2002 Minnesota Statutes

     473.1295 Metropolitan council service improvement. 

    (a) The council may select an area of council service 
 currently provided by its employees and may utilize the process 
 in this section for service improvement.  Service improvement 
 for the purposes of this section means changes or improvements 
 in the methods or means by which employees of the council 
 provide the selected service which results in a demonstrable 
 reduction in the cost of the service or reduces the projected 
 increases in the cost of such service, while maintaining the 
 quality of the service. 

    (b) For the selected service, the council, in cooperation 
 with those employees of the agency who provide the service, may 
 develop a service improvement plan.  The plan must establish 
 objective performance and cost measurements to be used to 
 determine the success of the plan and must provide for annual 
 audits of both the performance and the cost measurements.  The 
 plan may provide compensation to the employees for any 
 demonstrable reduction in the cost of service.  The total 
 compensation for a plan paid to one or more employees must not 
 exceed the actual reduction in the cost of service for a period 
 of one year.  The compensation must be negotiated with the 
 exclusive representative of the employees under chapter 179A. 

    (c) To be implemented, the service improvement plan must be 
 approved by the governing board of the council.  An approved 
 plan may be terminated at any time by the governing body of the 
 council.  However, a negotiated agreement for compensation with 
 the exclusive representative of the employees, entered into in 
 connection with the plan, may provide for payment of agreed-upon 
 employee compensation, in whole or in part, if the plan is 
 terminated pursuant to this paragraph. 

    (d) This section does not require the council to carry out 
 service improvement under this section or to develop a service 
 improvement plan or to guarantee employment to employees while 
 such a plan is being developed or implemented.  This section 
 does not affect matters of inherent managerial policy or 
 diminish any rights in collective bargaining agreements under 
 chapter 179A. 

    HIST: 1998 c 381 s 1