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City of Tukwila City Council Finance Committee FINANCE COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 14, 2019 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall Councilmembers: Thomas McLeod, Chair; Verna Seal, De'Sean Quinn Staff: David Cline, Vicky Carlsen, Jay Wittwer, Bruce Linton, Juan Padilla, Erika Eddins, Wynetta Bivens, Gail Labanara, Tony Cullerton, Ben Hayman, Brandon Miles, Laurel Humphrey Guest: Greg Sherlock, resident CALL TO ORDER: Chair McLeod called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. I. PRESENTATIONS II. BUSINESS AGENDA A. Non -Represented Employees' Compensation Committee members and staff continued discussion of compensation for the 39 non - represented employees in the city. Since the last discussion, staff completed the analysis, with the exception of the Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief due to the current bargaining with the IAFF 2088. Only 19 non -represented positions were able to be benchmarked due to limitations with the AWC salary survey. The analysis shows some positions over market more than 10% and some under market (up to 4.44%) but does not consider internal compression or non -salary compensation. Those showing above market may not truly be so due to the limitations of the decision band system, such as when there is only one benchmark for several different positions in one band. The average difference across benchmarked positions is 5.57% above market. Staff recommends a 90% CPI-W, or 1.53% increase in 2020 for all 39 positions in order to maintain the current market. In addition, staff recommends moving to a market -based compensation system for non -represented employees to replace the current DBM system. To address the significant compression between the Commanders and the Deputy Police Chief and Police Chief, staff recommends the Chief positions receive the same longevity as the Commanders. Committee members discussed the importance of consistent performance evaluations, impacts to staff, whether positions above market should be frozen, maintained or lowered, budget implications for those below market, adherence to the policy requirement of detailed justification for deviations, and more. Staff will return with a proposed schedule and budget for changing to a true market -based system. RETURN TO COMMITTEE. B. Fire Department Service Levels and Compliance with State Law Committee members and staff continued discussion of Fire Department service levels and budget. Staff has prepared a draft resolution that would formally adopt the current level of service in compliance with the RCW, and these adopted service levels could be amended later