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P1.n~suant to due call and notice ther~eof. the City Counci 1 fo)"~ the Ci ty I
of St. Joseph met in special session on Thur~sday, December~ 9, 1993 at
7:00 p. m. in the St. Joseph City Ha 11 .
l"l~JT!,þ'"ªY:'?, Er~_~_~~Tl tu: Mayor~ Donald "BI..\d" Rebe)"~. Members of the Council Ross
Rieke, Bob Loso, Stephanie Hazen, Ken Hiemenz. Deputy C 1 e)"~k Judy
Wey...~ens.
pt h!':!E 5., E'J~Ji~,?,!,:!-,}_t_;_, B..."ian KI inefelter~, Ray Bechtold, Br"ad Meyer, Jean
Gustin, Ma..."y Gene...~ous, Jim Ma...~thal e...~, Jeff Young, Dick Tau·fen.
The pu)""pose of the meeting is to conside)"~ matt e)"~s )"~elat ing to wages and
benefits.
Council Hiemenz presented the wage p..."oposal as dr~aft ed by the pe)"~s onn 12 I
committee. P.;n~t of the p)"~oposal identifies and defines exempt and non-
exempt employees. The pe)"~sonne 1 committee is ...~equest ing the following
positions be classified as exempt: Clerk/Administrator, Publ ic WOr~ks
Di...~ecto)"~, Po,l ice Chief and Deputy Clerk/Accountant. As ex e m pt
positions, employees wOI_Ild not be eligible fOr~ over~time pay and
compensato)"~y time wo 1..Il d be paid at str~ai ght time.
Ma y 0 r~ Reber questioned the call Ol.\t po 1 icy and would like to see the
minimum time change fr~om the cl.n""r~ent two (2) hou...~s to one (1) h 0 ur~.
Aft er~ one hour~, the employee would be paid fO"r" actual time wO"r"'I-<ed at
the ...~ate of time and one half. I
Jim Marthale"r~ and Ray Bechtold explained that it is not ve...~y often that
they a...~e called out, bl.\t is an inconvenience when they a...~e. When new
facilities a"r~e added, such as the wate...~ st o...~age facility and a new lift
station, call outs a..."e great e...~. Bt.lg S must be wO"r~ked OI.lt of new systems
and they cannot be avoided. Al so, when called out, it is usually in
the ea..."ly hou"r"s of the mO"r~ning and an i nconven i ence.
Hazen made a motion to establish the callout policy as follows:
An employee called back to wO"r~k shall be compensated for a minimum
of one h 0 I.\'r~ at time and one half. The motion was seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Rebe...-', Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Na yes. None Motion Ca'n~ied 5:0:0
Loso made a motion to accept the following positions as exempt
employees: Clerk/Administrator, Publ ic Wo...~ks Di rect O"r~, Police Ch i e f.
Deputy Clerk/Accountant. The motion was seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebe"r~, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Motion Ca...~..."'i ed 5:0:0
Discussion followed on the mechanics of 12 x 12 m pt employees. Hazen made a
motion to define the exempt employees as follows:
a. Supe"r"v i SOr~S and othe...~ employees that meet the exemption I
cri t er~ia wi 11 become Exempt Employees.
b. Ex e m pt employees will cont in I.\e to be paid theh~ hot.\t~ly r~ate
c. Exempt employees do not "r~ece i ve over~t i me pay for h 0 Ur~S in
excess of the 40 hom" wo\-"k week.
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d. Exempt employees sha 11 r~eceive compensation in the fOr~m of
"compensat 01'~y time off" fOr~ ove1'~ time hol.\1'~s s/he act ua J.J. y
WOr~J.<S in excess of 40 hOUr~S in a seven-day wor~J.<week at the
rate of one (1) hol.\1'~ fo1'~ each h 0 '.lr wOr~k ed. Any call out, and
this applies to call out on 1 y, OCcl.\1'~1'~ i '11 g within 30 minutes
p1'~i Or~ too, Or~ aft er~ a w01'~k ing sh i ft wiJ.l be con sid er~ed par~t of
the sh i ft and not ove1'''time allowabl e. Time wi 11 be taken off
during that shift, the next w01'~k sh i ft , if possible, Or~ within
the pay pe1'''iod.
e. Exempt employees may accr~ue a maximum of 100 h 0 t.n~S of
compensato1'''y time.
f. Exempt employees can use compensator~y time in one (1.) hou1'''
inc1'~ements.
