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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Tom Dorsey, St. Croix County Board Chairman
FROM: Gerald Peterson, Personnel Committee Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Personnel
DATE: March 20, 2002
TIME: 9 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from February 20, 2002
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Cost of 2002 settlement, HS- Professional
Organizational study update —C. Whiting
Health Insurance update —C. Whiting
Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) for the review of labor negotiations strategies
(Sheriff's Department -10 a.m.; Nursing Home -10:45 a.m.; Human Services -11:15
a.m.; General Labor)
Reconvene into open session to complete agenda
NEW BUSINESS:
Elected Officials' Salaries, 2003 -2004 9:30 a.m.
Request for temporary full -time Social Worker to be made permanent (R. Kiesler)- -noon
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: March 13, 2002
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board,
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Date: March 20, 2002 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by Chairman
Gerald Peterson. Members present: Peterson, Mary Louise Olson, Julie Speer, Ralph
Swenson, and Art Jacobson. Also present: Chuck Whiting and Debra Kathan. Moved
(Speer, Swenson) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. Moved (Jacobson,
Olson) and approved to adopt the minutes of the February 20 meeting.
Members received copies of the costing for settlement of the social worker
arbitration. Discussion regarding the development of costing materials to be used in new
bargaining sessions. Kathan will bring forward some ideas at the next meeting. Whiting
noted that he had talked with the Computer Services Director regarding a human
resources program in the payroll system, SAGE. He will further review this issue with
Tom Boron.
Whiting noted that the organizational study was progressing with work on the
mission statement and business responsibilities being documented by the Springsted
Group. An Access software program is being used by Springsted to record narrative
information regarding the departments. Copies of the work completed as of this date
were distributed to the affected departments and Whiting is collecting feedback on the
developing document. He plans to have the mission statements and business
responsibilities completed in time for the April 23 planning session of the County Board.
Elected officials Sue Nelson, Kay Walsh, Lori Frascht- Meyer, and Dennis
Hillstead appeared before the Committee to discuss wage rates for the next 2 -year term of
their positions. Frascht -Meyer presented information showing a 17- County comparison
and requested that efforts be made to provide for the average of the comparable counties.
Additionally, she requests a 3% increase in each of the two years, 2003 and 2004. Walsh
presented material regarding the positions of Register of Deeds, County Treasurer, and
County Clerk. She requested increases to bring the elected positions to the 17- County
average, plus 3% each year. Nelson asked that provisions be made to compensate elected
officials for PTO time that was forfeited when they left regular county positions for
elected positions. This would include permitting past PTO time be available for use to
pay health insurance premiums upon retirement. Sheriff Hillstead asked for
consideration of a 3% wage increase in each of the four years of the term. He reminded
the Committee that the Sheriff's position had increased to the four year standard. The
elected officials were excused from the meeting. Peterson announced that the Committee
would take action at next month's meeting.
Motion (Swenson, Olson) to go into closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the
review of labor negotiation strategies and issues. Roll call vote: all aye; moved into
closed session at 10:06 a.m. Sheriff Hillstead was present to review labor issues in law
enforcement. John Borup and Carolyn Krieger were present to review labor issues in the
HHS/Nursing Home area. Moved (Jacobson, Olson) and approved to come out of closed
session at 12:14 p.m.
Ron Kiesler from HHS requested that a full -time CSP Social Worker position be
made permanent. The Human Services Board had approved the request. He noted that
funding was recently received from the state to cover the cost of the full -time position
with benefits. Moved (Olson, Speer) and approved to recommend that the CSP Social
Worker position be made a regular benefit position until such time as funding ceases. The
request will go to the Finance Committee for a financial review and, assuming approval,
to the County Board for adoption.
Peterson announced that the next Committee meeting would be at 8:30 a.m. on
April 17. Whiting updated the Committee on the health insurance fund, noting that we
have had consistent usage, well below the same period of time one and two years ago.
He is reviewing proposals for a claims audit of the health insurance. Moved (Speer,
Olson) and approved to recommend to the Finance Committee that they consider a claims
audit for the health insurance.
Whiting noted that he would have a Springsted update on the organizational study
at the next meeting. Peterson asked that a software update be provided at the next
meeting as we prepare for labor negotiations.
Moved (Speer, Jacobson) and approved to adjourn at 1:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Louise Olson
Secretary