HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdministration 09-16-15 AGENDA
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
September 16, 2015 5:00 PM
County Board Room
1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin
A quorum of the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors (County Board) may be present at this meeting.
Therefore, this notice also serves as notice of a meeting of the County Board for the purpose of obtaining
information relating to subjects listed above for use at future County Board Meetings.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Wednesday, August 19, 2015
PUBLIC COMMENT
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Financial Reports
2. County Administrator's 2016 Group Health and Life Insurance Renewal
Recommendations
3. Resolution to Terminate Coverage With LGPIF and Elect Property Insurance
Coverage From the New Municipal Property Insurance Company (MPIC)
4. 2014 Audit Report by Brock Geyen, CPA, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
5. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Selection Vendor Introduction and
Process Overview
6. 2016 Budget Requests - Administration Committee Departments
7. Tax Deed Sales via Wisconsin Surplus Online Auction Service - September 2015
8. Resolution Supporting Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Nonfiscal Matters in
State Budget
9. HR Director Hiring Process Update
10. Revision to HR Handbook, Article 10, Personal Time Off (PTO) Section 6 Annual
PTO Options
11. Review Compensation of County Board Supervisors Including Chair and Vice Chair
12. 2016 County Board Supervisor Orientation - Review Survey Results
13. Ad Hoc Library Services Subcommittee Report
14. Create and Appoint Members to the County Library Planning Subcommittee
15. Fairgrounds Adjacent Land Purchase Offer
16. The committee may convene into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e)
to deliberate on Fairgrounds request to purchase adjacent land proposal for
competitive or bargaining reasons.
17. Reconvene into open session to report and/or take action on items discussed in
closed session
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
ADJOURN
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
MEETING MINUTES
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
September 16, 2015 5:00 PM
County Board Room-Government Center
County Board Room - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
Travis Schachtner St. Croix County Chair Present
Roy Sjoberg St. Croix County Supervisor Present
Jill Ann Berke St. Croix County Supervisor Present
Ron Kiesler St. Croix County Vice Chair Present
Judy Achterhof St. Croix County Supervisor Present
Other County Board Supervisors present: Dave Ostness, Roger Larson, Agnes Ring
Also in Attendance: Staff: Scott Cox, Pat Thompson, Kristen Ziliak, Robert Mittet,
Laurie Noble, John Allegro, Jim Elsbury, Fred Johnson, Chad Wolske, Lisa Plunkett,
Cindy Campbell, Jode Frick Formiller, Colleen Krohn
Presenters: Jim Jansch of WILLIS, Dean Boes and Danielle Rogacki of WMMIC, Rob
Roque and Eva Olsaker of GFOA, Brock Geyen of CliftonLarsonAllen
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Administration Committee – Regular Meeting – August 19, 2015 5:00 PM
Removed Supervisor Schachtner from the 'Ayes' voting line and changed to 'Excused' as
he was not present for the Resolution Approving Post Issuance Tax Compliance Policies
and Procedures.
Grammatical revisions: 'r' in railroad should be lower case , no period at then end of the
first point and the #2, and flood 'plane' should be flood 'plain'. The word meeting was
missing the second 'e' in the vote section under Reconvene into open session to report and
or take action on items discussed in closed session
Supervisor Schachtner indicated minutes would be accepted with the changes stated
above
RESULT: ACCEPTED AS AMENDED
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Financial Reports
County Administrator Thompson presented the Financial Reports through the end of July
for the Administration Committee, as well as the Treasurers Reports.
Supervisor Sjoberg requested additional information on 2014 budget variance as it relates
to vehicle registration fees. He also would like a running total of all the years when the
report shows various comparison's, rather than just a total at the end. Sjoberg had
additional questions regarding use of sales tax revenue. Mittet stated that in 2015 the
County did apply some sales tax fund surplus to off-set the levy.
Supervisor Berke had a question regarding general fund balance. Mittet answered that at
the end of 2014, general fund balance was 49%. He expects that at the end of 2015 that
number will decrease.
