COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION
				      MEETING MINUTES

				     FEBRUARY 28, 2002


A work session meeting of the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners was held on Thursday, February 
28, 2002 at the Chippewa County Courthouse in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.  Finance, Claims and Accounts 
Committee Chairperson Rita Dale called the meeting to order at 5:01 p.m. with a quorum present.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rita Dale, Earl Kay, Ted Postula, Don Cooper and Bernard LaJoie

MEMBERS ABSENT:	Gary McDowell, Chairman, Aaron Hopper, Vice Chairman

OTHERS PRESENT:	Tim Dolehanty, County Controller

Additions / Deletions to the Agenda
Chairperson Dale called for changes to the agenda.  Hearing none, the agenda was declared approved as 
presented.

Public Comments
There were no public comments.

Agenda Item:  Draft Personnel Policy
Commissioners reviewed the draft personnel policy as recommended by the Personnel Committee.  
Discussion was held on several points. The following suggestions and requests were made:

1.	Amend the second paragraph of Section 1 by deleting the second sentence.  Commissioners agreed 
	that the intent of the section is clear without this sentence.

2.	For clarification purposes, Commissioners asked the Controller to prepare an employee roster that 
	includes the employment categories listed in Section 5.

3.	Amend the last sentence of Section 6, subsection C.2, to read, "A recommendation is then forwarded 
	to the standing Personnel Committee for review and recommendation to the Board of Commissioners, who 
	shall take final action."

4.	Amend the last sentence of Section 6, subsection C.3, to read, "Where a position is reclassified by the 
	County to a lower level because of a decrease in the number or complexity of job tasks,"

5.	Amend Section 7, subsection A.1, to read, "A Compensation Schedule shall be established annually 
	by the Board of Commissioners and applied to all employees not covered in labor contracts. New 
	employees will be placed on the beginning step of the appropriate salary/wage level for the position for 
	which the employee was hired."  All subsequent text is to be deleted.

6.	Amend Section 8, subsection E.2, to specifically state what steps will be followed when recruiting 
	potential employees.

7.	Amend Section 8, subsection G, to include a requirement that no employee may begin work for 
	Chippewa County without the authorization of the Board of Commissioners.

8.	Amend Section 10, subsection A, to identify the hours of operation as Monday through Friday from 
	8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

9.	Amend Section 13, subsection A.7, to clarify that a maximum of five (5) days' vacation time may be 
	carried into the following year.

10.	Amend the last sentence of Section 13, subsection C.1 to read, "A personal leave of absence shall be 
	granted in the following cases.

11.	Amend Section 13, subsection F, to state military/reserve leave shall be provided in accordance with 
	applicable law.

12.	Amend Section 15, subsection B, to spell-out the details of progressive discipline.

13.	Amend Section 15, subsection c.10, to delete the phrase, "or a misdemeanor."

Because of the hour, Commissioners agreed to consider all proposed amendments to the draft personnel 
policy, the proposed performance evaluation policy, and the draft job classification system at a future work 
session.

Public Comments
There were no public comments.

Commission Comments
There were no additional comments from Commissioners.

Chairperson's Comments
The Chairperson had no additional comments.

Adjourn
Hearing no other comments, Chairperson Dale declared the meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m.








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Timothy J. Dolehanty, AICP, Recorder	Rita Dale, Acting Chairperson