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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE
DATE: March 2 , 1995
TO: The Mayor and Common Council
FROM: Shauna Clark, City Administrator
SUBJECT: Meet and confer with all bargaining units regarding
budget
COPIES: Director of Personnel
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The city has three options for reducing the projected 1995/96
budget shortfall: (1) tax/fee increases, (2) cutting service levels
through elimination or reduction in programs, and (3) reducing the
cost of providing services through reductions in employee
compensation.
As (2) and (3) , above, may affect employee compensation and working
conditions, this is a request for authorization to meet with
employee bargaining units to discuss the following:
General Mid-Management, Management (non-safety)
mandatory furloughs
rollback on what city pays to PERS for employees' share
two-tier retirement
elimination of city-paid life insurance
potential layoffs
voluntary early separation program
Police and Fire Management
All of the above except mandatory furloughs
Police Officers Association
potential layoffs
voluntary early separation program
Firefighters Association
potential layoffs
If you concur in this direction, I request that the following
motion be made in open session:
Motion: That the Director of Personnel be instructed to meet with
appropriate employee bargaining units to discuss the following:
mandatory furloughs, a rollback on what city pays to PERS for
employees ' share, a two tier retirement system, elimination of life
insurance benefit, potential layoffs, voluntary early separation
program.