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Nowthen Special City Council meeting, December 2, 2014

Special City Council

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Agenda

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What was on the agenda.

Packet

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The supporting materials the board reviewed.

Minutes

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One-line summary

The City Council held a special meeting focused on reviewing and discussing administrative policies, including recruitment/background checks, work schedules and breaks, discipline/grievances, and forming a personnel committee concept, then adjourned at 5:30 PM.

What was on the agenda

1 item as recorded in the minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.

  1. 1Administrative Policies

    Discussion of multiple administrative policy sections including recruitment/selection, work schedule and breaks, conduct/discipline, and grievance procedures.

    The council held a special meeting to discuss administrative policies, including recruitment/selection and pre-employment background checks, employee work schedules (with discussion of setting office staff hours at 8:00 to 4:30 and maintenance staff at 7:00 to 3:30 with a 30-minute unpaid lunch), break times (discussion of reducing two 15-minute breaks to two 10-minute breaks), conduct/discipline (including a consensus that verbal reprimands would not be kept in personnel files), and grievance procedures (including discussion of creating a two-councilmember Personnel Committee to hear grievances and issue a written decision to the council).

    Minutes reflect discussion and consensus statements but no formal approval motion for policy changes.

    • Administrative policies (personnel)
    Discussion only
    PDFSpecial City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)1. Administrative Policies: Section 3 - Recruitment and Selection - was discussed. Selection Process and Background Check under Pre-employment Checks were discussed.p. 1Special City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)Section 5 - Work Schedule - was discussed.p. 1Special City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)After discussion it was stated that the hours should be 8 1/2 hours - 8 to 4:30 for office staff and 7 to 3:30 for maintenance staff, which included a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.p. 2Special City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)Section 2-5-2 - Breaks - It was discussed to change the employees granted of two (2) 15 minute breaks down to two (2) 10 minute rest breaksp. 2Special City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)Section 12 - Conduct - was discussed. Section 2-12-11 - Disciplinep. 2Special City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)It was discussed to create or form a Personnel Committee to deal with grievances. This Committee would be made up of two Council members.

Motions and votes

1 motion on the record.

  • M1Pilon made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:30 P.M.; Rainville seconded.

    Exact transcript text

    Pilon made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:30 P.M .; Rainville seconded.

    moved by Pilon, seconded by Rainville

    Passed

    All in favor; motion carried.

    p. 2Special City Council Meeting — 2014-12-02 Special Council Meeting (2014-12-02)Pilon made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:30 P.M .; Rainville seconded. All in favor; motion carried.

Sources

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