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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-HRC-1999-12-20 1 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE Regular Meeting December 20, 1999 Members Present: Paulette Manos, Pat Vaughan, Sara Shenk, Joan Spielholz Staff Present: Schelley Michell-Nunn, Denise Malone Others Present: Stacie Ross (WHCU) Paulette Manos called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. A. Agenda Review &Approval of Minutes Pat Vaughan made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 25, 1999 meeting. Seconded by Sara Shenk. Motioned carried 4-0. B. Employee Comments. None. C. Committee Members Responses to Employee Comments. None. D. Chairperson's Report. Paulette Manos mentioned that there will be changes starting with the January meeting. Paulette thanked the members for their commitment to the committee. The Committee thanked Paulette for chairing this committee. E. Sub-Committee Reports 1. Managerial Compensation (S. Shenk) The consultant has met with the Sub-committee. The Management Compensation Committee reviewed the results. The consultant will meet with the managerial staff to review the evaluation. This will be a question and answer session. The managerial staff can appeal the evaluation. The consultant and the Human Resources Department will handle appeals. The consultant will handle major discrepancies. Next month Mary Hall will make a presentation to the HR Committee to update and give dollar amount on what is needed to proceed. 2. Sexual Harassment Policy (J. Spielholz) The Committee has not met. Will do so in early January. i f.y Human Resources Committee Meeting December 20, 1999 Page 2 F. Work Environment Task Force Schelley reported that the employee survey has been administered with a 65% return rate. Letters were sent out prior to the survey encouraging all to participate. The survey was administered at the worksites for the convenience of the employees. It was optional for employees to complete the survey and assistance was provided to any that needed it. Schelley received positive feedback from some employees. She thanked the Survey Design Team for their help in administering the surveys. Schelley stated that instant recognition cards were given to employees that participated. Bob Rich and Jane Maestro-Scherer are inputting the data and will make a presentation to the Work Environment Task Force in January 2000. G. Human Resource Director Report 1. Public HR Management Conference Schelley mentioned that the HR conference will be March 20—22, 2000 and thought it will be good for new Committee members to attend. H. Mayor's Report. None. 1. Old Business. None. J. New Business 1. Elected Officials Diversity Training Schelley Michell-Nunn, Pat Vaughan and Paulette Manos gave an overview of the November 13, 1999 session. This group will begin to implement some "Best Practices" but will have to wait until next month due to changes in committee makeup. The Diversity Consortium met with Kirby Edmonds. They identified some of the issues, determined the resources needed and discussed how to work more collaboratively with each other. They discussed what already exists and whether it was possible to centralize the responsibility. 2. Police Officer Exam (S. Michell-Nunn) Schelley reported on the recruitment efforts for the Police Officer exams. She mentioned her meeting with community members to identify possible candidates. These candidates were sent a letter inviting them to an information session. This information session was to encourage women and people of color to become police officers. � r I Human Resources Committee Meeting December 20, 1999 Page 3 Schelley mentioned that the Police Officer exam was advertised in the media (local radio stations and Channel 7 News) in English and Spanish encouraging women and people of color to apply. The Police Department formed a recruitment team that traveled to job fairs at different colleges to encourage all to apply and take the Police Officer exam All the candidates that applied for the Police Officer exam were sent a letter inviting them to participate in civil service prep courses held four Saturdays prior to the exam. Brandon Sullivan from Cornell University designed and conducted these courses. Twenty-five candidates enrolled and at least fifteen candidates were present at each session. Police department staff was present at each session and put forth-great effort to show their commitment to diversifying the workforce. Schelley thanked them all for their help. K. Adjournment With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:44 pm. _ JULIE HOLCOMB _ -