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Home My WebLink AboutPersonnel 07-16-1996�ST. CROIX COUNTY i NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING Amended Agenda TO: Robert Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: William Kruger, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Personnel DATE: July 16, 1996 TIME: 9 a.m. LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Distribution of wage/benefit graphs Employee picnics NEW BUSINESS: Zoning Office reorganization Consideration of new position freeze Temporary funding for Victim/Witness position (WI Victims of Crime Act) Recycling Technician, Administrative Assistant job description (point assessment) New and upgraded position requests for 1997 budget --9:45 a.m. Zoning Admministrator, Project Technician --10:10 a.m. Social Worker, Family Resources Aide --10:30 a.m. Jail Bookkeeper, Primary Services Deputies (3) --11:00 a.m. Victim/Witness Specialist --11:20 a.m. Judicial Assistant ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT NOTE THAT THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PRESENTED IN THIS ORDER. SUBMITTED BY: Debra Kathan Personnel Director DATE: July 8, 1996, re -issued July 12, 1996 COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board, Committee Members ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: William Kruger, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Personnel DATE: July 16, 1996 TIME: 9 a.m. LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Distribution of wage/benefit graphs Employee picnics NEW BUSINESS: Zoning Office reorganization Consideration of new position freeze Temporary funding for Victim/Witness position (WI Victims of Crime Act) Recycling Technician job description (point assessment) New and upgraded position requests for 1997 budget ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT NOTE THAT THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PRESENTED IN THIS ORDER. SUBMITTED BY: Debra Kathan Personnel Director DATE: July 8, 1996 COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board, Committee Members PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING Date: July 16, 1996 Location: Government Center, Hudson The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by Chairman William Krueger. Members present: Mary Louise Olson, Tim Filipiak, Art Jacobson, John Bradley, and Krueger. Also present: Board members Ron Raymond, Herb Giese, Bob Gunderson, Tom Dorsey, and Bob Boche. Staff present: Debra Kathan. Moved (Bradley, Olson) and approved to accept the agenda as presented. Moved (Jacobson, Bradley) and approved to accept the minutes of the June 5 Personnel Committee meeting. The Committee reviewed three hand-outs prepared by the Personnel Department highlighting wage and benefit issues. Discussion regarding the request from the Planning, Zoning, and Parks Committee for immediate action establishing a new position in the Zoning Department. Moved (Bradley, Filipiak) and approved to recommend rescinding the 1996 position freeze, as instituted in 1995 for the 1996 budget. Roll call vote: all aye. Moved (Bradley, Filipiak) and approved to support the recommendation of the Planning, Zoning, and Parks Committee for the hiring of a new Zoning Administrator, as part of a re - organizational plan within the Zoning Department, with a start date prior to 1997. Roll call vote: all aye. Chuck Christenson and Tim Popple appeared before the Committee to request a new Project Technician position as part of the Kinnickinnic Watershed Project. Full funding is available for three to four months in 1996 and it is anticipated to be complete for 1997 as well. Moved (Jacobson, Filipiak) and approved to recommend the regular., full-time position of Project Technician starting with full funding in 1996, with the understanding that if the non -County funding is discontinued-, the position will be eliminated. Roll,'call vote: 4-1; Bradley dissenting. John Borup and Karen Hall appeared before the Committee to request approval of a part-time Social Worker position in Long Term Support. Moved (Filipiak, Olson) and approved to recommend the 600 regular position of Social Worker in Long Term Support with the understanding that the cost of the position would be included in the block grant for Human Services and furthermore that should non - County funding be discontinued, the position will be eliminated. Roll call vote: all aye. Kathy Dunlap and John Borup appeared before the Committee to request approval for a part-time Family Resource Aide position. Moved (Bradley, Jacobson) and approved to recommend the regular, half-time position of Family Resource Aide in 1997, with the understanding that the cost of the position will be included in the block grant for Human Services and furthermore that should funding be discontinued, the position will be eliminated. Roll call vote: all aye. Karen Humphrey appeared before the Committee to discuss a request to increase the regular Jail Bookkeeper from half-time to full-time effective in 1997. The Committee requested additional information on the medical co -pay program and statistical data regarding the medical caseload of jail inmates. Humphrey was directed to return to the Committee later in the day. Judge Needham appeared before the Committee to request action on a half-time Judicial Assistant. Moved (Jacobson, Bradley) and approved to recommend a regular, half-time Judicial Assistant, effective for 1997. Roll call vote: all aye. Captain Thompson and Sheriff Burch presented materials regarding staffing levels for area law enforcement departments and projected costs for three primary services deputies under a federal law enforcement grant. Burch noted that the last deputy position added to the force was in 1989. Grants for traffic policing and related areas cover about 60% of the overtime in the Sheriff's budget. Committee members indicated their concern regarding community policing with an emphasis on juveniles. Moved (Filipiak, Olson) and approved to recommend the addition of 3 full-time deputies, pending grant approval for the federal funding, and with the understanding that the increased workforce will permit the designation of a juvenile officer. The grant funding would cover 75 % of the wage and fringe costs for the officers (maximum of $75,000 per officer) for three years. Roll call vote: all aye. Eric Johnson and Anne Gustafson appeared before the Committee to discuss the Victim/Witness staffing level. The County was a recent recipient of a VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) Grant to fund victim/witness assistance to people seeking restraining orders. Moved (Filipiak, Krueger) and approved to authorize 20 hours/week of temporary help from the Victim/Witness Specialist, under the VOCA grant, with the understanding that if the grant funding is discontinued, the position will be eliminated. Roll call vote: 4- 1; Bradley dissenting. Discussion regarding the upgrading of the Victim/Witness Specialist position from temporary half-time to regular half-time, effective in 1997. No action taken. Captain Humphrey returned with additional information regarding the medical needs of inmates. She noted that in 1995 there were 648 sick calls. Through this date in 1996, there have been 502 sick calls. Medical expenses in 1995 were at $57,872; projected for 1996 at $43,212. Moved (Bradley, Filipiak) and approved to upgrade the Jail Bookkeeper from regular half-time to regular full-time, effective in 1997. Roll call vote: all aye. The Evaluation Team was directed to review reclassification requests for the positions of Recycling Technician and Administrative Assistant in the Sheriff's Office. The Personnel Director was authorized to set employee picnic dates and notify the members of the dates and locations. The next meeting of the Personnel Committee will be August 5 at 8 a.m. if there are law enforcement proposals to exchange. If the exchange does not take place, then the August meeting will be postponed to 9 a.m., September 3, at which time the Committee will review temporary help requests for the 1997 budget. Moved (Bradley, Jacobson) and approved to adjourn at 1:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Mary Louise Olson Secretary