City Council Minutes 2017 03 14 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes March 14, 2017 Page 6 of 8 • Totaling $350,297 and an additional $26,797 for FICA for an estimated grand total of $377,094 annually in 2018 and subsequent years. Councilmember Loo asked if we change the list of cities in the salary survey how much does it affect the numbers. Director Hix stated it would affect the numbers and it would depend on who we added to the mix. Councilmember Leh noted where we get our employees geographically. He asked if we we lose employees to Boulder9 Director Hix stated we lose some but not a lot We also lose to Westminster as they have a four day per week schedule. Leh asked if we add these two cities will it raise the numbers. Director Hix stated it will raise them incrementally. Councilmember Stolzmann would prefer to use a pay philosophy rather than using these options which feel like artificial manipulations. Director Hix noted adding cities in Boulder County to the mix is one way to compete with the other cities in Boulder County. Deputy Manager Balser noted staff is trying to understand what compensation philosophy Council wants staff to implement and what Council's goals are for this issue. Is it a livable wage, addressing low wage employees, benefits, etc. Option 5: Change benefit eligibility (health, dental, vision, 401 K, PLB, EIB, etc.) for employees who work greater than 20 hours per week, on a regular basis, and continue to use current Pay Philosophy and Labor Market cities for annual salary survey and salary projections. Cost estimates are unavailable at this time for this option as it would require renegotiating contracts with the following health care providers: Kaiser, Delta Dental, VSP, Lincoln Financial, and ICMA. Health, dental and vision providers would need specific numbers of employees and "census" data on those employees in order to provide a cost for these services. ICMA and Lincoln Financial (life insurance) costs would depend on the wage of employees and at this time, specific details are unavailable. Deputy Manager Balser noted the $15.67 or Self Sufficiency Standard/"living wage" is a 2015 number from Boulder' study. It may need to be reevaluated. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated his goal is make sure we pay full-time employees a living wage. If people want to work part-time that is their choice, His concern is for those full- time employees who need a living wage. He likes option 2 which would bring the full- timers to $15.67. He stated for the benefit part he thinks there might be some ways to give some benefits for part-time staff, perhaps at a prorated cost. He would like to see more exploration for benefits for part-time employees. Councilmember Maloney stated he likes a blend of Option 2 and Option 5 and lowering the hours per week to qualify for benefits.