HomeMy WebLinkAboutPersonnel Committee - Minutes - 2/13/2014Minutes of the
Bayfield County Personnel Committee Meeting
2:30 PM, February 13, 2014
Emergency Operations Center, Bayfield County Annex Building, Washburn, WI
Members Present: Brett Rondeau, John Bennett, Shawn Miller, Neil Schultz, William Bussey
Members Excused: None
Others Present: County Administrator Mark Abeles-Allison, Kristine Kavajecz-Assistant,
Kenneth Jardine, Jason Bodine-Forest Administrator, Ben Dufford-County Conservationist,
Dennis Pocernich
Rondeau called the meeting to order at 2:30pm.
Motion Miller, Schultz to approve minutes of the January 2, 2014 Personnel Committee meeting.
Motion Carried.
2014 Wage Policy:
a. Recently Hired Employee Wages. Proposal is to use a co-worker max as the market wage
for recently hired employees(hired prior to January 1, 2014). These employees would
progress to the higher wage based on the 85, 90, 95, 100% wage levels. There are
approximately 16 employees impacted.
Recommendation of the committee is to move these employees to 100% of the co-worker
wage over 2 years.
Motion Bussey, Miller to approve increases for recently hired employees (hired prior to
January 1, 2014) to equal their co-worker wage after 2 years of employment. Motion
Carried.
b. Recently Promoted Employee Wages: Jail Sergeants and WIC Nutritionist
Motion Bussey, Bennett to approve max for Jail Sergeant at the same as current Social
Worker I (.82 more per hour) and max for WIC Nutritionist at the same as the current
Assistant Forest Administrator. Discussion followed. Motion Carried (4-1)
c. Reclassification Wages: Recommendation from the County Administrator is to approve a
2% increase for employees that are reclassified to a higher position, but existing wage is
higher than the reclassified position wage on the new wage schedule.
d. Job Reclassifications: Motion Bussey, Bennett to postpone this item to the next meeting.
Motion Carried.
Health Insurance:
e. 2013 utilization: Review of the Security Health Plan CORE Report, which summarized
health insurance utilization in 2013. 74% utilization rate.
f. Direction for 2015: A list of Options to consider for adjustments were briefly reviewed
and will be discussed in more detail at a future meeting and as discussions continue
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throughout 2014.
Closed Session: Committee did not go into closed session.
Meeting adjourned at 3:57pm.