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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: C. W. Malick, St. Croix County Board Chairman
FROM: Daryl Standafer, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: PERSONNEL
DATE: October 19, 2004
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from October 1, 2004
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: November 5, 2004
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Review of health insurance renewal proposal
NEW BUSINESS:
Meeting with GGSS Union representatives on "right to bargain" issue with Register of
Deeds job descriptions -8:30 a.m.
Exchange of proposals for 2005+ contract with the Labor Association of Wisconsin
(open session) -9:00 a.m.
Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the purpose of continuing labor negotiations
with the LAW -9:05 a.m.; reconvene into open session to complete agenda items and to
take any appropriate actions as a result of closed session bargaining.
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 12, 2004
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board, and
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Official
Date: October 19, 2004 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman
Daryl Standafer. Members present: Standafer, Dick King, Esther Wentz, and Lori
Bernard Arriving at 9 a.m. - -Cindy Leonard. Also present: Steve Weld and Debra
Kathan.
Moved (Wentz, King) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. Moved
(King, Wentz) and approved to adopt the minutes of the October 1, 2004 meeting. The
next regularly scheduled meeting was set for November 5, 2004.
The Committee met with GGSS Union members regarding their "demand to
bargain" request concerning job descriptions in the Register of Deeds Office. Present for
GGSS were business agent Steve Hartmann and local members Kim Dupre, Dawn Pace,
Beth Pabst, and Polly Orf. Hartmann requsted that the county begin an immediate
bargain on the appropriate wage rates for the union positions in the Register of Deeds
Office that have undergone job description revisions. The Personnel Committee took no
immediate action but instructed Steve Weld to respond to the request in writing to the
GGSS Union and representatives. Weld and Hartmann and the union members left the
meeting at 9 a.m.
The Committee met with members of the Labor Association of Wisconsin (LAW)
which represents the unionized deputies in the Sheriff's Department. Representing LAW
were business agent Henry Kjentvet and local members Jim Dorsey, Jeff Kennett, and
Mike Winberg. Also on the bargaining team, but not present today are Chris Drost and
Bob Widiker. The initial proposals from the County and LAW were exchanged in open
session. Copies of the initial proposals are available from the Personnel Department.
Motion (Wentz, Bernard) to go into closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the
purpose of entering into negotiations with LAW. Roll call vote: all aye; moved into
closed session at 10:08 a.m. Moved (Wentz, Bernard) and approved to come out of
closed session at 12:19 p.m. Both sides agreed to a second bargaining session, scheduled
for 8:30 a.m., November 4, at the Government Center.
Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting joined the meeting and indicated that
he is waiting for final rates for the 2005 health insurance plan. They should be completed
today or tomorrow and he will make a full report at the next Personnel Committee
meeting.
Kathan reported that the annual Employee Appreciation Banquet for "milestone"
employees who have 15- 20 -25 -30 years of service with the County is scheduled for 6:30
s s.
p.m., November 18 at the fellowship hall of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Baldwin.
Sixty -one employees are eligible for recognition.
Standafer adjourned the meeting at 12:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Esther Wentz, Secretary