HomeMy WebLinkAboutPersonnel Committee 08-11-03ST. 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: August 11, 2003
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from July 7, 2003
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Review of LAW Arbitration
Review of Mission Statement
NEW BUSINESS:
New Position request for 2004 budget — Sheriff's Department
Personnel/Recruitment budget, 2004
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: July 31, 2003
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board,
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Official
Date: August 11, 2003 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman
Daryl Standafer. Members present: Standafer, Leon Berenschot, Stan Krueger, and Dick
King. Absent was Julie Speer. Also present: Debra Kathan and Chuck Whiting.
Moved (Berenschot, Krueger) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented.
Moved (King, Berenschot) and approved to accept the minutes of the July 7, 2003
meeting. The next regular meeting was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on September 8.
Copies of the county's arbitration brief with the LAW Union were distributed to
committee members. Discussion regarding the honoring of a tentative agreement for
contract settlement. Krueger noted that health insurance premiums in Minnesota counties
required significant employee contributions when purchasing policies beyond the single
rate —i.e. employee costs of $300 -$400 per month for family coverage. Rebuttal briefs
must be filed by August 18. An arbitrator's decision should come within three months.
The committee reviewed the Personnel Department mission statement and
accompanying materials prepared for the Springsted Organizational Study. Moved
(Berenschot, Krueger) and approved to accept the Mission Statement as presented.
The committee reviewed the proposed 2004 operational budget for the Personnel
Department. Discussion regarding the value of the employee picnic and appreciation
banquet. Kathan noted that the document represented a no- increase budget for 2004.
Costs for the purchase of legal services would increase in 2004 with four or five pending
contract arbitrations, however the cost of advertisements and publications would decrease
as more information is placed on the internet or as targeted advertising in specific
geographic areas or specialized publications. No changes were made to the budget.
Moved (Berenschot, King) and approved to adopt the Personnel budget for 2003.
Sheriff Hillstead appeared before the committee to request a new position for
2004, based upon a grant he received only recently. The grant allows for $55,893 in
personnel costs for staff to work in the area of juvenile gun violence. He would like to
concentrate the money on the assignment of an additional investigator to work in juvenile
cases where gun violence is an issue, drug investigation where related crimes such as
burglary are evident, and speak to schools and hunter safety classes regarding gun
violence. The position would be filled on a temporary basis from within the ranks of the
existing staff, ultimately resulting in a "sunsetting" position in the j ail. Moved
(Berenschot, King) and approved to recommend that the grant- funded position in the
Sheriff's Department be placed into the 2004 budget, with the understanding that once
the grant money is used, the position will be "sunsetted ". Standafer voted in the
negative.
Standafer adjourned the meeting at 9:40 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra Kathan
Acting Secretary