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Manitowoc, WI 54220

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City of Manitowoc

Meeting Minutes - Final

Personnel Committee

Monday, March 6, 2023

5:30 PM

Council Chambers. Meeting also available via Remote

Conferencing-Zoom.

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 5:38 p.m.

2. Roll Call

Jessie Lillibridge, Todd Blaser, Nick Reimer, and Debbie Charney

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Present:

1 - Beeman

Absent:

3. Public Comment

None

4. Consent Agenda

These items will be approved by one motion unless any Committee Member wishes to remove an

item for discussion.

REMOVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: None

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Moved by Vanderkin, seconded by Cummings, to accept the Consent Agenda

Items as presented. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye:

Approval of February 6, 2023 Personnel Committee Minutes.

23-0160

Attachments: MeetingMinutes 02.06.23

23-0161

Review of Legal Fees Billed out Through February, 2023-Human

Resources.

Attachments: _OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR HR Costs

Quarterly Report out on Health Plan.

23-0168

23-0162

23-0163

Attachments: Med MER 1222 Q4 no HCCs

Report out of Human Resources Office Initiatives March, 2023.

Attachments: HR Update March 2023

Report out of City Attorney's Office Initiatives March, 2023.

Attachments: Attorney's Office Update March 2023

5. Discussion and Action Items

Request to Approve Recommended Revisions to Charter Ordinance Section

2.070.

23-0164

Attachments: Memo to PC re Chart Ord for Officers.pdf

REVISION of 2.070 CHARTER ORD CLARIFY INDEFINITE TENURE

FOR APPOINTMENTS OF CITY OFFICERS

Human Resources Director, Jessie Lillibridge, explained the reasoning for

the Charter Ordinance Section 2.070 language changes to the committee.

Moved by Vanderkin, seconded by Cummings, that this request to approve

Charter Ordinance Section 2.070 revisions be accepted and referred to Council.

The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye:

Request to Approve Recommended Revisions to Social Media Policy.

23-0167

Attachments: Social Media Policy 03.2023 Draft Revisions for Council

Human Resources Director, Jessie Lillibridge, explained the reasoning for

the Social Media Policy language changes to the committee.

Moved by Cummings, seconded by Vanderkin, that this request to approve Social

Media Policy revisions be accepted and referred to Council. The motion carried

by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye:

Request for Resolution to Hire City Clerk Administrative Support Specialist

Related to Elected Officials, Department Heads, or Supervisory Personnel.

23-0183

Attachments:

Res to hire Jenny Tegen-City Clerk-Administrative Support

Specialist-04-2023

Human Resources Director, Jessie Lillibridge, stated that the request was

made due to ordinance.

Moved by Cummings, seconded by Vanderkin, that this request to approve the

hiring of City Clerk-Administrative Support Specialist related to Community

Development Director be accepted and referred to Council. The motion carried

by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye:

Request to Make Contingent Job Offer to Firefighter Candidates in Process of

Obtaining Needed Certification.

23-0184

Attachments: Personnel MFRD Request 3.1.23

Job Description-Firefighter-Paramedic 10057

Fire Chief, Todd Blaser, presented to the committee that there are five

openings within Fire Rescue and that recruitment has been challenging.

Currently there are six candidates. Two of them have the required

Firefighter/Paramedic certifications and the others do not meet the

minimum qualifications. Those candidates that do not meet the minimum

qualifications are currently in the process of obtaining certification. The

request is to move all six candidates forward to Police and Fire

Commission list for approval to give contingent offers under the condition

that they have six months to complete their certifications. If they do not

obtain the required certification within the six months, they will be

terminated.

Moved by Vanderkin, seconded by Cummings, that this request to approve

making contingent offers to Firefighter/Paramedic candidates, with the

understanding that the candidates have six months to obtain the required

certifications or be terminated be accepted and referred to council. The motion

carried by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye:

6. Convene in Closed Session

Moved by Vanderkin, seconded by Cummings, to convene in closed session at

5:54 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye:

Notice is hereby given that the above governmental body may adjourn into a closed session during

the meeting as authorized by Section 19.85(1)(e) of the Wisconsin Statutes, which authorizes the

governmental body to convene in closed session for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the

purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public

business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session.

The specific subject matter that may be considered in closed session is:

Police Contract Bargaining 2024-2026.

23-0185

Attachments: Manitowoc Reopener Letter-PD 02-28-2023

(Closed Session portion of the Minutes has been redacted.)

7. Reconvene in Open Session

Moved by Vanderkin, seconded by Cummings, to reconvene in open session at

6:03 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Sitkiewitz, Vanderkin and Cummings

Aye: