07-31-2001
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CITY OF EDGEWATER
PERSONNEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Minutes
A meeting of the Personnel Advisory Committee was called to
order at 2:05 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, 2001 in the City Hall
Conference Room.
ROLL CALL
Deborah Sigler
Tracey Barlow
Bill Bennett,
Patricia Drosten
Calvin Ayers
Thomas Smith
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Donna Looney, Recording Secretary was also present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made by Tracey Barlow to approve the minutes of the
meeting held on February 14, 2001 with a second by Pat Drosten.
Motion CARRIED 5-0.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS
Pat Drosten asked about the status of offering a cafeteria plan
for employee benefits. Debby reported that she had been
networking with other cities about cafeteria plans, but right
now there are other projects with priority over this. One thing
learned from discussions with other Cities; you have to be
careful not to cause employees to lose benefits in order to be
able to give them choices. Other Cities have experienced that
once they were into a cafeteria plan for a few years, the cost of
insurance, for example, got so expensive that the employee's
choices became limited. She agreed to keep the information and
bring it back to the committee at a later date.
Pat Drosten suggested perhaps looking into just adding a benefit
for the "single" employees who do not get the benefit of
dependent coverage. Maybe it's not a true cafeteria plan that
needs to be looked into.
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NEW BUSINESS
Debby explained that currently retirees are being allowed to cash
in their vacation leave and sick leave before their last day so
that the value of those benefits will be included in their
pension benefit. She wants the committee's input concerning this
so that language can be put in the personnel policies and
procedures, if appropriate.
It was the consensus of the committee that this is a good idea
and agreed that it should be put in writing.
The procedure for reimbursing employees for educa~ional costs was
reviewed by the members. There was discussion as to whether a
new policy should be developed so that grades are taken into
consideration as for as how much is reimbursed.' It was agreed
that for the time being the current policy should be adhered to
before we look into making changes to it.
Debby distributed the new broadbanding classification groupings
and reviewed the operating procedures as adopted by the City
Council. The City Manager would like this committee's input on
the development of an incentive pay program and an assignment pay
program.
There was quite a bit of discussion about assignment pay, which
will be somewhat like the ~out of classification" pay and
discussion as to what classes and/or certifications might be
considered for incentive pay. Tracey Barlow distributed an
example incentive program which would apply to his department.
The members agreed to come up with ideas for their areas.
It was explained that they can bring suggestions into the
Personnel Department any time and not wait for the next meeting.
MISCELLANEOUS
None
ADJOURNMENT
Tracey Barlow moved to adjourn, being seconded by Pat Drosten.
Meeting adjourned 4:00p.m.
Minutes submitted by:
Personnel Depart~ent