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Home My WebLink AboutPersonnel 10-11-05 X 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 7, 2005 �+ TIME: 8:30 a.m. POSTPONED TO LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson OC 1 OBER I L CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from September 2, 2005 DATE OF NEXT MEETING: October 11, 2005: contract opening with Nursing Home and Human Services Non -Pro Unions, 1 p.m New Richmond SCHC October 18, 2005: contract opening with Highway and GGSS Unions, 1 p.m., Hudson GC UNFINISHED BUSINESS: New position request from HHS —Fred Johnson, 8:35 a.m. Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the purpose of determining bargaining strategy for AFSCME contract negotiations. Reconvene into open session to complete other agenda items. NEW BUSINESS: Springsted Classification/Compensation Update -- compensation issues, -- banding issues Health Insurance review —Chuck Whiting Employee Appreciation Banquet 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: September 28, 2005 1 r 1,05 X 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 7, 2005 �+ TIME: 8:30 a.m. POSTPONED TO LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson OC 1 OBER I L CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from September 2, 2005 DATE OF NEXT MEETING: October 11, 2005: contract opening with Nursing Home and Human Services Non -Pro Unions, 1 p.m New Richmond SCHC October 18, 2005: contract opening with Highway and GGSS Unions, 1 p.m., Hudson GC UNFINISHED BUSINESS: New position request from HHS —Fred Johnson, 8:35 a.m. Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the purpose of determining bargaining strategy for AFSCME contract negotiations. Reconvene into open session to complete other agenda items. NEW BUSINESS: Springsted Classification/Compensation Update -- compensation issues, -- banding issues Health Insurance review —Chuck Whiting Employee Appreciation Banquet 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: September 28, 2005 1 r 1,05 L 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 11, 2005 TIME: 1:00 P.M. LOCATION: St. Croix Health Center, New Richmond CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from September 2, 2005 DATE OF NEXT MEETING October 18, 2005: contract opening with Highway and GGSS Unions, 1 p.m., Hudson GC UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the purpose of determining bargaining strategy for AFSCME contract negotiations. Reconvene into open session to complete other agenda items. NEW BUSINESS: Exchange of initial proposals with the HS Non -Pro and Health Center Unions Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c and e for the purpose of continued bargaining with the HS Non -Pro and Health Center Unions. Reconvene into open session to complete other agenda items. Springsted Classification/Compensation Update -- compensation issues, -- banding issues Health Insurance review including retiree/Medicare- eligible rate status —Chuck Whiting Employee Appreciation Banquet preparations 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 5, 2005 COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board, Committee Members PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING Official Date: October 11, 2005 Location: St. Croix Health Center, New Richmond The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 1:00 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, Bernard) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. Moved (King, Leonard) and approved to accept the minutes from the September 2, 2005 meeting. The next regularly scheduled meeting was set for October 18, 2005 at the Government Center in Hudson at which time the Committee will open contract negotiations with the GGSS and Highway Unions. The Chairman indicated that it was the wishes of the Committee to streamline the proposals for this bargaining year and the exchange materials should be reflective of the seriousness of the County's financial situation heading into 2006. Weld noted that the County's proposals were small in number, and a separate listing was included for "clean-up" of the contract language, if agreed to by the union. Meeting with the Personnel Committee to open the bargaining for the Human Services Non - Professionals Union were Pam Benson, Dawn Noll, and AFSCME business agent Steve Hartmann. The County and Union exchanged proposals. Ground rules included unlimited caucuses, the scheduling of two meetings in advance to assure continued bargaining in good faith, preparation and signing of tentative agreements in a timely fashion during or between sessions, and a request by the union to meet in closed session for further bargains. The HS Non -Pro Union prefers early afternoons for bargaining. Meeting ith the Personnel Committee to exchange ro osal n g proposals s o behalf of the Health Center (Nursing Home) Union were Anne Fagnan, Loyla Waskul, Lori Becker, and AFSCME business agent Steve Hartmann. The same ground rules were applied to this bargain. Dates set for the next meetings of the two unions and the County were November 7 and 17. The Committee will meet at 12:45 to review bargaining points prior to the negotiations. Meetings with these two unions will be at the St. Croix Health Center. Motion to go into closed session (Bernard, Wentz) per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) e for the purpose of reviewing bargaining strategy regarding union negotiations. Roll call vote: all aye; moved into closed session at 2:06.m. Arriving at 2:15 was Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting; he left the meeting at 3:10 p.m. Moved (Wentz, Bernard) and approved to come out of closed session at 2:40 p.m. Whiting noted that the newest health insurance premiums included the establishment of a separate and distinct group for retirees on Medicare. In light of the new Medicare D regulations, the County will offer this group the choice of two policies —one the complete, traditional policy with medical payments made as a supplement to Medicare and prescription drugs provided on a co -pay basis. The second policy would provide for medical reimbursements only with no provision for pharmaceuticals. This would be appropriate for those retirees who choose the drug coverage under Medicare D. Moved (Wentz, Bernard) and approved to recommend to the County Board that 1.) a health insurance group be created that would be restricted to Medicare eligible retirees, 2.) would offer two plans: traditional and medical only (no Rx), and 3.) would be in compliance with GASB regulations and provisions of Medicare D. Passed unanimously. Moved (King, Wentz) and approved to accept the rates as determined in consultation with benefit specialist Sara Hames and mark a start date for the new rates as of December 1, 2005. Passed unanimously. Kathan presented the Committee with information regarding the work done on the personnel portion of the Springsted plan. Banding of positions based upon like - rankings as determined by Springsted's SAFE job evaluation system were reviewed. Examples of costing for various program designs were reviewed. The system remains under review and will be considered by the Committee at a later meeting. Initial plans are underway for the annual Employee Appreciation Banquet, scheduled for November 15 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.. The speaker will be Kitty Rhoades, area representative to the State Assembly. The location and the number of participants will be finalized by the next Committee meeting. Standafer noted that there was interest shown by the Administration Committee and its Chairman regarding the process of filling the position of county Medical Examiner, currently administered by Interim ME Casey Swetlik:. Standafer requested that Public Protection Committee representative Lori Bernard report back to the Personnel Committee as to the intentions or proposal of that committee in recommending the future course of filling the slot. Standafer adjourned the meeting at 4:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Esther Wentz Secretary