HomeMy WebLinkAboutPersonnel Committee 09-04-02ST. 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: September 4, 2002
TIME: 10 a.m.; meeting with AFSCME unions at 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from August 19 and 21, 2002
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
Review of request from Emergency Communications and Management Committee for
inclusion of additional telecommunicator position in 2003 budget
Review of temporary help requests for 2003 budget
Review of bargaining issues in preparation for AFSCME bargain
Review of non -union compensation for 2003 -2004; review of LAW contract in
preparation for ratification vote at County Board
1:00 Exchange of proposals with AFSCME unions
Possible closed session per WI Stat. 19.85 (1) c for the purpose of contract bargaining
with AFSCME unions; reconvene into open session to conclude agenda items.
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: August 25, 2002
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice Board,
Committee Members
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
Date: September 4, 2002 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. by Chairman
Daryl Standafer. Member present: Standafer, Julie Speer, Stan Krueger, and Dick King.
Excused absence: Leon Berenschot. Also present: Debra Kathan, Chuck Whiting, Gary
Kollman, and Chuck Mehls.
Moved (King, Krueger) and approved to adopt the agenda as presented. Moved
(Speer, Krueger) and approved to accept the minutes of the August 19 meeting. Moved
(King, Krueger) and approved to accept the minutes of the August 21 meeting. Kollman
and Mehls, representing the Communications Center, made a presentation regarding the
staffing re- organization in the department and the need for an additional lead
telecommunicator to spend half -time in the technical area of dispatching including
government center telephones, equipment evaluation and repair, and data updating for the
E -911 system. By expanding the work hours of the part-time staff and adding a half -time
dispatcher (lead technical) it is the opinion of the department head that a savings of
nearly $33,000 in overtime costs could be realized.
Discussion regarding the government center's telephone system and the need for
standardizing the equipment. Currently the telephones are selected by each department
with troubleshooting handled through the Communications Center and bills paid by the
Maintenance Department. Moved (Krueger, Speer) and approved (on a 4 -0 vote) to
recommend that the position of Lead Technical Telecommunicator be included in the
2003 budget with the understanding that complete control of the government center's
telephone system, including equipment selection, troubleshooting, and bill paying, will be
assigned to the Communications Center. The Personnel Committee will contact the
appropriate governing Committee to confirm the departmental assignment.
The Committee reviewed the LAW settlement and indicated that it would be
recommended by the Committee for a September vote of the County Board, providing
that the union had ratified the agreement. Discussion regarding a non -union
compensation settlement for 2003 -2004. No action was taken at this time. Kathan noted
that her office had not yet received all of the temporary help requests for the 2003 budget.
Action on the requests will be delayed until the next committee meeting.
Leon Berenschot and Steve Weld arrived at 12:40 p.m. The Highway Union met
with the Committee to exchange proposals for contract year 2003 +. Present on behalf of
the Union were Mike Van Keuren, Rodney Kongshaug, and AFSCME representative
Steve Hartmann. The Highway Union had no paper proposals to exchange, but requested
a five percent wage increase in each of three years -2003, 2004, and 2005. The County
provided the Union with a paper document listing proposals for the bargaining of a new
contract. New dates were set for negotiations with the Highway Union: 8:30 a.m.,
September 30 and 8:30 a.m., October 14. The ground rules agreed to by each side
indicated that future negotiations would be in closed session.
Standafer noted that future Personnel Committee dates included September 10, at
which time the Committee will have a joint session with the Finance Committee; and
September 16 in New Richmond, at which time the County and the remaining AFSCME
bargaining units will exchange initial proposals.
Standafer adjourned the Committee at 2:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Speer, Secretary