The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Rebe1''', Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Motion Ca1'~r~ i ed 5:0:0
The Council discussed that while incr~easing the aCC1'~l.\a 1 balance of
compensat Or~y time, it is important to place some 1'~esb~iction as to the
length of time acc1'~ual will be allowed. Discussion fluctuated between
allowing acc1'~l.\al fr"om &0 days to 90 days. Hiemenz made a mot ion to add
the following to the definition of an ex e m pt employee:
g. Ex 12 m pt employees 1'4UST I.lse the compensat 01'~y time within 90 days
f1'''om the pay per~ i od in which it is ea1'~ned.
The motion was seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebe1'~, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes. None Motion Car~1'~ied 5:0:0
Hazen made a motion to ft.n~ther define e x e m pt employees as:
h. Not m01'~e then 80 hour's of Compensat 01'~y time may be ca1'~ri ed
ove1''' f1'~om one cal endar~ year~ to the next without app1'~oval of
the co I.mc i 1-
1. When an exempt employee accumulates the maximul1I 100 hOln~s
of compensato1'''y hour~s, 'the employee must 1'''ece i ve cash
(ho...n~ fOr~ hot.n~) fOr~ add it ional hom~s of over~t ime wor~ked.
The motion was seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Rebe1'~, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None Motion Car"r~ i ed 5:0:0
The COl..lnci I discussed the wOr~k week schedule and the affect of
'r~egular~l y schedl.\led meetings. Hazen and Hiemenz stated that work
schedules sh 0 l.lI d be made to incl'.\de established meetings. The exempt
employee 1'~eql.lÍ red to attend the meeting would not be eligible to
r~ece i ve compensator~y time.
Hazen made a mot ion adding i) to the definition of an exempt employee.
i) Weekly wOr~k schedules wi 11 be adjl.lsted to accommodate fixed
meeting dates, such as, the two (2) Co I.mc i 1 one (1) planning
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and zoning, CORE, and F ir~ e Boar~d meeting(s) that the exempt
employee is r'eq u i r~ed to attend. This ~x,cJuc:le?,. spec i a 1 Or~
additionally scheduled meetings which will qualify fOr~
compensatory time.
The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber~, Rieke, Lo so, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. "¡one ;10t ion Car~r' i ed 5:0:0
The Counci 1 changed the discl.\ssion to policy ~~ega~~ding non ex e m pt
employees. The positions not 1 i st ed as ex e m pt sha 11 be defined as non
exempt. Hiemenz stated that FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) allows
accl..\mulat ion of co mpensat Or~y time to a maximum of 240 hou~'s, with
police and fb~e accl.\m 1..\ 1 at in g 480 hom~s. Loso stated that he feels the
L~O hour~ maximum cm'~~ent 1 y in place is sl.\fficient. t'1 a y 0 r~ Re be~~
questioned the legality of some of the issues. Hazen made a motion to
ad 0 pt the following definition of a non ex em pt employee:
é\. All positions not classified as exempt shall be defined as non
exempt.
b. Non exempt employees shall continue to be paid at a hOln~ly
rat e.
c. Non ex em pt employees shall r~eceive compensation in the f 0 ~., m of
"com pen sat Or~y time off" fO"r'" over' time h 0 I.W s s/he act ua 11 y
WOr~k s in excess of 40 h 0 I.W S in a seven day wOr~kvJe 12 k at the
r'at e of one and one-half times the r~ e g u 1 a ~~ ~~at e of pay.
d. All non exempt employees can accr~ue a maximum of iOO hou~'s of
com pen sat 0 r~ y time (67 h 0 I.W s of actual wOr~k ) except for those
employees wOr~k i ng in a public safety activity [Law
enfor~cement] , an em er'g ency r~e s pon s e activity [Law enfor~cement,
fi r~e Dr~ ~~e scue pe~~sonnelJ , Or~ a seasonal activity may aCC~~I.\e
not m o~~e than 200 hour's of CC' m pen sat Or~y time ( 1 33. 50 hOI.\rs of
actual wo~~k) .