2. County Administrator's 2016 Group Health and Life Insurance Renewal
Recommendations
County Administrator Thompson introduced Jim Jansch of WILLIS, the County's
employee benefits insurance broker. Jansch provided an overview of the County's Health
Insurance program, claims performance and 2016 renewal factors. Competitive bids were
received for Claims Administration and Reinsurance for 2016. Preferred One is the
current claims administrator and the recommendation is to stay with Preferred One in
2016 based on lowest cost bid. Preferred One did agree to start administering COBRA
notices for no additional cost. The current reinsurer is Munich RE. Guardian's
reinsurance bid came in lower than Munich RE and is recommended for the 2016
renewal. For Dental, currently the employee pays 100% of the monthly premium with
Delta Dental. Dental bids result in a recommendation to switch from Delta Dental to
Guardian. The County is considering contributing 25% of monthly dental premium in
2016. The County is recommending adding a vision benefit to the program for 2016,
100% employee paid, voluntary. Life insurance is currently offered to employees
through Sun Life. The recommendation for 2016 is to move the coverage to UNUM
based on their low bid. Voluntary life insurance is also offered to employees through Sun
Life and the recommendation for 2016 is also to switch to UNUM. ID theft coverage is
being recommended as a new program for 2016, 100% employee paid premium,
voluntary.
The County Administrator requested approval for recommended changes to the 2016
employee benefits programs including; switching reinsurers from Munich RE to
Guardian, switching dental providers from Delta Dental to Guardian with the County
contributing 25% of the dental premium, switching life and voluntary life providers from
Sun Life to UNUM and adding a voluntary 100% employee paid vision plan with
Guardian and a voluntary 100% employee paid Identity Theft benefit with ID Watch
Dog.
The Committee requested Jim Jansch of WILLIS seek additional quotes from Guardian
on the dental with the County contributing at higher rates. Jansch estimated he could
obtain quotes by next Tuesday. The Committee will vote on all the recommended
changes at next week's meeting on 9/23/15.
RESULT: DISCUSSED-NO ACTION
3. Resolution to Terminate Coverage With LGPIF and Elect Property Insurance Coverage
From the New Municipal Property Insurance Company (MPIC).
County Administrator Thompson introduced Dean Boes and Danielle Rogacki of
WMMIC. Boes summarized the work to date to form a new entity to provide property
insurance coverage to government entities in consideration of the issues with the State's
Property Insurance Fund, LGPIF.
Motion to recommend as presented by Kiesler, second by Achterhoff
Discussion of the other options available to the County and when comparable renewal
quotes from LGPIF and MPIC would be available. Quotes have not been obtained from
the commercial marketplace to date. Ziliak acknowledged the lack of comparable quotes
from LGPIF and MPIC but requested the committee consider forwarding the
recommendation to the full board for discussion on October 6th due to the County's
existing policy renewal date of 11/7/15 and requirement that the full County Board
approve withdrawal from LGPIF and LGPIF has requested notification of withdrawal as
soon possible. Boes and Rogacki indicated the MPIC quote will be available by 10/6 and
Ziliak indicated the LGPIF quote will be in by then as well.
Berke made a motion to postpone the vote until October 6th when both quotes could be
considered. There was no second.
Vote on the original motion - motion passed.
RESULT: RECOMMENDED [4 TO 1]
MOVER: Ron Kiesler, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Judy Achterhof, Supervisor
AYES: Travis Schachtner, Roy Sjoberg, Ron Kiesler, Judy Achterhof
NAYS: Jill Ann Berke
4. 2014 Audit Report by Brock Geyen, CPA, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Supervisor Schachtner introduced Brock Geyen of CliftonLarsonAllen who reviewed the
2014 Audit summary with the Committee.
Supervisor Sjoberg had a question regarding appendix B statement about the basis for
adverse opinion. Geyen clarified the statement means that the audit report is in a
condensed version vs a full detailed version but overall the County received a clean audit
opinion.
5. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Selection Vendor Introduction and Process
Overview
Information Technology Director, John Allegro introduced GFOA representatives Rob
Roque and Eva Olsaker who will lead the County through the process of determining
how current finance and human resources systems can be integrated for improved
efficiency, or if a new system should be obtained to achieve long term business process
improvements and best practices. The process takes about 16 months and identifies needs
and opportunities for business process improvements. GFOA does not sell software or
enter into arrangements with any software companies. GFOA will not make a system
selection recommendation but will assist staff in evaluating the differences between
system proposals so the County can make the best selection. The Committee's questions
were answered by staff and the GFOA representatives. If new software if recommended
and purchased, the value of the software and associated costs will be depreciated as a
capital asset. Options for funding the full project were discussed including general fund
use or additional bonding.
6. 2016 Budget Requests - Administration Committee Departments
Initial discussion focused on how the payroll for the Assistant County Administrator is
budgeted. Right now the position is budgeted in the Risk Management budget.
Discussion about the best budgeting practice for the Assistant County Administrator
position. The County Administrator was asked to bring a recommendation to the
Committee of the Whole meeting regarding budgeting a portion of the position in the
County Administrator's budget. Senior Management Analyst, Kristen Ziliak indicated
2016 liability allocations to departments are the same in 2016 as they were in 2015. There
has not been an increase in Liability Fund allocations to departments since 2010. The
allocations to departments are based on department claim history and exposure
(percentage of payroll and number of vehicles operated) and do not fluctuate based on
increases in expenses for staff who support Risk Management programs.
The other departments reviewed their budgets with the Committee highlighting any line
items where the amount for 2016 has increased or decreased significantly and any new
position requests. All of the budgets reflect payroll increases for the implementation of
the McGrath Study. Corporation Counsel has an increased budget request for software.
Facilities is requesting one new position for the Health Center. IT budget increases
include cost shifting of telephone expenses to the IT Budget from the Health and Human
Services and Emergency Support Services budgets as well as annual software licensure
cost increases. One new position will be requested which will perform low voltage audio
visual and networking job tasks which are currently being contracted out.
7. Tax Deed Sales via Wisconsin Surplus Online Auction Service - September 2015
County Clerk, Cindy Campbell provided a handout summarizing the results of the bids
through Wisconsin Surplus Online Auction Service. These were bids that were on the
books since July. All the properties received a bid except the on in the Village of
Baldwin. Corporation Counsel suggested keeping it on Wisconsin Surplus Online
Auction Service with some deadlines until bids are received.
Total bids were less than the appraised value but the parcels will be returned to the tax
role.
Motion by Kiesler, second by Berke to approve all of the bids as presented by the
County Clerk (additional handout included in minutes)
Carried Unanimously
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Ron Kiesler, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Jill Ann Berke, Supervisor
AYES: Travis Schachtner, Roy Sjoberg, Jill Ann Berke, Ron Kiesler, Judy
Achterhof
8. Resolution Supporting Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Nonfiscal Matters in State
Budget
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
9. HR Director Hiring Process Update
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
10. Revision to HR Handbook, Article 10, Personal Time Off (PTO) Section 6 Annual PTO
Options
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
11. Review Compensation of County Board Supervisors Including Chair and Vice Chair
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
12. 2016 County Board Supervisor Orientation - Review Survey Results
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
13. Ad Hoc Library Services Subcommittee Report
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
14. Create and Appoint Members to the County Library Planning Subcommittee
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
15. Fairgrounds Adjacent Land Purchase Offer
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
16. The committee may convene into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) to
deliberate on Fairgrounds request to purchase adjacent land proposal for competitive or
bargaining reasons.
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
17. Reconvene into open session to report and/or take action on items discussed in closed
session
Moved to September 23, 2015
RESULT: NO ACTION
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Items not covered tonight will be covered at the meeting next Wednesday, September 23rd
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Some will be attending the WCA Conference starting this weekend.
Acknowledge receipt of correspondence from John Kucinski regarding front entrance screening
and day reporting.
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 9:05pm
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
September 23, 2015