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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: February 20, 2002
TIME: 9 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from January 16, 2002
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the review of labor negotiations strategies
Reconvene into open session to conclude agenda items.
Update on health insurance fund —C. Whiting
Update on Springsted study —C. Whiting
Update on union arbitration
NEW BUSINESS:
Request from Nursing Home for approval of new performance evaluation form
Update on new employees
Review of health insurance rates in the area
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: January 31, 2002
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board,
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Date: February 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, and Art Jacobson.
Excused absences: Julie Speer and Ralph Swenson. Also present: Debra Kathan and
Chuck Whiting. Moved (Olson, Jacobson) and approved to adopt the agenda as
presented. Olson asked that the next agenda include cost figures for the 2002 settlement.
Moved (Jacobson, Olson) and approved to adopt the minutes of the January 16, 2002
meeting.
Motion (Jacobson, Olson) to go into closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for
the review of labor negotiations strategies and performance evaluation. Roll call vote:
all aye; moved into closed session at 9:05 a.m. Moved (Olson, Jacobson) and approved
to come out of closed session at 11:20 a.m. Discussion with Carolyn Krieger, Nursing
Home Administrator, regarding a specialized performance evaluation for use in the
nursing home operation. Moved (Olson, Jacobson) and approved to permit the use of the
CNA Performance Evaluation as presented by Carolyn Krieger, effective 02- 20 -02.
A geographical chart showing health insurance rates and provisions of coverage
in various counties was distributed by Kathan to the committee members. Whiting
updated the committee regarding the Springsted Organizational Study. He indicated that
all departments had been made aware of the materials and their missions statements and
core responsibilities were due in his office on Friday. Whiting hopes that once the study
is completed, it can be used as an annual review of staffing needs and to set minimums
for job and departmental requirements. He also plans to use it as a tool in determining
appropriate training opportunities for employees. The committee asked that he provide
another update at the next meeting.
Whiting is considering an audit of the health insurance program to determine if
the third party administrator has been making correct payments on services from health
care providers. The fund continues to operate at about 68% of projected usage, providing
for an increase in the health insurance fund balance.
Kathan noted that briefs in the Human Services -- Professional Union were to be
filed with the arbitrator this week. Reply briefs would follow, then the arbitrator would
have a window of 90 -120 days to render a decision.
Kathan distributed a listing of new and banked positions that were approved for
2002 and their status in terms of recruitment and filling of vacancies. Whiting noted
that final plans had not been formulated regarding the county's reaction to the state's
budget shortfall and its impact on the local level. He plans to go to the Finance
Committee in March with an overview of the money that is received by the county from
the state and seek direction from them and from the County Board. He indicated that
there are secondary effects of the lost shared revenue including overmatched mandates,
support of state offices, and the impact of purchased services by townships, villages, and
municipalities.
Whiting presented a request from the Finance Committee to increase the rate of
PTO accumulation for Tom Boron. Moved (Olson, Jacobson) and approved to deny the
request. The committee noted that the setting of PTO rates was appropriately part of the
hiring process.
Moved (Jacobson, Olson) and approved to adjourn at 12:54 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Louise Olson
Secretary