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Ms. McGovern believed Council was discussing two different subjects. She supported the 3.50/0 adjustment to the compensation pool for management and confidential employees and believed Council needed to celebrate the many achievements staff has accomplished by giving management and confidential employees a commensurate salary for performing at a high level for this community. As Council reviews the General Plan which included an economic element that discusses economic sustainability, the concepts as outlined in the staff report by staff works towards this element of the General Plan because the greatest liability of the City is salaries, benefits and its retirement package because the City is a work-oriented people type of company and needs employees to accomplish the duties and responsibilities needed to be provided for the general public. As Council has discussed all of the projects it has completed for the community, there are more projects in the City's Capital Improvement Program and with these projects, there will be increased operating costs and an increase in employees needed to complete these projects. For the economic sustainability of this community, she believed the community needed to clearly understand the City's total employees compensation package both long-term and how it would affect hiring new employees. She supported the report outlining the structure and process used to establish the employees' salaries to be discussed at a public meeting so that Council and the general public could ask questions as well as posting it on the City's website. She supported the public/private compensation survey, which she wanted to include total compensation packages, as this will be an understanding process for her to effectively make decisions for the community. She asked staff for the time frame to complete this process. Mr. Fialho said the time frame to complete this process would be approximately six months. Ms. McGovern believed Council needed to hold a separate workshop once both the report outlining the structure and process used to set employee salaries was made available to the public on the City's website and once the public/private sector compensation survey was completed as staff would be providing a significant amount of information to Council and it should be shared with the public. She also believed Council needed to be able to establish a long-term strategy based upon economic sustainability for this community. She said it would be difficult for her to enter into any bargaining discussions without informing the public from the very beginning. As a part of the report outlining the structure and process used to set employee salaries, she wanted it to include an element that would discuss how the public would be aware that these processes are beginning. She supported the motion but wanted staff to ensure that Council would have an opportunity to discuss whether or not a separate workshop would be conducted. Mr. Fialho believed the motion included after the completion of the report outlining the structure and process used to set employee salaries was made available to the public on the City's website and once the public/private sector compensation survey was completed, Council would have the ability to raise the issue and to determine whether a separate workshop is necessary or a public meeting is held in the context of a regular Council meeting. Mr. Thorne said the intent of his motion was for Council to review all of the data at a public meeting in the context of a regular Council meeting and then make a determination whether a separate workshop would be necessary. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 9 11/1 5/05