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Personnel Committee Meeting
Date: September 7, 1999 Location: Government Center, Hudson
The Personnel Committee meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m. by Chairman
Gerald Peterson. Members present included Peterson, Mary Louise Olson, Julie Speer, Herb
Giese, and Art Jacobson. Also present: Debra Kathan and John Krizek.
Moved (Speer, Giese) and approved to accept the agenda as presented. Moved (Olson,
Jacobson) and approved to accept the minutes of the August 27 meeting. The next meeting
was scheduled for September 10. Two temporary help requests arrived after the last meeting
and will be distributed to Committee members prior to the next meeting.
The Committee met with members of the AFSCME bargaining team to exchange initial
proposals in anticipation of a new contract for year 2000. Representing the AFSCME unions
was business agent Steve Hartmann. The bargaining teams agreed to the following stipulations
regarding the negotiations process:
* no recording devices
* the bargaining sessions after the initial exchange of proposals will be
in closed session until impasse is reached; at impasse, the media can be
made aware of the positions taken by each side
* during the bargaining, each side can keep its members (union or board)
apprised of the progress
*each side keeps their own set of bargaining notes
* tentative agreements can be reached and initialed during bargaining,
however TA's will not go forward once impasse is reached
* each side can call for a caucus at any time
* each side reserves the right to add to, delete, or modify its positions
and items for discussion
The next bargaining session was set for 1 p.m., September 21 at the Government
Center, Hudson. Future dates were set with the union to include 1 p.m. start times on October
4, 11, 18, and 25.
The negotiations teams dismissed and the Personnel Committee completed its agenda
items. Discussion regarding the compensation package proposed for the non-represented
employees. The Committee determined that it was appropriate to discuss the issues in open
session in light of the previous distribution of the package to Board members. Moved
(Jacobson, Speer) and approved to rescind all previous proposals regarding the 2000-2002
compensation package for non-represented employees. Moved (Speer, Olson) and approved to
recommend to the County Board a non-represented compensation package to include: direct
deposit of payroll checks on a voluntary basis, implementation of a Section 125 plan, insurance
premiums to be paid on a 90/10 employer/employee split, an 11-day lag in payroll checks, and
wage increases for the years 2000, 2001, and 2002 from the yellow-coded 7P plan dated
08/24/99.
Moved (Peterson, Giese) and approved to adjourn at 3:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Louise Olson
Secretary