Personnel Committee


DATE: Friday, May 12, 2006
PLACE:
Room 213

ATTENDANCE

Members Present: T. Meister, S. Alexander, H. Netzinger, P. Tollaksen Absent: J. Stoeckman

Others Present

M. Koehler, K. Pope, J. Briggs, K. Beghin, W. Oath, B. Strauss, D. Zeller, J. Johnson

ORDER OF BUSINESS

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Chair T. Meister at 8:15 a.m. and was certified to be in compliance with the Open Meetings Law.

AGENDA

Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by S. Alexander to adopt the amended agenda.
Motion carried.

MINUTES

Motion by S. Alexander, second by P. Tollaksen, approve the April 11, 2006, minutes as distributed. Motion carried.

ELECTIONS

T. Meister called for nominations from the members present for the office of Personnel Committee Chair. P. Tollaksen, second by H. Net zinger to nominate T. Meister, for Personnel Committee Chair.

2nd Call for nominations. None.

3rd Call for nominations. None.

Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by H. Net zinger to close the nominations and elect T. Meister Personnel Committee Chair.
Motion carried..

T. Meister called for nominations from the members present for the office of Personnel Committee Vice -Chair. T. Meister, second by H. Net zinger to nominate P. Tollaksen for the office of Vice-Chair.

2nd Call for nominations. None.

3rd Call for nominations. None.

Motion by T. Meister, second by S. Alexander to close the nominations and elect P. Tollaksen, . Meister Personnel Committee Vice-Chair.
Motion carried.

Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by H. Netzinger to close the nominations and elect T. Meister Personnel Committee Chair.
Motion carried.

T. Meister called for nominations from the members present for the office of Personnel Committee Secretary. H. Netzinger, second by P. Tollaksen to nominate S. Alexander for the office of Secretary.

2nd Call for nominations. None.

3rd Call for nominations. None.

Motion by P. Tollaksen, H. Netzinger to close the nominations and elect S. Alexander, Personnel Committee Secretary.
Motion carried.

Establishment of Regular Meeting

Discussion took place regarding the scheduling of the regular monthly meeting date and time for the Sauk County Board Personnel Committee. A communication had been submitted by committee member J. Stoeckman requesting consideration of a different meeting date from the former second Friday morning of the month. Ms. Stoeckman requested consideration of the regular meeting be moved to Tuesdays or Wednesdays or Thursday or Friday afternoon. Members present reviewed their current committments and by unanimous decision decided to leave the regular meeting of the Personnel Committee at 8:15 a.m., on the second Friday of each month; as a result of scheduling conflicts.

SEIU/UP 1199W - J. JOHNSON TERMINATION Grievance

Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by H. Netzinger to enter into closed session to hear the grievance of former employee J. Johnson. Closed session to include: M. Koehler, K. Pope, J. Briggs, W. Orth, J. Johnson, D. Zeller, and Business Representative B. Strauss. Roll call vote was taken.

Meister - aye, Tollaksen -aye, Alexander - aye, Netzinger - aye.
Motion carried.

Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by H. Netzinger to reconvene in open session.
Motion carried.

Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by H. Netzinger to uphold the termination and deny the grievance of J. Johnson. The Personnel Director will send a letter to SEIU/UP 1199W notifying the bargaining unit of the the Personnel Committee's decision.
Motion carried.

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

Copies of the resolution ratifying the 2006-2008 bargaining agreement with AFSCME Local # 360, were distributed to the members of the Committee. Motion by S. Alexander, second by P. Tollaksen to approve the resolution ratifying the 2006-2008 collective bargaining agreement between Sauk County and AFSCME Local No. 360, as negotiated and to present it to the full County Board for ratification.
Motion carried.

M. Koehler circulated a side letter of agreement for signature between Sauk County and AFSCME Local 360 approving a four day workweek for the summer of 2006, noting a deviation from contract language for normal hours of work. Koehler was asked why the language was not incorporated into the new contract; it was explained that it was not requested by either side.

PARKS DEPARTMENT

Parks Director S. Koenig has requested authorization to hire an additional seasonal employee for the Parks Department, funding for the additional position would come from not filling the summer intern position. Motion by T. Meister, second by P. Tollaksen to authorize one additional seasonal employee in excess of 90 days for the Parks Department.
Motion carried.

PLANNING AND ZONING

L. Gurney, Planning and Zoning Director appeared before the Committee to request a limited term employee in excess of ninety days to fill the vacancy resulting from M. Bremer being called to active duty in the military. Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by S. Alexander to authorize the LTE in excess of ninety days.
Motion carried.

COUNTY BOARD CHAIR

M. Krueger, newly elected County Board Chairman appeared in attendance for a portion of the meeting.

DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES:

M. Koehler provided the Committee with an update on the Administrative Coordinator recruitment. The deadline to receive applications was March 31, at that time the number of applications received was approximately twenty-five. It was again discussed that the establishing of an interview panel would be after the election of the 2006 - 2007 Executive & Legislative Committee.

Koehler provided the Committee with the Personnel Department monthly report, including recruitments, leaves, unemployment and the past month's labor relation activities including negotiations and greivance arbitrations.

Koehler provided the Committee with the Form 1 of the 2007 budget and asked if there were any questions. Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by S. Alexander to approve Form 1 as presented.
Motion carried.

Koehler reminded the Committee that the Johnson arbitration is scheduled for July 20, and there will need to be a joint meeting held with the Finance Committee to consider reclassification requests for the 2007 budget.

K. Pope provided the Committee with a summary of Personnel related activities for the Sauk County Health Care Center.

Expenditures for the month of April were presented in the amount of $3,213.99. Motion by P. Tollaksen, second by T. Meister to approve payment.
Motion carried.

Motion by T. Meister, second by P. Tollaksen to adjourn until Friday, June 9 , 2006, at 8:15 a.m.
Motion carried.

Meeting adjournedat 9:45 a.m..

Respectfully submitted: Peter Tollaksen, Secretary