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To: Mayor Hicks & City Councilmembers
From: Melanie Mesko Lee, Assistant City Administrator
Re: Approve 2008 Pay Equity Report
Date: February 10, 2009
Council Action Requested
:
Approve the 2008 Pay Equity Report.
Background Information
:
In 1984, the Local Government Pay Equity Law was passed which requires all public
jurisdictions such as cities, counties, and school districts to eliminate any sex-based wage
inequities in compensation by 1992. A policy to establish pay equity usually means: 1) that all
jobs will be evaluated and given points according to the level of knowledge and responsibility
required to do the job; and 2) that salary adjustments will be made if it is discovered that women
are consistently paid less then men for jobs with similar points. The City has reported as required
since 1992 and has always remained in compliance with the pay equity requirements.
The City went through a comprehensive pay equity review in 2000 with the assistance with the
compensation firm Riley, Dettman & Kelsey, and continues to use the principles of that system to
review position responsibilities and job value. We are required to report once every three years to
State Department of Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB, formerly Department of
Employee Relations). The 2008 report has been submitted, and the City continues to remain in
compliance with pay equity law. Additionally, an implementation report has been posted in the
front window at City Hall and been forwarded to the business agents for each of the City’s four
unions, as is required by MMB.
If you have follow-up questions about this report, please do not hesitate to let me know.