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..-. Franklin: That can be handled at staff level. They simply do not petition to annex or participate in the agreement process and there is no penalty. Sackett moved that the annexation request made by the Neumann family be accepted and that their request be processed to the next stage of the annexation process, seconded by Carnival. Davidson added a friendly amendment, "subject to the conditions of the IGA for the Northwest Parkway Agreement." Motion passes 5-1, with Hornbostel voting no. HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUES AFFECTING 1992 BUDGET PROCESS 1. 1992 CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND SALARY SCHEDULES 2. CHANGE IN VACATION LEAVE POLICY 3. CHANGE IN HOLIDAY LEAVE POLICY 4. CHANGE IN COMPENSATORY LEAVE POLICY 5. CHANGE IN SICK LEAVE POLICY 6. CHANGE IN CALL BACK AND STAND-BY TIME POLICY 7. CREATION OF A QUALIFIED PENSION PROGRAM 8. CREATION OF AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Wm. Blankenship, Human Resources Officer, gave a overview of the Comprehensive package regarding the classification and benefit changes that were discussed at the September 19th work session for the coming fiscal year. Since that work session the Human Resources Office conducted a series of employee meetings to explain the classification plan itself and the proposed benefit changes. Out of those meetings came some employee concerns and questions most of which have been addressed prior to this Council meeting. One of the questions that arose out of these meetings was one of salary compression in the Police Department. One of the things that failed to be noted when adjusting salary structures for police officers was the fact that we were bumping up new officers to the same pay level as two-year officers. Reviewing all of that, we made adjustments to the entire police sworn staff in the Police Department, thereby, addressing the question of compression. In the original presentation we stated that it would take $95,000.00 to fund the new classification to put it in place on January 1, 1992, as a result of those adjustments the cost would now be $110,000.00, the increase going to police salaries. Coupled with the classification plan would be the institution of a merit pay plan for 1992. To start this we would evaluate all employees in the coming six to eight weeks and based upon that evaluation grant either a one, two or three step increase to non- exempt employees. Each step representing two-percent. The same six percent availability of increase would be there for exempt personnel also except they would not be contained within steps but rather anything from a zero to a six-percent increase. In order to continue the performance evaluation plan we would in 1992 begin to evaluate employees on the anniversary date of their employment and cycle everyone so that all employees would not be evaluated at the same time. 9 -.