The motion vJas seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Re ber', Rieke, Lose, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None ;10t ion Can'i ed 5:0:0
The COI.\nci 1 ~~eql\ested clarification f~~om the City At t 0 ~~n 12 y . John
Sch er~er~ on the legality and his opinion of the following definition:
e. For those employees engaged in law enfor~cement activities vJho
have a vJo~'I-< per'i od of at least seven (7 ) days, no o v e r't i me
compensation is ~~ e q 1.\ i ~~ e d under~ section 7 (k) unt i J. the n um be~'
o f h 0 U r' s wOr~ked exceeds L~311
Hazen made a motion te f I.n~t h e~~ define the non ex 12 m pt employee ac'
- .
f. Non exempt employees can use com pen sat 0 ~~ y time in one (1) hOUr~
inc~~ements, with pr~i o~' app~~o va 1-
g. Non exempt employees ;1UST use the compensat Or~y time ~.Ji t h i n gO
days f~~ 0 m the pay pe~~i od in which ' .1.. is ea~~n ed.
l¡,.
h. An employee ~..¡ho has accr' 1_\ e d com pensat Or'y time and r~ e q 1.\ est s use
of this co m pen sat o~~y time, sha 11 be pe~'mitted to l\se s,l.\ch time
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off within a "t~easonabl e pet~iod" aft et~ making the t'equest, if
such use does not "unduly disr~upt" the oper~at ions of the city.
i. Employees who have acct~ued the max i m I.\m 100 hour~s of
compensatory hour~s, Ot~ 200 hour~s in the case of Law
enfo...~ce ment employees, must be paid cash wages of time and one
half their regular rates of pay o...~ use some compensat Or~y time
off befo...~e acc...~u i n g fl.n~the...~ ove...~t ime.
The mot ion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Rebe...~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Na yes. None Motion Ca"'~r~ i ed 5:0:0
Loso made a motion affi'rming that all ...~equest ed time off must be
app...~oved by the depat~t ment head. The mot ion was seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Reber~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None Mot ion Can~ied 5:0:0
The Counci I discussed the proposed cost of living i nc...~ease of two (2)
pet~cent . COI_mci 10r~ Loso stated that the budget has ë\1 r~ead y been set
and the City cannot i nCr~ease the levy. Rieke stated that while the
budget has been set, he ~JO u 1 d like to see the employees t~eceive a
r~a i s e. Mayor~ Rebe...~ concl.wred. He also stated that he would like to
see the two (2) pe...~cent i nc...~ease det er~m i ned on the total pa Yt-'O 11 pool
and divided equal I y among all the employees. Loso concu...~...~ed .
Officer YOI.mg stated that he would like to see the wages i nCr~ease added
to the individual steps. The City spent time and r~e s 0 I.\"r~ce s
establishing a pay scale, which IfJa s app...~oved by pay equity, and it
should be kept in line. If the i nCr~ease we'r~e pooled the gap IfJould
dect~ease between the classifications of positions.
Mar~y Gener~ous stated that is was het~ under~stand i ng that the wages wot_\ld
be pooled ever~y othe...~ year. By ...~otat ing the :i,ncr~eases the step syst em
would r~emai n in tact.
Counci I o...~s Hiemenz and Hazen r~eq lie s t ed that the step syst€~m be changed
to a m er~ i t system and lengthened to a pe'r~ i od up to t~..¡ent y two (22)
year~s. Hazen stated that cu...~...~ent I y the st eps ar~e automatic and she
feels that m et~ i t should be attached. Counci lo...~s Rieke and Rebe...~ felt
that the steps should be year~ly. If an employee has not pet~for~med to
·r~ece i ve a st ep, then the Council/Department Head needs to r~eview the
perf ormance.
Ma y 0 r~ Reber~ stat ed that he feels that the Counci I is not in a position
to evalt.tat e the employees. The Counci I is not awa...~e of most of the
daU y functions, and does not have the r~esour~ces to evaluate them.
