HomeMy WebLinkAboutPersonnel Committee 04-07-1999 ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Tom Dorsey, Chairman
St . Croix County Board
FROM: William Krueger, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Personnel
DATE: April 7, 1999
TIME: 9 a.m.
LOCATION: Government Center, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES from March 2, 1999
UNFINISHED BUSINESS :
Employee Recognition Update
Health Insurance Update
Nursing Home CNA Recruitment Plan
NEW BUSINESS :
Request for temporary position funding in Sheriff's Department
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 31, 1999
COPIES TO: County Board Office, County Clerk, News Media, Notice
Board, Committee Members
Personnel Committee Meeting
Date: April 7, 1999 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee was called to order at 9 : 05 a.m. by
Chairman Bill Krueger. Members present : Krueger, Herb Giese,
Gerald Peterson, Mary Louise Olson, and Art Jacobson. Also
present : Dennis Hillstead, Julie Speer, John Krizek, and Debra
Kathan. Moved (Peterson, Giese) to accept the agenda as presented.
Discussion by Giese regarding the deleting of the request for
temporary help funding; no action. Motion approved.
Moved (Jacobson, Peterson) and approved to accept the minutes
of the March 3 meeting. The next meeting was set for 9 a.m. , May
5 .
Discussion regarding the request for a temporary Investigator
position in the Sheriff' s department . It was noted that the
request was generated by the Sheriff and District Attorney and had
not been formally approved by the Public Protection Committee .
Speer noted that it would be taken up as an agenda item at their
meeting the following day. The Sheriff noted backlogs in cases
that he felt needed concentrated effort . Current staffing was not
adequate to open cold cases . Moved (Jacobson, Olson) to approve
the request for a temporary Investigator position in the Sheriff' s
Department, contingent upon the approval of the request by the
Public Protection Committee . Motion approved.
Peterson asked for an update on the direct deposit of payroll
checks . It was noted that the County is reviewing vendors for check
writing and it would be more appropriate to discuss expanding
services once the payroll issues have been settled by the Finance
Department . Direct deposit will be studied at a later date .
Kathan noted that she and Eileen Graham had hosted a
supervisory training session on employee performance yesterday at
the Ramada Inn Conference Center in Eau Claire . There were 74
registrants for the full-day program.
Health insurance costs continue to exceed deposits and this
issue will be reviewed by the Finance Committee . Discussion
regarding the potential for increasing monthly premiums .
The Committee requested an update on the CNA recruitment plan.
It was stated that the $500 bounty program had not produced
recruitment results . Kathan stated that the labor market is
currently not supportive of positions in direct patient
care. There is an industry shortage of candidates, felt most
severely in the CNA classification.
The Committee discussed the Employee Recognition Banquet and
set a tentative date of September 16 . The location and meal have
been established and the entertainment will be confirmed next week.
The 6 p.m. meal would be followed by entertainment and a ceremony
honoring "milestone" employees who have provided 15, 20, or 25
years of service to the County. More details will be finalized at
a later date .
Moved (Giese) and approved to adjourn at 11 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Louise Olson
Secretary