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Personnel Board
Tuesday, May 11 , 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
City Services/Public Utilities Building
Conference Room next to Human Resources
555 S. Section Street
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Personnel Board
Meeting Minutes s;11;;10
Present: Beeman Bond (Pres.); Lorenzo Howard; Diane Thomas; Jerry
Middleton; Wayne Griffin.
Rhonda Bishop (HRD); Lonnie Mi xon (Council Rep.) Ernest Roberts
(Secy Tmp).
1. Redefining and retitling our job classification system:
LH: (re ongoing supervisor training: will have a training schedule out later
for a new round of supervisor training.)
OT: Recently went to a workshop concerning job definitions and titles, and
returned with a different perspective.
RB: (Agrees and adds an example.) Changing conditions in this current econ-
omy means moving people, sometimes, into different job slots, where
current economi c and technical conditions have created a need, but their
previous function in City operations is no longer needed. Sometimes it
requires moving in LEVELS.
LH: Looking at job GROUPS and re-organizing within them is a current strat-
egy.
RB : (An ex ample) Requirements for an "equipment operator" in one dept.
are
of
a
generally the same as in another. [But the implication is here that a real
difference in breadth of knowledge or comple x ity of "equipment" is here.]
(Discussion of another example occurs but solved by "LEVELS" : amount
formal training and amount of ex perience makes the difference between
PLANNING TECH I and a PLANNING TECH II.)
Another problem with settiing up a full set of job categories/positions is
that, at present, a number would be unfilled, since we're 'leaning out'
now.
DT & LH: Let's go ahead with the job descriptions. We can leave them
[unfilled]
off the current chart.
RB: We don't want to end up with a separate bo x for every individual; they're
supposed to be CATEGORIES of individuals.
LH: A PROCEDURAL question?? Should we take one group, generate a con-
census, and move on?
JM: We need job descriptions first -and the simpler the better.
RB: Let's meet again in 2 -3 weeks and do GAS and ELECTRIC.
[Change subject]
LM: We need to get the Personnel Rules before the Council.
RB: The Handbook is about ready for the Council.
We should look at the P. Handbook in 2 -3 weeks: Thurs. 5/27 9AM.
Two issues merit some consideration:
1) Health insurance for part-time people .
2) Special arrangements for weekend on-calls. They must be drug-
free and ready. But it's costing us for these 'sit-by's'. Most
municipalities pay for 2 -some for 4 -hours. We're paying 16
hours.
JM: Some pay a minimum no. of hours IF called plus the hours worked.
RB: Donation of sick time has been looked at.
[Change subject]
RB: A grievance is coming up: an appeal on a termination. Ne xt Tues. 5/18,
9AM.
{ A discussion follows on procedures for conducting a PB grievance. Who
should hear the grievance before the Board does? Important for Board
members to be totally independent of City connections.}
Ne xt general meeting Thursday 5/27 /10