Hiemenz made a motion to incr~ease the wages fOr~ 199L~ 21- based on their
- cur...~ent sa 1 ar~y, and employees eligible fo...~ a step inc...~ease will be
advance one st ep. The 2j{ inc...~ease is to be added to the ent it~e step
system. The motion was seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebe...~, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None Motion Car~r~ i ed 5:0:0
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§~"D.. i q:cJ_ :t~L p ~y_!- Pol ice Feder~at ion Î"equested the longevity pay be
i nct'eas ed to $30.00 pet~ year"'. Loso made a motion to deny the t~ e que s t ;
seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, La so, Hazen. Hiemenz.
Na yes. None \T1ot ion Can'i ed 5:0:0
pt ft§u:,.§' Tl.:Lt.;\l, ~ªy~:.. The Police F ed er~at i on r~eql\e st ed differ~ential pay be
i nCr~ea sed .....,c- per' hour' . Loso made a motion to deny the r~equest j
.c...J
seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: R e b e r~ , Rieke, Loso, Hazen. Hiemenz.
Na yes. None tr10t ion Cat~'r' i ed 5:0:0
tl.plj"çt<õ.ly' E~ª-y":,, Police Feder~at i on is askin¡:¡ to be paid time and one half
fOr~ all holidays \fJ 0 'r' ked and continue to r' e c e i v e the day off at a 1 at er'
dat e. COI_\nci 1 Ot~ Loso felt that this \fJas a fai 'r~ t~ e q 1..\ est , as all othet'
employees have the day off. The Council was in agt~e e m ent to allow the
'r~eque st. with the exception of the individual's bÍ'r~thday. \fJhich is a
holiday. Hazen made a motion to pay the police d e par~t m ent time and one
half fOr~ all holidays ~"'or~ked. F 0 t~ the ptwpose of definition of
holidays, they ar~e as listed in the 1993 ~·Jag e and 1 a b 0 r~ ag'r~e e m ent
between the City of st. Joseph and the St. Joseph Police Off i cer~S
Fedet'at ion, ar~t icl e 9. The motion \fJas seconded by Ri el-<e.
Ayes: Reber"', Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None \T10t ion Car"r"' i ed 5:():()
Sj, c k k ea \IJ",- Eªy.:.. The Police Fede'r~at ion has t' e q 1.\ est e d change the aCCt~ua 1
of sick leave pe'r' month f'r~om the c u r'r~ e n t eight (8) h 0 I_n~s to ten (10 )
h 0 tn~ s . Hazen made a motion to deny the t~equest j seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen. Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Motion Can~i ed 5 : () : ()
Q~n.t-ª-t I¡:t?_I.\r~-ª!l<.;,e =_ Em p 10 y 12 e s e Xpr'es s ed concer~n should the policy be
i nCr~eased at employee's expense. Police F ed e'r~at ion 'r~eql.\ested any
incr'ease in dental insl.\r~ance co v et~ag e to be paid by the City. Hazen
made a motion to deny the r~equest . seconded by Hiemenz.
¡'=lye s : Reber', Riel-<e, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Motion Cat~t~ i ed 5:():(>
H.§?-.9J,J..b_ ];.n s~!.!~-ª.Tl<;g ç-ª'p..l. Hiemenz r'equested the Council Î'~econ sid et-' the
health in sl.wance cap. The c 1..\ r~r-' e n t cap is cumber~some to calcl.\late and
uses mOr~e time then savings. Cut'r~ent 1 y the employee~) cont'r~ibute 151- of
the pre m:i. '.1m based on the 1992 r~ates, and the ent i r~e i nct~eas e of 1993.
Hiemenz made a motion to change the insur~ance cap to wh e t~ e the Ci t Y
will contr~ i but e 811- of the tot a 1 pr~emium and the employee will
con t r~ i b 1.\ t e 191- of the pr' e m i u m.
Loso made a mot i on to amend the motion to m é:l k e the effective date of
the change in insurance cap to July 15, 1 CJCjL}; seconded by Hazen. -
Officet~ Y 0 1.\11 g q 1.1e S t ion e d the cap and t~eque st ed the Council r~ e con sid e r~
the employee' ';:, cont'r'ibution.
