HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinance 08-21-2000 ST. CROIX COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE
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Finance Committee Meet�n
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Monday, August 21 2000 at 8:00 a.m. ,
TO: Tom O'Connell Chairman
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Ralph Swenson, Vice-Chairman
Stan Krueger, Secretary
Nancy Bieraugel
Thomas Dorsey
FROM: Chuck Whiting, Administrative Coordinator
MEETING LOCATION: Government Center Room 1281
AGENDA
1. Workers Compensation as it relates to Health &Human Services & County
2. Wage adjustment agreements and evaluation information
3. Determining a time for a County Tour
Cc: County Board Office
News Media/Notice Board
County Clerk
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Special Meeting August 21, 2000
Meeting called to order by Chair O'Connell at 8 : 10 a.m. Present :
Tom O'Connell, Tom Dorsey and Stan Krueger. Absent and excused:
Nancy Bieraugel and Ralph Swenson. Staff present:
Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting, Finance Director Rich
Loney, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman, County Clerk Sue
Nelson.
Motion by Krueger, 2nd by Dorsey to adopt the agenda. Carried.
O' Connell attended a special meeting of Health and Human Services
and due to increasing worker' s comp claims, they wish to hire
Risk Manager, Bill Husbands. From January-August 1999 the Nursing
Home had 339 . 5 lost hours for a cost of $10, 000 . From January-
August 2000, the lost hours were 3, 728 for a cost of $122, 000 .
Husbands estimated his charge at $2, 000 per month.
Whiting has asked the insurance consultant to do an evaluation on
the entire county' s risk management needs . There needs to be a
contact person between Worker' s Comp, the claimant, and the
County. Cost for the evaluation would be approximately $3900 .
Timmerman commented perhaps managers of the facility are not
working with Worker' s Comp claimants. Whiting said this would
involve department heads talking to Doctors and calling people
back to work. A third party is needed to negotiate a settlement .
Motion by O' Connell, 2nd by Dorsey to approve Health and Human
Services to hire a risk manager until the end of the year.
Carried. A written contract should be utilized.
Wage Adjustments: Chair O' Connell is concerned how to meet the
goal of a 40 levy increase with all the wage adjustments approved
and the new position requests .
Whiting would rather not place adjusted wages in the Contingency
Fund but would prefer increases approved be included in each
department ' s budget . For those unions not settled, the County' s
figures on the table would be used. Department heads agreed to
this plan at the last staff meeting. There is concern by some
department heads about coming to Finance for dollars from the
Contingency Fund for wage increases.
UNOFFICIAL RECORD
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Special Meeting August 21, 2000
Meeting called to order by Chair O' Connell at 8 : 10 a.m. Present :
Tom O' Connell, Tom Dorsey and Stan Krueger. Absent and excused:
Nancy Bieraugel and Ralph Swenson. Staff present :
Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting, Finance Director Rich
Loney, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman, County Clerk Sue
Nelson.
Motion by Krueger, 2nd by Dorsey to adopt the agenda. Carried.
O' Connell attended a special meeting of Health and Human Services
and due to increasing worker' s comp claims, they wish to hire
Risk Manager, Bill Husbands . From January-August 1999 the Nursing
Home had 339 . 5 lost hours for a cost of $10, 000 . From January-
August 2000, the lost hours were 3 , 728 for a cost of $122, 000 .
Husbands estimated his charge at $2, 000 per month.
Whiting has asked the insurance consultant to do an evaluation on
the entire county' s risk management needs . There needs to be a
contact person between Worker' s Comp, the claimant, and the
County. Cost for the evaluation would be approximately $3900 .
Timmerman commented perhaps managers of the facility are not
working with Worker' s Comp claimants . Whiting said this would
involve department heads talking to Doctors and calling people
back to work. A third party is needed to negotiate a settlement .
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Motion by O' Connell, 2nd by Dorsey to approve Health and Human
Services to hire a risk manager until the end of the year.
Carried. A written contract should be utilized.
Wage Adjustments: Chair O' Connell is concerned how to meet the
goal of a 4% levy increase with all the wage adjustments approved
and the new position requests .
Whiting would rather not place adjusted wages in the Contingency
Fund but would prefer increases approved be included in each
department ' s budget . For those unions not settled, the County' s
figures on the table would be used. Department heads agreed to
this plan at the last staff meeting. There is concern by some
department heads about coming to Finance for dollars from the
Contingency Fund for wage increases .
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UNOFFICIAL RECORD
Loney said there is money in Contingency Fund for wage increases
but each department ' s entire budget should be reviewed to see if
the Department needs it .
Krueger noted the $524, 000 budgeted for 2000 wages in the
Contingency Fund will not be sufficient to cover the wages
approved by the County Board. He recommended budgeting wage
numbers known and projected figures for unions not settled.
The resolution from Health and Human Services for money from
Contingency Fund should come to Finance Committee.
Tour of the County: O'Connell will send out some possible dates
for Finance Committee to tour the county.
Equalized Evaluation: Loney distributed the 2000 valuations .
The County has increased 14 . 5% with a growth of $493 , 000, 000 .
Motion to adjourn by Dorsey, 2nd by Krueger; meeting adjourned at
9 : 05 a.m.
Stan Krueger, Secretary