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NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AND AGENDA
TO: Chairman Buck Malick
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Ralph Swenson, Chair
COMMITTEE TITLE: Finance
DATE AND TIME: Friday, July 1, 2005 -- 8:30 A.M.
LOCATION: Room 1281, St. Croix County Government Center,
1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: July 21, 2005 8:00 A.M.
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Joint Meeting with Personnel Committee to Review Consideration of New Position — Position and
Compensation Specialist
CORRESPONDENCE:
ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
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MINUTES
FINANCE COMMITTEE
JULY 1, 00
Meeting called to order by Chair Swenson at 8:32 a.m. Present: Clarence Malick, Ralph
Swenson, Esther Wentz, Stan Krueger and Daryl Standafer. Personnel Committee Members
Present: Daryl Standafer, Esther Wentz, Richard King, Cindy Leonard and Lori Bernard.
Staff present: Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting, Human Resource Director Deb
I Kathan, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman and County Clerk Cindy Campbell.
Motion by Krueger, 2 nd by Wentz to adopt the agenda. Carried unanimously. Swenson
indicated the date of the next meeting is July 21, 2005.
NEW BUSINESS
( i. Joint Meeting with Personnel Committee to Review
Consideration of New Position — Classification- Compensation Specialist.
Whiting indicated the Springsted project is in its fourth year for the initiative to get
it up and running. He added now is the time to bring this position request forward.
Whiting presented a job description for a Classification- Compensation Specialist.
Whiting stated the rationale of this position is to fully implement and execute the
Springsted project including annual job description maintenance and review; annual
review of position pointing utilizing the Systematic Analysis and Factor Evaluation
(SAFE) system; conducting annual internal and external position pay comparisons
and tying appropriate pay commensurate with position point values; and to assure
. ob description changes and position evolution.
Whiting highlighted features of the new position and additional expectations, including:
developing intranet access to job descriptions; develop "position ladder" process; provide
information and data to determine appropriate policy positions before, during and after
collective bargaining. Discussion regarding compensation systems.
Whiting expressed concerned regarding how long it has taken to get the Springsted project
implemented and ongoing maintenance. Discussion regarding current Human Resource
Department staffing.
Malick asked Kathan to define where the Human Resource Department would be after the
first and second year with this new position. Kathan indicated this type of position is
common in cities and counties with a sizeable workforce. Kathan stated once the Springsted
project is implemented, Department Heads will need to write job descriptions and bring them
to their contact committee before going to the Human Resource Department. Policies need to
be in place regarding the necessary steps to be taken. Kathan indicated this position will be
doing statistical related work when it comes to bargaining and is more expansive then simply
working with the Springsted operation.
Swenson asked who is responsible for the substantive need to change how we do business
relating to job descriptions and wage information.
Krueger asked if this position would aid in merit raises rather than across the board raises.
Motion by Malick, 2 nd by Bernard to present this position to the full County Board with the
Finan and Personnel Committees' recommendation to adopt a concept that includes this
basic position description, including costs and an associated list of expectations for the first
and second years after the employee is aboard, and a rationale for this concept and a
description of the overall changes that our county organization needs to make to implement
this package. Kathan is to prepare a draft recommendation of the process for the Personnel
and Finance Committee to review at their next meetings, prior to the County Board meeting in
September. Carried. Voting no — Krueger.
Correspondence: None.
Joint meeting adjourned at 10:23 a.m.
Esther Wentz, Secretary
Cindy Campbell, Recording Se cre t ary