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\Jote call on amendment:
Ayes: Rebe'r-', Rieke, Loso, Hazen.
Na yes. Hiemenz. Motion Ca'r~r~ i ed 4:1:0
Vote call on motion:
Ayes: Rebe'r~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None lr10t ion Ca'r~r~ied 5:(>:()
GLº.t.hJ.r.!Jt 8Ltº~a.r.Lç~_,~_ Th e City Offices have 'r~equest ed a clothing
",'\1 lowance. CI.\'r~r~ent 1 y they ar~e the only employees not 'r~eceiving
clothing allowance. Mayot~ Rebet~ stat ed that they do not wear~ a
specific unifor~m and can wear their clothes elsewher~e. Reber~ made a
mot ion to deny the t~equest ; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber~, Riel-<e, Lo so,
Na yes. Hazen, Hiemenz. Notion Cat~t~ i ed 3:2:()
f.__çlu c ë.L'Lt9J.l Etej.J!...Þ"'!"n.::,?_~!!!. e n t,;", Rieke questioned the Council as to ~"Jhether~ the
Council would review requests. He also stated that he SUppor~t ed and
encol..l'r~aged f I.l'r~t h et~ education. Hazen made a motion to allow fOr~
edl..\cat ion r~e i mbursement, \.'Jith the Counci 1 al_\thot~i zing and apPr~oving
each t~equest. The mot ion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Na yes. None Mot ion Cat~r~ i ed 5:0:0
8.!1§!!~º_~.l, Councilor Hiemenz pt~esented a r~equest fOr~ an incentive awards
p'r~ogr~am, r~ecognizing employees fot~ outstanding wOr~k . Mayor~ Reb(~r~
favored the pr"'O gt~am and discussed a t~ecent example. A r~esident had
contacted him about the snow pI o\."Ji ng and the amount of snow in ft~ont of
her'" pr~oper~t y. Mayor~ Re ber~ infor~med the Maintenance Depar~tment ~\ ho
t~emoved some of the snow. Aftet~ the snow was 'r~emoved, the 'r~esident
contacted Nayo\'~ Reber~ to commend the maintenance depar~tment. Hazen
made a motion to implement an incentive awar~d s p\'~og'r~am ; seconded by
Rieke.
Ayes: Reber~, Rieke, Lo so, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None tr10t ion Car~...~i ed 5:0:0
Hazen t~equest ed that a copy of the new policies be d i st\'~i but ed to all
the employees. Rieke made a motion dir~ect ing the City At t or~n e y to
r~eview all the actions of this meeting, with \'~egard to wë!ges and
benefits, to deter~mine legality. After~ the Attor~ney has r~ev i ewed the
policies, they should then be d i st\'~i but ed to the employees. The motion
\.'Jas seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Reber, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None Motion Ca\'......~i ed 5:0:0
Loso made a motion to r~ecess fo\'''' 10 minutes; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke. Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes. None Motion Car~r~ i ed 5:0:0
Mayo'r~ Reber reconvened the meeting at 8 : L~O.
~,tº-I;¡, º_,ª-~£.r...lº,:tj, 0 T1..§J_ The COI.mci 1 discussed the job desc\'~iptions as they
\.'Jer~e d1'~aft ed fOr~ the pay eq u i t Y stud y. Hazen st,3.ted that the job
descr~i pt ions we'r~e wr~i tt en fOr~ the position, not the pe\'~son Cl..l'r~r~ent I y
employed in the position. At the time they we'r~e d\'~a ft ed, the
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employees ~·Jer~e t'eqlJest ed to complete a s I.\i" v e y IrJh i ch indicated what theY'
wet'e cl.\i"t'ent 1 y doing. The descr-'ipt ions \.-'Jet~e a combination of the
s I_n' v e Y' t'esponse and f u t 1.1 r' e needs of the position.
