Personnel Committee

900 Quay Street City of Manitowoc Manitowoc, WI 54220 www.manitowoc.org Meeting Minutes - Final Personnel Committee Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:00 PM Common Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Mayor Justin NIckels, City Attorney Kathleen McDaniel, Human Resources Director Rochelle Blindauer, Steve Corbeille, Todd Blaser, Dan Koski, Karen Dorow, Bridget Brennan, Denise Larson, Jane Rhode Present: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans Absent: 2- Schema and Sitkiewitz 3. PUBLIC COMMENT None. 4. CONSENT AGENDA These items will be approved by one motion unless any Committee Member wishes to remove an item for discussion. REMOVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Any Committee Member may request removal of any item from the consent agenda, and such item shall be removed without debate or vote. Any item or part thereof removed from the consent agenda shall be separately considered. 14-1220 Approval of April 14th, 2014 and May 12th, 2014 Personnel Committee Minutes. 14-1213 Review of legal fees billed out through Human Resources. 14-1214 Review of legal fees billed out through Attorney's Office for Municipal Court prosecution. 14-1215 Report out on Health Plan Funding. 14-1216 Report out of Human Resources initiatives. 14-1217 Report out of City Attorney's Office initiatives. City of Manitowoc Page 1 Personnel Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 30, 2014 APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Able, seconded by McMeans to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans 5. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 14-1556 Discussion with M3 regarding suggested changes to the plan design for the City's health and dental insurance plans for 2015. Nancy Cirra from M3 was available via speaker phone and explained and discussed proposed plan changes with Committee members. Steve Corbeille corrected that Item No. 1 should read: "Increase deductibles to $2,000 single and $4,000 family with $500 single and $1,000 family reimbursement through Health Reimbursement Arrangement." Committee discussed urgent care vs. regular office visits and requested M3 provide clearer definitions of the three different levels of service; urgent, walk-in and emergency care visits. More detailed information will be provided at the next Personnel Committee meeting on August 11th. 14-1557 Request from Greg Vadney to fill vacant Security Guard positions at the Rahr-West Art Museum. Moved by Able, seconded by McMeans, that this Request be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans 14-1558 Request from Greg Vadney to hire a temporary employee to fill in during an employee's medical leave. Moved by Able, seconded by McMeans, that this Request be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans 14-1554 Request from Police Chief for approval of out-of-state travel request for Det. Sgt. Vorpahl to participate on an on-site visit to Cook County, Illinois regarding the Juvenile Justice System. Deputy Police Chief Bridget Brennan briefly explained the importance of the training. Moved by Able, seconded by McMeans, that this Request be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans 14-1219 Resolution to approve revised job descriptions for Crime Prevention Sergeant and Court/Evidence Clerk within the Police Department. Moved by Able, seconded by McMeans, that this Resolution be recommended for approval to the Common Council. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans City of Manitowoc Page 2 Personnel Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 30, 2014 14-1560 Compensation for Police Lieutenants and Captains. Rochelle Blindauer and Steve Corbeille explained the overpayment of wages as a result of recomputation of wages of the new Pay Plan, and advised that letters have been sent out to the 11 affected employees. 14-1555 Recommendation from Carlson Dettmann on the Compensation Study wage scale appeals. Rochelle Blindauer distributed the summary of Carlson Dettmann's recommendations. Committee discussed and decided to wait until the August 11th meeting when the full committee would be present to further discuss and make a recommendation to the Common Council. An accounting of the financial impact will be presented. Rochelle will email the summary to the other Committee members and will be communicating with employees having no change to their grade. Rochelle advised she is working on a formal recommendation for guidelines to iimplement the new Pay Plan going forward for promotions, new hires, etc. 6. SCHEDULE NEXT MEETING Next meeting scheduled for Monday, August 11th, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. 7. ADJOURNMENT Moved by McMeans, seconded by Able, to adjourn at 4:35 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3- Able, Hennessey and McMeans Submitted by Rochelle Blindauer, Human Resources Director City of Manitowoc Page 3