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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: January 5, 2004
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from December 8, 2003 and
December 15 -16, 2003
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: February 2, 2004
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Health Insurance Update: Non - Represented Advisory Team, Chuck Whiting
Review of AFSCME settlements, County Board Resolutions
NEW BUSINESS:
Job description review: Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner, Ron Kiesler
Review of Non -Union compensation issues
State 457 Plan, Chuck Whiting
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: December 23, 2003
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board,
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Official
Date: January 5, 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, Stan Krueger, Dick King, and Julie Speer.
Excused absence: Leon Berenschot. Also present: Debra Kathan and Chuck Whiting.
Moved (King, Krueger) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. Moved
(Krueger, Speer) and approved to accept the minutes of the December 8, December 15,
and December 16 meetings. The next meeting was set for 8:30 a.m., February 2, 2004.
Whiting updated the committee on the non -union health insurance advisory team.
Ten people have been selected to serve on the team, with the first meeting occurring on
Friday, January 9 featuring consultant Sara Hames. Whiting will keep the committee
updated on the work of the team.
Contract settlement resolutions were developed for the four AFSCME units that
participated with the County in mediation services on December 15 -16. It is the intention
of the Personnel Committee to forward the resolutions to the County Board for final
action, provided the bargaining unit has ratified the mediated contract settlement. Moved
(Krueger, Speer) and approved to approve the four AFSCME resolutions and recommend
their ratification by the County Board of Supervisors.
The Committee discussed compensation issues regarding the non -union
employees in light of recent contract settlements. They indicated that they would revisit
the compensation issues as the County prepares its budget for 2005.
Ron Kiesler, Mental Health and AODA Coordinator, outlined a diversion
program plan his area. Such a plan would seek to keep clients out of contracted
institutions and within the local community. Included in the revisions would be the
expansion of a Nurse Clinician position to an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner
(APNP), capable of prescribing and administering medications. Kiesler noted that the
reimbursement formula for the APNP position would be significantly greater than what
the County has today. Moved (Krueger, King) and approved to approve the position of
Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner, per Human Services Board recommendation.
Recruitment will begin immediately for the pay grade 9 position. The incumbent in the
Nurse Clinician position will be considered for other in- county opportunities.
Whiting noted that the State of WI was offering a 457 Plan, which is a deferred
compensation program designed for public sector employees. The state plan is affiliated
with the Wisconsin Retirement System unit and provides investment services at minimal
costs to participating employees. Participants contribute to the 457 Plan through a
payroll deduction. Moved (Krueger, Speer) and approved to recommend to the County
Board that the County participate in the state's 457 Plan.
Standafer shared correspondence he had received, and responded to, regarding the
County's settlement offer in the strip search litigation. Standafer adjourned the
Committee at 10:10 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Speer, Secretary