Diçk Taufen q 1.\ est ion e d the education t' e qui t' e men t in the Public Wot~ks
Dit'ector~' S Position. The r' e qui r' e men t s as 1 i st ed ~~ould not allow fOr~ a
employee who is curt~ent 1 y wOt~king fot~ the Ci t y to advance unless they
\.'Jent back to school. While ed IJcat ion is i m pOr't ant, it is also
i m pOr-'t ant to have some expet~i ence. Taufen r~ e q 1.\ est e d the C 0 l\11 C i 1
con sid er~ allowing exper'ience to be sl_\bst ituted fot~ edl.\cat ion. Also,
Taufen st at ed that fot~ the position a class c wat et~ opet~at Ot~S license
is r' e q IJ i r' e d by the st at e of tr1innesota. Additionally, fO'r' the position
of l-Jast ewat et·, Opet'at Or' a class ç \.-'Jastewatet~ license is r~equit~ed.
Hiemenz made a motion to adopt the job descr'iptions as d'r'aft ed ~~ith the
following cOt·'t~ect ion s :
1- Public Wot~k s Dir~ector' - ability to li ft 50 pounds, not 80
'::. Publ ic WOt~ks Di r'ect Ot~ - 'r'eq I_\Ì r~e m ent s to i nc ll.\d e the ability to
1-.
Ot~ possession of a class ç ~~at er~
oper~at O'r'S 1 icense.
":;' Wast ewat et~ Opet~at Ot", - r~equit~ements to include the ability to
'-'.
Or' possession of a class c ~·Jast e~oJat er'
opet~at Or'S license.
4. All job descr'iptions that r~eq 1.1 i re edl.\cat ion will include the
following: year~s of e x per' i ence will be con sid er~ed in 1 i elJ of
education.
The .job desct~ipt ions IrJ i 11 all be dated 1/1.194. The motion \.-'Jas seconded
by Lo so.
Ayes: Re bEH~, Rieke, Loso. Hazen. Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Ir10t ion Car~r' i ed 5:():(>
Hiemenz stated that he had talked to Dick Taufen, who couldn't be
pr~esent dU'r~ing the f Íi" s t par~t of the meeting. Tal.\fen is 'r~eqIJesting
that as a supet~visot~ he be t~el ieved fr~om weekend wor~k. Hazen made a
motion r' (d i e v i n 9 the PI.\bl ic Wot'ks D i r~ect Or~ of weekend wot'k as
t~equested. The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Motion Can'i ed 5:0:0
Rick ;1ºJ-º.tt9.1l Rep.9..L~;'" The C 0 1.\11 C i 1 r~ece i ved a pr~oposal fr~om Dick tr10 1 0 h 0 n
\.-'Ji th r~e gat~d to b~aininc;¡. tr' ayor~ Rebet~ read the r~e pot~t. He has
r'eql.\est ed that the Administr~ative Staff and the Ad m i n i s tr'at i ve Staff,
the Police Ch i e f. and the PI.\bl ic l-Jor~ks D i r~ect Ot~ undEH'go soft skill
tr'aining to better communication. The inst'r'l..\ment that ~~ould be used is
DISC Social Style I ÍI 5 t ~~ u men t . Each of the tlrJO sessions would cost
$400.00. tr1010hon also slJggest ed that the City b 1.\ d get annually $150 per~
employee fOr" training. Rieke made a motion to establish a tt~ai n i ng
budget of $ 1 , 800 ~.J i th $ 800 being l\sed dU'r'ing the f ir~ s t ql.\ar't er' of
1994. The motion ~·Jas seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Reber', Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None ;1ot ion Can~ i ed 5:0:0
Hiemenz made a motion instr'uct ing the City Offices to send ;h'. Ir10 1 ohon
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a letter accepting his P'r~oposal and setting up a time fO'r~ DISC tr~aininq
sometime in Januar~y· The mot i on was seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebe'r~, Ri el-<e, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Na yes. None Notion Can~i ed 5:0:0
Hazen r~equest ed that the i nfO'r~mat ion p'r~esent ed on DISC be sent to all
the employees involved in the tr~aining.
COl.\nci 1 O'r~ Rieke left at 9:07 p. m.
Hiemenz made a mot ion to adj ol\t~n at 9: 10 p. m. ; seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Re be'r~, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Na yes. None Motion Ca'rTi ed 4:0:0
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