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ST. CROIX COUNTY
Revised
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: C. W. Malick, St. Croix County Board Chairrnan
FROM: Daryl Standafer, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: PERSONNEL
DATE: April 1, 2005
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from March 4, 2005
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: May 6, 2005
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Staffing update
Springsted update
NEW BUSINESS:
9 a.m. -- Presentation from NACo- endorsed financial planning, group re: services to
employees
Car rental policy —Chuck Whiting/Dana Baker
Hiring authority for position of Chief Deputy
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.
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: March 24, 2005, Rev. March 28, 2005
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board, and
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Official
Date: April 1, 2005 Location: Government: Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman
Daryl Standafer. Members present: Standafer, Lori Bernard, Esther Wentz, Dick King,
and Cindy Leonard. Also present: Debra Kathan.
Moved (Wentz, King) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. Moved
(Bernard, Wentz) and approved to accept the minutes from the March 4, 2005 meeting.
The next regularly scheduled meeting was set for May 6, 2005.
John Hochkammer, Director of Insurance Operations with WCA, and Bob
Campbell from Waddell and Reed Financial Services spoke before the Committee
regarding a NACo- endorsed financial planning program for public employees. The
Waddell and Reed program has also received WCA endorsement and Hochkammer has
been traveling to various Wisconsin counties to present recruitment materials to county
board committees. The program is in place in a few counties in southeastern Wisconsin
and the WCA would like to see it implemented on the western side of the state also. A
one -hour voluntary presentation to employees would include topics such as asset
allocation and the principles of investment. Standafer noted that this is the only financial
advisement program that has the full endorsement of the NACo and WCA organizations.
Moved (Wentz, King) and approved to recommend to the County Board that St. Croix
County offer to its employees on a voluntary basis the financial planning program
provided through and endorsed by NACo— Waddell and Reed Financial Services.
Upon recommendation of the Finance Committee, the Personnel Committee
agreed to a job title change and subsequent job description update for the risk manager.
Moved (Wentz, Bernard) and approved to adopt the job description and change the title
of Workers Compensation/Risk Management Coordinator to Risk Manager.
Dana Baker, Management Services Specialist, appeared before the Committee to
discuss the implications of moving to a rental car service for county employees who are
traveling out -of- county. Enterprise Car Rental has offered to extend their state contract
for vehicles services to St. Croix County. This would include a pre -set daily rate for
vehicle usage. The proposal is in the information- gathering stage. Yet to be answered
are questions regarding the liability coverage for driver and passenger, the possibility of
family members riding in the vehicle, the delivery of the vehicles to off -site locations,
and the issue of mileage reimbursement from some agencies to county employees serving
on special committees or task forces. Baker will report back to the Committee in May.
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Council, appeared before the Committee to
answer questions regarding the hiring authority for the position of Chief Deputy in the
Sheriff's department and to review statutory regulations regarding the Chief Deputy and
Undersheriff positions. It was noted that the Chief Deputy was hired under the county's
affirmative action selection process, per procedures outlined in the Personnel Handbook.
The Sheriff has the statutory right to appoint an Undersheriff and the Personnel
Committee asked that Public Protection Committee member Bernard place this
appointment on their next agenda for discussion. The Chief Deputy reports to the Sheriff.
Motion (Bernard, Wentz) to go into closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for
the purpose of determining bargaining strategy for AFSCME contract negotiations. Roll
call vote: all aye; moved into closed session at 10:40 a.m. Moved (King, Wentz) and
approved to come out of closed session at 11:06 a.m.
Standafer adjourned the meeting at 11:06 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Esther Wentz
Secretary