HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions-2011 Failed RESOLUTION APPROVING RECEIPT OF ESTABLISHED RATE OF
COMPENSATION FOR SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SALLY STANDAERT
Resolution No.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
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WHEREAS, on October 16, 2010, while performing her of w
duties, Deputy Sally Standaert was injured while rescuing a severe `D�
had been involved in a motor vehicle accident; and
WHEREAS, as a result of her efforts to rescue said injured woman, Deputy
Standaert has been incapacitated since November 16, 2010, by significant injuries; and
WHEREAS, those injuries required surgery and extensive long term rehabilitation
and have affected the quality of life and have placed a financial strain on Deputy
Standaert and her family; and
WHEREAS, while Worker's Compensation benefits are available to Deputy
Standaert, payments will not make up what Deputy Standaert's normal compensation
would be had she not been incapacitated and she has had to and will continue to use PTO
(personal time off) to make up the difference; and
WHEREAS, Article 17 — Duty Incurred Disability — of the Bilateral Agreement
between St. Croix County Deputy Sheriffs Association Local# 453 and St. Croix County
allows the County Board to approve, upon recommendation of the Sheriff, that any
employee covered by said agreement receive his/her established rate of compensation
without deduction from accrued PTO if benefits paid to the employee under Worker's
Compensation are assigned to the County; and
WHEREAS, Sheriff John A. Shilts has recommended that, during her incapacity,
Deputy Standaert receive her established rate of compensation, retroactive to November
16, 2010, without deduction from accrued PTO and assign her Worker's Compensation
benefits to St. Croix County; and
WHEREAS, the recommendation was made on the basis that it is fundamentally
unfair to force Deputy Standaert to use accrued PTO to supplement the Worker's
Compensation payment for injuries incurred while protecting the public and enforcing the
law.
RESOLUTION APPROVING RECEIPT OF ESTABLISHED RATE OF COMPENSATION FOR SHERIFF'S DEPUTY
SALLY STANDAERT - Continued
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors
that Deputy Sally Standaert receive her established rate of compensation during her
incapacity, for a maximum period of six months, retroactive to November 16, 2010,
without deduction from accrued PTO on the condition that Deputy Standaert assign any
Worker's Compensation benefits for the incapacity resulting from the incident of October
16, 2010 to the County.
Offered by the Public Protection Committee
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
❑ ❑ ❑ ® Frederick Horne
® ❑ ❑ ❑ James Stauffer
® ❑ ❑ ❑ Joe Hurtgen
® ❑ ❑ ❑ Steve Hermsen
❑ ❑ ❑ ® Roger Rebholz
® ❑ ❑ ❑ Robert Shearer
® ❑ ❑ ❑ Roger Larson
Reviewed as to form on This Resolution was adopted by the St. Croix County
Board of Supervisors on
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Campbell, County Clerk
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