Thursday, August 28, 2003
The meeting was called to order at 8:02 a.m. Committee members present were Alderman Lampe, Alderman Kopplin, and Alderman Toman. Also present was Robert Kufrin, RoseAnn Underberg, Jerry Hammernik and Marie Pellett.
Item 2. Review and consider approval of minutes
Alderman Kopplin made a motion to approve the minutes of August 13 and August 18. Alderman Lampe seconded. All aye; motion carried.
Item 3. Review and consider approval of tuition reimbursement requests
Alderman Lampe made a motion to approve the tuition reimbursement requests of John Edwards and Mike Kressuk, to approve the request for Joe Pulvermacher to change the location of his courses through Southern Illinois University from UW Waukesha to MATC (at a lower cost) and to approve the requests of Dean Marrari pending the response from the Police and Fire Commission on the acceptance of his associate degree. (If the Commission accepts the associate degree, the request will be withdrawn.) Alderman Kopplin seconded the motion. All aye; motion carried. Chief Hammernik will report back to the committee on the Police and Fire Commission’s determination.
Item 4. Discuss a policy regarding paying for attorney bills for employees
Alderman Lampe made a motion to pay the invoice to Fuchs, DeStafanis and Boyle for $1,811 and directed Bob Kufrin to develop a more specific policy/procedure for future claims, to include a cap on the fee based on what the city pays for outside legal fees. Alderman Toman seconded the motion. All aye; motion carried.
Item 5. Discuss filling Assessor’s Office vacancy and employee request
Alderman Lampe made a motion to approve the payment of $615.28 for the out of class premium of $.30 per hour retroactive to 05/01/02 for a total of $615.28; to deny the request for compensation for acting Assistance Assessor and to deny the additional adjustment of $132.45 for the period 5/02 through 7/03 representing 120 hours. Alderman Kopplin seconded the motion. All aye; motion carried.
The Committee suggested that Bev inform the Assessment Technician of these decisions and recommended that the pursuit of the denied requests be submitted by the employee to the Local 133 for consideration.
Item 6. The Committee went into Executive Session at 8:40 a.m. pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes Section 19.85(1)(c) and (e) for:
- Bargain with Local 1848
- Discuss non-union salary ordinance for 2003
- Discuss employee probationary status report
Item 7. The committee reconvened into Open Session at approximately 12:20 p.m. to take action on any or all Executive Session items.
- The Committee and the Union came to an agreement that must be ratified by the union.
- No action will be taken until after the October budget meetings.
- No action was taken at this time.
The meeting ended at 12:25 p.m.
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