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Committee: Fairhope Personnel Board
Date & Time: Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 7:15 a.m.
Place: Delchamps Room
161 North Section Street
Subject: General Discussion
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COUNTY OF BALDWIN
Personnel Board met at 7 :10 a .m .
Council Chambers
161 N Section Street, Fairhope , AL 36532
Thursday , June 22 , 2017
Present were:
Members: Diane Thomas, Chairman , Lorenzo Howard , Scherry Douglas, Rob Stankoski ,
Pandora Heathcoe, Human Resources Manager, Kevin Boone , City Council Liaison and
Leslie Green , Human Resources Coordinator.
The meeting was called to order at 7 :20 a.m.
Minutes from the May 18 , 2017 meeting were approved by a first motion set forth by
Scherry Douglas and second by Rob Stankoski.
Diane Thomas , Chairman, began the meeting by stating that Lorenzo Howard had
received an emai l from Mayor Wilson concerning a possible ethics violation committed
by an employee who had a recent appeal hearing before the Pre-disciplinary Appeal
Board.
Lorenzo stated he was not in attendance at that hearing. However he related that Mayor
Wilson was concerned with the Board 's ruling being in conflict with a statute of the
Ethics Commission , specifically Section 36-25-5 . Use of Official Position or Office for
Personal Gain. He understood the Board 's ruling was time off without pay and a year's
probation for the employee who until these incidents had never had a disciplinary write-
up .
Rob Stankoski stated that the Board 's ro le or purpose is to conduct pre-disciplinary
hearings based on violations of the Personnel Handbook, not ethics vio lati ons. Scherry
Douglas agreed that the previous disciplinary hearing and ruling were closed and she felt
it was inappropriate to be reopened for further discussion. Diane concluded the
discussion by saying that if an Ethics vio lation had occurred , it was the responsibility of
the Admin istration to report it to the Ethics Commission. A ruling by the Pre-
disciplinary Hearing Board did not preclude the May or or her designee from referring the
violation to the Ethics Commission.
The subject of the compensation study RFQ was again discussed. Diane stated that
several recent positions had been given wage ranges without estab l ishing a pay grade
first. She suggested that she and Lorenzo request attendance at a supervisors meeting to
educate the supervisors on the process . Scherry stated that she felt it was the
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responsibility of the HR department to work with and educate the Department Heads on
the job classification and compensation process.
Diane Thomas had the Board introduce themselves to Leslie Green. Leslie then
introduced herself and summarized her background , experience and previous HR work.
Pandora Heathcoe , HR Manager, reported that updating the job description s for the
individual departments has been an on-going process and hopes she and Leslie will work
together on this project so both will be informed on all changes.
There being no further business , the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 AM with first motion
set forth by Scherry Douglas and second by second by Lorenzo Howard.
The Board elected not to hold a regu lar scheduled meeting in July.
Respectfully submitted ,
Pandora Heathcoe
Acting Secretary