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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: C. W. Malick, St. Croix County Board Chairman
FROM: Daryl Standafer, Personnel Committee Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: PERSONNEL
DATE: October 18, 2005
TIME: 12:45 P.M.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from October 11, 2005
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) e for the purpose of discussing bargaining strategy.
Reconvene into open session to complete other agenda items.
NEW BUSINESS:
Exchange of initial proposals with the Highway and GGSS Unions
Employee Appreciation Banquet update
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: October 13, 2005
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board,
Committee Members
At
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Official
Date: October 18, 2005 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 12:50 p.m. by Chairman
Daryl Standafer. Members present: Standafer, Esther Wentz, Dick King, Cindy Leonard,
and Lori Bernard. Also present: Debra Kathan, HR Director and Steve Weld, Labor
Attorney.
Moved (Wentz, King) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. The
minutes from the October 11, 2005 meeting will be reviewed at the next meeting. The
next regularly scheduled meeting was set for 12:45 p.m. November 7, 2005 at the Health
Center in New Richmond at which time the Committee will continue contract
negotiations with the Health Center and Human Services Non-.Pro Unions.
Motion (King, Wentz) to go into closed session per Wl[ Stat. 19.85 (1) e for the
purpose of reviewing bargaining strategies. Roll call vote: all aye; moved into closed
session at 12:50 p.m. Moved (Wentz, Leonard) and approved to come out of closed
session at 1:08 p.m.
The Personnel Committee and the Highway Union bargaining team exchanged
proposals for a 2006+ contract. Members of the Highway bargaining team included
Rodney Kongshaug, Mike Van Keuren, and business agent Steve Hartmann. Ground
rules included unlimited caucuses, the typing and signing of all Tentative Agreements as
soon as possible, the scheduling of meeting dates two in advance, and acknowledgement
of all agreements needing to be reviewed and approved by the County Board and the
union membership. The union requested that future bargains be in closed session.
The Personnel Committee and the General Government Support Services Union
(GGSS) exchanged proposals for a 2006+ contract. Members of the GGSS bargaining
team were Kim Dupre, Janet Smith, Lisa Dahl and business agent Steve Hartmann. Also
sitting in the meeting were GGSS union members Kay Klawiter and Marion Standaert.
The same ground rules as noted above were accepted for the GGSS bargain.
Weld noted that bargaining union employees not on the bargaining team should be
attending on their own time, using PTO if necessary. The HR Department will notify
supervisors of the next meeting involving their employees.
The next meeting for the Highway and GGSS Unions was set for the afternoon of
November 8 at the Government Center, Hudson.
Kathan confirmed that the Employee Appreciation Banquet was scheduled for
6:30 p.m., Monday, November 14 at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Baldwin. Forty -
four employees have reached "milestone" years and will be honored.
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Standafer adjourned the meeting at 2:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Esther Wentz, Secretary