HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-25-2012 Regular MeetingCOUNTY OF BALDWIN
Personnel Board met at 9:00 a.m.,
Civic Center -D elchamp s Room,
161 North Sec tion Street, A labama 36532 , on Friday , 25 March, 2 01 2
Present were:
Lorenzo Ho ward , Chairman
Members: B ee man Bond, Wayne Griffin, Judy H ale, and Diane Thomas , and Pandora Heathco e,
City Human Resource Director. Lonnie Mi xo n , City Counc il Liai so n was absent.
The mee tin g was called to order at 9:00 a.m.
Minutes from th e March 16, 20 12 were approved.
Chairman Howard gave a brief update on the committee and the progres s of the compensation
study . He stated the study is very close to completion and said the study b egan with the job
evaluation proce ss which entails job desc ription s and job structures . H e stated that Evergre en
Solutions will hopefull y present the final r es ults to Mayor Timothy M. Kant and Lo nni e Mixon,
City Cou ncil Pres ident w ith a week to ten (10) days. He also stated that many Ci ty emplo yees
feel there wi ll b e a large pay increase bas ed upon thi s study and that is not the case.
Diane Thom as also gave a brief update concerning the study and stat ed thi s is certainl y a
management tool. The impl ementation will require t rain in g for the Council, the Mayor, and all
department heads making communication the number one priority. From the study, all City job
classifications will be assigned a grade and a corresponding pay range which wi ll gu id e
compensation practic es and decisions.
Chairman Howard reported there is an informal m eeting with Mayor Timothy Kant, Lonnie
Mixon an d Chairman Howard next week to continue the discussion of the purpose of the
Personnel Board and the ir role in th e di sc iplinary pro cess.
An open di scu ss ion amongst a ll Personnel Board m embers co nc ernin g the i ssue of safe ty and
Pandora Heathcoe, Human Resources stated that sh e h ad met with Gregg Mims and Mayor Kant
to discuss th e creation of an official Safety Committee. Chairman Howard , Diane Thomas and
Lonnie Mixon all agreed the City needs to des ignat e a Safety Coordinator wh o works very
closely with Human R esources and th e focu s of safety training is very important.
Diane Tho mas stated it was great to be on this Bo ard and how she has been enlighten ed as to the
pay grades, job requirem ents and wo rkin g on th e compensation study with the vario u s
department head s has b een very informative. She wo uld like to see the job appraisals and
evaluation s u se d b y man agement to motivate the empl oyees in hi s or her job.
Beeman Bond s u gges ted the meeting b e adjourned and Judy Hale seconded the motion.
The next regularly scheduled Personnel Board meeting will be held Friday, June 15 , 2012 at 9:00
AM in the Delchamps Room of City Hall.
There being no further business , the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 AM.
Lorenzo Howard, Chairman
Pandora Heathcoe , Acting Secretary