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Council approves public works classification and compensation study to inform 2026 contract talks
Summary
Council approved a proposal from Abdo Financial Solutions to conduct a public works position classification and compensation study, intended to supply market wage data and job analyses ahead of 2026 union contract negotiations.
The City of St. Paul Park approved a study by Abdo Financial Solutions to review public works positions and compensation on May 5, 2025, as part of the council’s consent agenda.
City Administrator Kevin (last name not provided in the meeting record) described the study’s scope in the council packet: “the study will review current position descriptions, analyze positions, evaluate positions according to 2025 market wage data, evaluate positions for compensation system in the future.” He said the study is more extensive than a prior study done for “Jessica Danberg” and that it was budgeted in the previous year.
Kevin told the council the timing was tied to collective bargaining cycles: the public works union contract expires at the end of the year, and staff want current market and job-analysis data available for negotiations and for planning future hires after internal promotions. He said the public works supervisor had requested analysis to establish a tiered system for future hiring.
Council members were given a chance to discuss the proposal before it was adopted as part of the consent vote. The council did not separately amend the Abdo Financial contract during the meeting; the consent vote approved the study’s scope as presented in the packet.
The study will include job analysis questionnaires and initial pages of the proposal for council review, and administration will use the resulting data during contract negotiations and staffing decisions for public works.
