Regulations and procedures for performance plans.
Saint Paul Administrative Code § 85.06
in effectSec. 85.06. - Regulations and procedures for performance plans.
(a) Initiation and preparation. Performance plans may be initiated by the head of the operating department or business unit either on his or her own initiative, at the request of the employees involved, or in response to a suggestion by the board. The affected employees and their bargaining unit representatives shall be given a reasonable opportunity to participate fully in the preparation and drafting of a performance plan, and shall be given training which can be used in such preparation and drafting. Such training shall include, but not be limited to, how to measure and cost their services, and methods by which such services may be more efficiently delivered or productivity increased. Except as otherwise provided by the Minnesota Public Employees Labor Relations Act (PELRA), the participation of the bargaining unit representatives in the preparation of the performance plan shall be limited to a "meet and confer" basis as defined in PELRA.
(b) The first performance plan. The first performance plan shall be effective for a period of two (2) years, during which period of time and for sixty (60) days after the expiration of such plan, no part of the city services subject to such plan shall be contracted out pursuant to or resulting from a managed competition request for proposal.
(c) Decision on whether to continue under a performance plan. The board shall recommend, at least forty-five (45) days before the ending date of a performance plan, to the mayor and city council whether the business unit involved shall continue operating under the same or a revised performance plan, or the city services involved shall be considered for competitive proposals resulting from a managed competition request for proposals. The mayor and city council may continue with the same performance plan, provide for a revised performance plan, require that either the same or a revised plan shall be compared with outside competitive bids, or that the city services shall be performed by outside bidders. The decision on the foregoing four (4) options shall be made by the mayor and city council by resolution, which resolution shall be considered and acted on by the council. Such resolution or resolutions shall be sponsored by the council president as a courtesy in order to place it or them before the council, at the request of the mayor or any council member. Such resolution may also decide, in addition to the said four (4) options, whether (1) the scope and content of the managed competition request for proposal is adequate, and (2) the affected city services shall be performed under a performance plan or the lowest responsible bid received pursuant to or resulting from the managed competition request for proposal. If such resolution does not decide the last two issues, those issues shall be decided by the mayor and the council in one or more other resolutions as the case may be, which resolutions shall similarly be sponsored by the council president in order to place them before the council.
(d) Term of subsequent performance plans. Any performance plan after the first one shall continue for a period of two years, subject to continuation or not as provided above.
(e) Internal competitive proposal. A performance plan or any revision thereof which is prepared for the purpose of, or will be reasonably likely to be used for, competing with proposals from private parties in response to a city managed competition request for proposal shall be deemed to be an internal competitive proposal for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 13.37, relating to general nonpublic data.
(C.F. No. 99-694, § 1, 11-3-99)
Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIIADCO_TITIVPOPR_CH85RUPREMPEPLMACOCO_S85.06REPRPEPLFetched: 11/1/2026