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November 27, 2017 - City Council Special Session
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A
B
A
D
B
Okay,
all
right
now
we
move
to
discussion
regarding
local
government
wage,
increased
transparency,
act
on
disclosable
payments
to
Marsha
Ulrich,
and
just
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
a
legacy
of
the
sickly
buy
back.
Any
employees
who
were
hired
from
2012
on
are
not
eligible
for
this,
but
we
are
required
by
law
to
report
this,
and
so
I
am
turning
this
over
to
Josh.
E
Thank
You
mayor
Renner,
the
council,
and
to
your
point,
I,
wanted
to
come
out
this
evening
and
just
give
a
little
more
information
in
regards
to
the
sick
leave
buyback
payout
that
will
actually
be
in
process
very
shortly
for
Marsha,
as
pursuant
to
the
local
government
wage
increase
transparency,
Act
of
July
2016.
This
is
the
second
employee
that
we
have
done
a
similar
process
for
last
year.
E
Of
course,
as
you'll
remember,
Laurie
wool
RAB
was
the
first
employee
and
of
course,
all
the
information
is
all
embedded
in
your
materials
for
this
evening,
but
specific
to
Marsha.
She
is
an
office
manager
in
our
police
area
and
actually
because
of
our
past
practice,
where
all
of
the
sick
leave
that
she
is
accrued
will
be
paid
out
to
her
into
her
retiree
health
savings
account.
She
will
receive
a
little
over
28,000
in
payments
and
those
will
actually
be
structured
over
a
three-month
period
at
the
end
of
this
month,
again
and
December.
B
E
That
is
correct.
Okay,
the
funds
are
passed
over
to
our
retirement
health
savings
account
bender
ICMA
and
then
those
are
available
to
her
in
retirement.
But
the
way
that
this
is
structured
over
a
three
month
period,
it
does
increase
her
pensionable
wage
that
she
receives
for
Marsha
in
particular,
it's
one
hundred
and
sixty-five
dollars
per
month
in
her
pension,
and
so
in
order
to
account
for
those
funds.
E
We
make
an
upfront
payment
on
behalf
of
the
city
so
that
we
are
able
to
account
for
that
from
an
actuarial
standpoint
and
that
payment
for
Marsha
that
we
will
be
making
is
twenty
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
fifty
three
dollars
and
thirty-nine
cents,
and
we
will
actually
pay
that
after
she
retires,
we
get
a
bell
from
I
am
or
F,
and
we
pay
that
accordingly.
So
okay
questions.
F
D
Refer
to
it,
it
I
don't
refer
to
it
as
pension
spiking.
It
is.
It
is
a
past
practice
where
we
have
allowed
employees
who
are
retiring,
who
were
hired
before
the
May
1st
2012
date
to
take
their
payments
over
at
over
three
months
with
that
results
in
then,
is
an
accelerated
payment
request
from
IMR
F
to
pay
ahead
of
time
into
into
their
retirement.
So
I
don't
look
at
it
as
pension
spiking,
I.
Look
at
it
as
we're
following
a
practice.
That's
been
in
place
for
years
and.
E
F
E
From
a
pension
perspective,
there
are
a
lot
of
different
factors.
Of
course
they
go
into
the
actuarial
value.
One
is
the
age
of
the
member.
Another
is
the
gender,
but
you
know
women,
typically
outlive
men,
also
to
a
person's
marital
status,
is
a
factor.
There
are
all
these
different
factors.
Based
on
that
information,
then
high
MRF
looks
at
the
individual
to
say:
okay,
what
is
their
rate
of
pay?
How
much
are
they
receiving
and
sick
leave
buybacks?
E
That
will
tighten
the
liability
from
an
employer
standpoint
that
we
may
owe,
depending
on
their
projected,
you
know,
lifespan
for
the
remainder
of
their
years
and
then
based
on
the
current,
you
know
value
of
those
funds.
That
is
what
we
make
from
an
accelerated
payment
perspective.
So
there's
actually
two
different
components
here:
one
is
the
actual
pay
to
the
employee
into
their
rhs
based
on
sick
leave.
That
is
almost
you
know,
a
sideline
aspect,
but
based
on
the
way
it's
paid,
it
does
increase
the
the
pension
component.
The
total
compensation
yeah.
B
F
G
E
In
to
Nicole's
point
is
the
past
practice
of
the
city,
and
you
know,
even
prior
to
my
time
here
with
the
city.
There's
been
several
studies
based
on.
You
know
the
potential
liability
that
the
city
would
have
when
you
look
across
our
600
employees,
roughly
about
a
third
of
the
workforce
is
impacted,
so
there
you
know
if
there
ever
were
to
be
any
future
changes
that
would
be
made.
E
We'd
have
to
really
do
you
know
a
gut
check
from
you
know
a
talent
perspective,
because,
depending
on
the
department,
you
know,
some
areas
are
highly
have
a
higher
tenure
than
others,
and
you
would
have
some.
You
know
potential
risk
in
terms
of
service
delivery
to
the
city,
and
so
you
know,
there's
definitely
a
push-pull
component.
We
have
looked
at
it
and
it's
not
that
we're
looking.
You
know
at
that
as
well.
E
G
G
Is
is
this
pension
spiking?
Certainly
these
policies
have
the
effect
of
increasing
your
pension.
So
I,
don't
you
know
whatever
you
call
it
I,
don't
think
you
can
get
around
that
the
policies
and
again
these
are
for
grandfathered
employees,
but
these
policies
are
increasing
the
pensions
beyond
what
their
normal
earnings
were
and
they're
their
last
years
of
service.
So,
okay.
C
So
one
of
the
emails
we
had
today
and
I
just
wanted
to
address
this
because
I
I've
got
the
same
email
multiple
times
as
I
guess.
Springfield
has
started
paying
out
this
two
months
after
the
person
has
retired,
which
doesn't
affect
the
the
pension
right
amount
and
I
just
wanted
to
address
that
publicly.
So
we
talked
about
what
the
impacts
with
might
or
might
not
be
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
So
we
get
that
on
the
record.
Do
you
have
any
thoughts
on
that
at
all
yeah.
E
We
have
discussed
that
internally
and
we
are
aware
of
that
practice
and
we've
actually
run
into
it
as
well,
with
some
of
our
retirees
who
come
back
into
seasonal
positions
from
an
IMR
a
perspective
on
what
funds
are
actually
seen
versus.
You
know
any
sort
of
earnings
that
are
not
seen
from
a
pension
standpoint
again,
that's
part
of
the
work
that
we
are
continuing
to
do
internally
long,
a
policy.
G
G
Right
the
interesting
issue
with
Springfield
is
the
Supreme.
Court
did
not
decline
to
hear
that
appellate
court
case,
so
that
appellate
court
decision
stands.
The
the
other
issue
in
Springfield,
however,
is
the
fact
that
they
did
not
bargain
that
benefit
or
that
bargain
that
change
with
their
collective
bargaining
units,
so
those
labor
unions
that
are
filed
an
unfair
labor
practice.
So
there
are
you
know.
G
B
Other
questions
seeing
them
again,
this
was
just
an
information
only
item,
and
at
this
point,
is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn
move
by
all
the
woman
Schmidt?
Is
there
a
second
second
second
by
all
the
woman
Hulman,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye?
Okay,
we'll
be
back
in
about
six
minutes
for
Township?
Thank
you.