments affect about 20 female employees. Hourly raises ranged from a 17 cents per hour for the police records management supervisor to $1.96 per hour for the human resources coordinator.
Voting against was council member Bob Olson, who said it wasn't fair to raise a few employees with varying per hour amounts instead of all employees with a similar amount.
Olson questioned the discrepancies in predicted pay in the state's report. City Administrator Dan Vogt said predicted pay was figured by the state's program to figure pay equity and not something figured by city staffers.
Council member Mark O'Day suggested Olson call the state to determine how they figured predicted pay. He said the Personnel and Finance Committee stood by its motion on how to fix the city's out-of-compliance pay equity, which by state statute had to be in compliance by Dec. 20.
Council President Kelly Bevans said of all the options the city looked at in regard to pay equity, the one approved by the council seemed the most fair.
"When I read this, I don't think our adjustments are to bring people up to predicted pay, I think it's to balance pay of male and female employees," Bevans said. "Predicted pay is a reference."
In other action, the council:
Adjourned to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Brainerd City Hall for a budget workshop.
Held a moment of silence for former Baxter City Council member and mayor Ron Kristofferson, who died Nov. 24.
Established a temporary sign task force consisting of five retailers, two nonprofit representatives, three manufactures and two residents to determine which types of temporary signs are usable in the city.
Was informed by Brainerd resident Steven Wolff, who in October has requested the city approach Wausau Paper about donating paper to the Brainerd School District, that he would not be taking his request directly to the school district as requested by the city council. Wolff said it was the city who loaned Wausau money for two new sheeter machines, not the school district, and he wanted the council to reconsider his proposal for the city to directly make the request to the paper mill.
Was reminded that the council would be meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday with the Planning Commission at the Brainerd Fire Hall to discuss the zoning ordinance rewrite and update.
Authorized staffers to solicit quotes to prepare an appraisal on 20 acres of property donated to the city by Mildred Thiesse.
Authorized City Engineer Jeff Hulsether to find the lowest quote to fix the sewer expansion joint leak under the College Drive bridge.
MATT ERICKSON may be reached at matt.erickson@brainerddispatch.com or 855-5857.
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