HomeMy WebLinkAboutPersonnel Board - Minutes - 05/19/1998PERSONNEL BOARD MEETING MINUTES
May 19,1998
12:00 Noon
Council Liaison: Ann Azari Staff Liaison: Dana Shea -Reid, Interim H.R. Director
A regular meeting of the Personnel Board was held on Tuesday, May 19, 1998, in the Poudre
Fire Authority Training Facility conference room.
Present: Berwyn Davies, Gail Shellberg, and Jim Swails
Human Resources Staff Members Present: Dana Shea -Reid and Joan Busch
Other Staff Members Present: Ron Uthmann, Poudre Fire Authority
I. Subpoena Authority
Members questioned the impact subpoena authority would have on an informal non-
binding hearing process. Members discussed how the ability to subpoena witnesses could
change the character of the Personnel Board, perhaps turn them into an investigative
board.
Members tabled any further discussion regarding this issue.
H. Minutes
Minutes from the March 17, 1998 meeting were approved as written.
III. Classification Study
Dana reported that the project was going into the 26' month. H.R. has completed the
contract with the consultant and the data provided was not satisfactory.
H.R. staff is currently verifying the data and developing a new pay plan. Dana will be
meeting with service directors to go over the pay plan design.
June 18 is the tentative date that the results for the classification study and the revised pay
plan will be presented to City Council's Finance Committee. This could be postponed to
July.
IV. Personnel Policies
Personnel Policies have been printed and distributed to city employees. Board members
also received a copy. Dana pointed out that the employee grievance procedure has been
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changed and is now limited to disciplinary actions. Other employee issues will be
handled through the "Issues Resolution Process."
Ron Uthmann reported that PFA is drafting an update of their personnel policies and will
using the City's policies as a guideline.
V. Employee Appeal
Dana advised the Board that an employee who was recently terminated might file an
appeal. Members will be contacted at a later date to schedule a hearing, if needed.
VI. Attendance
Dana reported that Ginny Riley had contacted her and expressed concern that she had
been unable to attend the last two board meetings. She expressed to Dana that if the
Board felt her attendance was a problem and wanted her to resign, she would be willing
to do so. Member's agreed that Ginny's absences have been well within the attendance
guidelines set for Boards and Commissions members.
Board members agreed that attendance is important and expressed concern that another
board member has missed two consecutive meetings without calling the staff liaison. The
Board asked Dana to contact this member to see if he will be continuing his participation
on the Board.
VII. Select Chair
This is the last meeting for Berwyn Davies, Personnel Board Chair. Members elected
Gail Shellberg to serve as Chair and Jim Swails to serve as Vice Chair.
VIII. Other
• On behalf of the city and the Human Resources Department, Dana presented Berwyn
a small gift in appreciation of his four years of service on the Personnel Board.
Randy Mirowski from PFA joined the meeting briefly to give a brief explanation of
the training being held at the facility. Board members were invited to tour the
training facility after the meeting was adjourned. Ron Uthmann would conduct the
tour.
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IX. Next Meeting
The next regularly scheduled meeting is Tuesday, July 21, 1998 at noon.
X. Adjourn
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.